Southern Vipers 287 for six (McCaughan 67, Bouchier 59, Elwiss 59) beat South East Stars 129 (Scholfield 31, Bell 4-37, Dean 3-18) by 158 runs
Lauren Bell took 4 for 37 because the Southern Vipers routed the South East Stars by 158 runs within the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Beckenham.Bell was twice on a hat-trick as she worn out the Stars’ high order, earlier than Charlie Dean then took 3 for 18 to bowl the hosts out for 129.
Alice Davidson-Richards had the very best figures of the Stars’ 9 bowlers with 2 for 30, nevertheless it was a chastening afternoon for the house facet after final week’s emphatic 131-run win on the Thunder.
The Stars had misplaced all six of their earlier 50-over video games with the Vipers, together with final September’s Eliminator at Beckenham, however any hopes their opponents would possibly nonetheless be reeling from final Saturday’s shock defeat to the Sunrisers have been ephemeral.
The Vipers selected to bat and took full benefit of each a benign wicket and a sub-optimal show by the Stars with the ball, which included 27 wides. They supplied few probabilities and after they did the hosts could not take them.
Bouchier was on 42 when she pulled Alexa Stonehouse to mid-wicket and was dropped, whereas McCaughan survived a troublesome stumping likelihood off Bryony Smith when on 34.
Paige Scholfield lastly broke the partnership when she bowled Bouchier, who performed on and Scholfield then caught McCaughan off Ryana MacDonald-Homosexual within the covers.
Davidson-Richards was the ninth bowler the Stars used, however she struck in her first over when she had Danni Wyatt caught at backward level by MacDonald-Homosexual for 22.
At that time the Vipers have been 170 for 3, which was the closest they got here to a wobble. Elwiss and Adams responded with a stand of 76, the latter citing the 50 partnership with a six off Tash Farrant.
Farrant subsequently had Adams lbw for 31 and Dean made 4 when she chipped Freya Davies to Phoebe Franklin, earlier than Elwiss hit the penultimate ball of the innings, from Davidson-Richards to Smith on the mid-on boundary.
The Stars made a vivid begin to the chase, racing to 26 with out loss, just for Bell to strike twice in as many balls. She hit the highest off Alice Capsey’s off stump to bowl her for 18 earlier than getting…
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