Scrivens' century lifts Sunrisers to top spot

Sunrisers skipper Grace Scrivens led from nan beforehand pinch an unbeaten period arsenic her broadside hit Central Sparks by 5 wickets astatine Kidderminster to move apical of nan Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy table.

The England A world struck 118 not retired from 123 balls – nan highest individual people of nan tourney truthful acold – to unafraid Sunrisers’ 3rd triumph successful 4 games.

Sparks struggled aft Scrivens had put them successful to bat, losing openers Evelyn Jones and Chloe Brewer to Kate Coppack (3-26) pinch conscionable 1 tally connected nan committee and chap seamer Nic Hancock weighed successful pinch 3-34, though Abbey Freeborn led nan location side’s fightback pinch 93.

That enabled Sparks to station a full of 213, but Scrivens’ guidelines of 110 pinch Cordelia Griffith (37) made a important dent successful nan target and Amara Carr (26) helped her skipper to clinch nan triumph pinch 10.2 overs to spare.

Nancy Harman and Alice Monaghan kept their cool to get defending champions Southern Vipers complete nan statement by 3 wickets successful a hard-fought brushwood pinch Thunder astatine Wormsley CC.

Thunder vanished connected 206-9, built astir Seren Smale’s sound of 99 – nan teen narrowly missing retired connected her maiden 100 aft sharing a business of 94 pinch Katie Mack (37), while Vipers’ left-arm spinner Linsey Smith took 3-19.

Captain Georgia Adams (51 from 65) and Georgia Elwiss (43 from 45) kept nan location broadside connected track, but some departed successful speedy succession and Vipers slumped to 167-7 earlier Harman (26*) and Monaghan (27*) clinched their 3rd consecutive victory.

There was an moreover person decorativeness astatine Scarborough, wherever The Blaze – beaten finalists past play – yet registered their first win, squeezing location successful a see-saw crippled against Northern Diamonds by 2 wickets.

Having slumped to 120-7, nan Diamonds’ mini-recovery was led by Leah Dobson’s innings of 54 connected her location crushed arsenic they hauled themselves to 188, but nan visitors looked favourites erstwhile they reached 67-1 successful nan 20th over.

They were pegged backmost to 105-6 by Katie Levick’s miserly spell of 1-13 and Erin Burns’ 3-40, but Bethan Gammon (39) and Ella Claridge (26*) added 61 and, needing 5 from nan last over, Lucy Higham (9*) scrambled location pinch 2 balls to spare.

Half-centuries from Sophie Luff and Fran Wilson were capable to gain Western Storm an improbable eight-run (DLS) triumph astatine Taunton and end South East Stars’ 100 per cent grounds successful nan tournament.

Stars posted a daunting full of 298-5 from 44 overs arsenic Paige Scholfield (74 from 68) and Alice Davidson-Richards (65 from 85) put together a 100 business earlier Aylish Cranstone slammed an undefeated 63 from conscionable 40 balls.

But contempt losing openers Alex Griffiths and Sophia Smale cheaply, Storm made a bully fist of nan pursuit arsenic skipper Luff (59 from 73) and Wilson (65 from 61) built a beardown level earlier Nat Wraith (40* from 28) put them connected nan correct broadside of nan calculation erstwhile rainfall intervened astatine 236-5 from 36 overs.