Danielle Gregory, Phoebe Franklin share seven wickets in demolition of Sunrisers
South East Stars 151 for 9 (Chathli 28, Maqsood 4-23) beat Sunrisers 61 (Gregory 4-12, Franklin 3-18) by 91 runs
Legspinner Danielle Gregory starred with a triple-wicket maiden to demolish Sunrisers for simply 64 as South East Stars triumphed by 91 runs at Radlett to go high of the desk within the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
Sunrisers seemed well-placed to file a primary victory in opposition to their native rivals in any format after proscribing them to 151 for 9 from 29 overs in a rain-reduced sport, with legspinner Abtaha Maqsood taking 4 for 23.
But the Stars bowlers rose to the problem, with medium-pacer Phoebe Franklin taking a trio of early wickets to complete with 3 for 18 whereas Sophia Dunkley pulled off 4 outfield catches, two of them excellent.
Gregory then claimed three wickets in an over, returning figures of 4 for 12 because the innings disintegrated and Sunrisers have been dismissed in 17 overs for his or her second-lowest rating within the event.
After morning showers, play lastly acquired below approach at 12.45pm, with Sunrisers inserting their guests in overcast circumstances and gaining an early reward when Dunkley’s leg stump was despatched flying by Kate Coppack.
It took Stars till the fifth over to register a boundary, courtesy of Bryony Smith’s sweetly-struck on-drive, however they started to collect momentum as she and Kira Chathli capitalised on quick bowling from Coppack and Eva Gray.
A downpour struck with Stars 37 for 1 within the eighth over – and, when play resumed an hour later, the guests continued to make good progress regardless of the lack of Smith, caught within the deep off reverse quantity Kelly Castle.
Paige Scholfield, with two centuries already to her title on this 12 months’s event, thrashed Gray for the primary six of the sport and adopted it up with one other most off Mady Villiers as she raced to 27 from 25 balls.
But the pendulum swung in direction of Sunrisers as Villiers had Chathli caught at midwicket for 28 and the innings by no means recovered after Maqsood’s flight trapped Scholfield in entrance within the subsequent over.
Smart glovework behind the stumps by Amara Carr introduced the spinner two extra wickets, whereas Alice Davidson-Richards was bowled making an attempt to drive by way of the off aspect and Grace Scrivens’ tidy spell of 1 for 15 from 5 overs helped to squeeze the Stars tail.
Although the goal was raised by 4 runs to align with DLS, Sunrisers set out needing lower than 5 and a half an over – however that task seemed near unattainable as soon as their high order had been blown away by Franklin.
Freya Davies, a mannequin of accuracy throughout her opening spell, introduced one in to bowl Scrivens earlier than opening companion Lissy MacLeod slapped a large supply from Franklin into the palms of the quilt fielder.
Leaping to her left at additional cowl, Dunkley pulled off an impressive seize to take away Villiers and, when a slower ball by Franklin deceived Saskia Horley, the fielder devoured up a extra simple likelihood.
Cordelia Griffith did her greatest to carry Sunrisers’ innings collectively, hitting 4 boundaries in her knock of 27 from 29 till she fell sufferer to a different spectacular catch by Dunkley, working again from mid-off to take the ball over her shoulder.
Gregory then collected three wickets in six deliveries, together with a return catch to dismiss former team-mate Gray for a duck and though Carr and Coppack stemmed the bleeding with a stand of 20 for the ninth wicket, the injury had lengthy since been achieved.