Charlotte Edwards Cup 2024 roundup: The Blaze continue winning run

The Cricketer reviews the best of the action from the latest round of the T20 competition in 2024

ECB Reporters Network | 13/06/2024 at 18:40

Lord's: Sunrisers 137-7, The Blaze 140-2 - The Blaze won by eight wickets

Kathryn Bryce continued her prolific Charlotte Edwards Cup form with an unbeaten 57 from 37 balls as The Blaze racked up an eighth straight success, coasting past Sunrisers at Lord's.

Bryce, the tournament’s leading run-scorer, registered her fourth half-century in six games, sharing a third-wicket partnership of exactly 100 with her younger sister Sarah, who struck 54 not out from 35.

The Scotland international pair maintained their side's 100 per cent record in the group stage, steering them to a comfortable victory with 29 deliveries still unused.

Earlier, home captain Grace Scrivens top-scored with 42 from 38 as Sunrisers posted 137 for 7, but the result all but mathematically ends their slim hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals.

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Cardiff: Western Storm v Thunder - match abandoned without a ball bowled

Heavy rain in Cardiff severely dented the prospects of either Western Storm or Thunder qualifying for the latter stages of the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

The two sides were frustrated by the elements that caused their showdown at Sophia Gardens to be abandoned without a ball being bowled with both teams desperate for a win.

With no opportunity to remove the covers and Glamorgan and Hampshire Hawks scheduled to contest a Vitality Blast South Group fixture at 6.30pm, umpires Anna Harris and Ant Harris had no choice but to call the women's game off at 3.25pm.

Already trailing runaway leaders The Blaze and South East Stars by a considerable distance, Thunder remain in fifth place, with ground to make up on Southern Vipers and Central Sparks, who have a game in hand. Cast adrift at the wrong end of the table, Storm are effectively out of the running.

Thunder will hope for better conditions when they return to action against Central Sparks at Edgbaston tomorrow, while Storm will attempt to secure only their second win of the campaign when they meet fellow strugglers Northern Diamonds at Headingley on Sunday.

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