Tazmin Brits blitzes century to place South East Stars again on target
South East Stars 290 for 9 (Brits 112, Chathli 71, Stonehouse 51) beat Sunrisers 262 for 7 (Griffith 92, Scrivens 59, Gregory 4-26) by 19 runs – (DLS)
Tazmin Brits’ blistering 66-ball hundred headlined South East Stars’ 19-run win over Sunrisers at Beckenham.
The South Africa worldwide hit 10 fours and 5 sixes on her technique to an unbeaten 112 off 72 deliveries because the Stars put up 290 for 9.
Sunrisers seemed well-positioned to chase down the goal after a gap stand price 143 between Cordelia Griffith and Grace Scrivens was adopted by some effective hitting from captain Dane van Niekerk. With 10 overs left, 80 runs have been required for victory with 9 wickets nonetheless in tow.
But leg-spinner Danielle Gregory, not launched into the assault till the thirty seventh over, took 4 wickets within the house of three overs to show the tide and finish the Stars’ three-match dropping streak within the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
Brits’ blast got here after the Stars’ openers had established a effective base, with Alexa Stonehouse and Kira Chathli placing on 111 collectively.
The 19-year-old Stonehouse had some fortune, surviving two dropped possibilities, however she was the primary to fifty, which got here off 65 deliveries.
A fifty for Chathli arrived within the twenty third over, however Stonehouse departed for 51 from the very subsequent supply, smacking spinner Jodie Grewcock straight into the protected fingers of van Niekerk at mid-off.
Chathli impressed along with her ball-striking down the bottom to spin however noticed Bryony Smith dismissed for two from the opposite finish; making an attempt to clip Grewcock via the leg-side, the right-hander lobbed a easy catch to van Niekerk at mid-off.
The Grewcock and van Niekerk mixture struck once more within the twenty ninth over when Chathli additionally could not beat mid-off, her knock ended on 71.
Brits had already entered the fray by this stage and loved some fortune, dropped on 1 by Florence Miller within the deep. She discovered her circulate, although, a pair of boundaries in a Grewcock over adopted by a six over long-on off Amu Surenkumar.
She was given one other reprieve on 44 off the ultimate ball of the thirty fifth over and went on to achieve her half-century off 41 balls.
The 32-year-old then went on to thump her compatriot van Niekerk for 2 sixes off consecutive authentic deliveries, and her century arrived within the forty eighth over.
Wickets tumbled from the opposite finish because the innings got here to an in depth, however Brits reverse-swept the ultimate ball for 4 to complete with a flourish.
Griffith and Scrivens then set about eclipsing the opening partnership that Stonehouse and Chathli had put collectively. The pair introduced up 50 within the thirteenth over of the innings earlier than two transient interruptions of rain adopted, the second taking two overs off the innings and revising the goal to 282.
Griffith was the extra aggressive of the pair, her half-century taking 64 balls whereas Scrivens took 87 deliveries to get to her fifty. The latter appeared able to up her charge, hitting Smith down the bottom for 4 off the primary ball of the thirty second over. But an tried reverse-swat two balls later noticed her bowled for 59.
Van Niekerk was in subsequent, displaying her energy down the bottom and thru cowl with 4 boundaries off one Ryana MacDonald-Gay over.
Gregory then arrived to made a vital breakthrough; Griffith was adjudged lbw on 92 as she missed out on a flick off the pads. The leggie struck once more in her subsequent over, with Mady Villiers’ tried cowl drive leading to a thick edge that lobbed as much as Kalea Moore at third man. Grewcock was Gregory’s third, however essentially the most very important supply was the one to take away van Niekerk, the batter sweeping arduous however into the fingers of quick effective leg for 44.
Amara Carr hit a quickfire 29 however Gregory’s intervention was a match-winning one.