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

Alice Davidson-Richards had one of the best figures of the Stars' 9 bowlers with 2 for 30, however 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 once 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-Gay 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-Gay 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 mentioning 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 vibrant 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 MacDonald-Gay lbw for a golden duck.

Smith flicked the hat-trick ball to sq. leg for 2 however was out in Bell's subsequent over, the sufferer of an excellent tumbling catch by Dean at extra-cover for 7.

Bell discovered herself on a hat-trick for the second time within the match when Davidson-Richards edged her to Bouchier within the slips however Kira Chatli blocked her subsequent supply. It was a short-lived reprieve for Chatli, who was caught by Linsey Smith for 20 off Alice Monaghan.

Scholfield and Farrant hung round for some time however the former was bowled by Adams 31 and Dean then started to mop up the tail.

The finish was nigh when she beat Farrant within the flight for 21, beating her within the flight and bowling her leg stump. She then had Alexa Stonehouse caught by Adams for a duck and Franklin snared by McCaughan for 9 and the victory was sealed when Freya Davies holed out to Monaghan and was caught by a diving Adams at lengthy off.