The Blaze 160 for 7 (Beaumont 64, Glenn 30, Coppack 3-24) beat Sunrisers 159 (Griffith 43, Scrivens 39, Glenn 4-22) by three wickets

Legspinner Glenn bamboozled Sunrisers with a superb 4 for 22 earlier than hanging 30 in a 72-run partnership with Beaumont - who scored 64 on a tough pitch.

Sunrisers, who had lastly damaged their 20-game dropping streak within the competitors final week, set The Blaze 160 and had them 22 for 4 after Kate Coppack's devilish new-ball spell.

But Beaumont and Glenn secured the wobble earlier than Sophie Munro and Nadine de Klerk completed the job with 14.4 overs to spare.

Grace Scrivens and Cordelia Griffith fastidiously navigated the brand new ball by placing on 66 for the primary wicket, after Sunrisers had chosen to bat.

At the time it had felt like a scratchy partnership, particularly after Scrivens' high-quality 67 final week, however it might quickly show much-needed grit. Scrivens' departure, for 39, started a slide to 159 all out, which proved Glenn's unbelievable expertise as a lot the problem of the pitch to attain runs shortly.

Glenn waited till her third over earlier than she had Scrivens stumped earlier than 18-year-old Jodi Grewcock was bowled trying to comb.

Mady Villiers was subsequent because the tennis ball bounce did not enable her to recover from a supply and looped to mid-wicket earlier than Griffith - who had been wonderful in her 43 - was leg earlier than.

With Sunrisers now 100 for 4, The Blaze turned to Kirstie Gordon to switch Glenn - and he or she had Amara Carr stumped and Kelly Castle caught behind to proceed the right-to-left-spin bonanza from the River End. Gordon returned 2 for twenty-four.

Meanwhile from the Hayes Close End, Munro's tempo had the enterprising Saskia Horley caught off a full toss and Jo Gardner pinned in entrance.

Coppack and Abtaha Maqsood annoyed The Blaze with 20 for the final wicket - the second-highest stand of the innings - with Katherine Bryce grabbing the final two scalps.

The 160 to win, did not look massively difficult, however Coppack's beautiful opening spell noticed The Blaze slide to 22 for 4.

The quick bowler, who's a lawyer in the course of the week, had Marie Kelly caught after a steepling vanguard, the opening batter's second two-ball duck of the competitors.

Eva Gray discovered Georgie Boyce nibbling exterior off stump earlier than Coppack pocketed the Bryce sisters in successive overs - firstly Katherine edged a large one behind after which Sarah sliced a full toss to level.

Beaumont, who had been dropped herself, had been watching helpless from the opposite finish however lastly discovered an confederate in Glenn, because the duo made the batting circumstances look a lot simpler. The pair used energy to seek out gaps, with Beaumont including flicky trickery, in a 72-run stand in simply 64 balls, earlier than Glenn picked out deep sq. leg.

South African De Klerk helped add 25 as Beaumont reached her stylish half-century in 56 deliveriesr. Then Beaumont was stumped off Castle and Lucy Higham was leg earlier than to Gardner in back-to-back overs to threaten to show the sport once more.

But De Klerk and Munro knocked off the remaining 38 runs with little fuss to take The Blaze two from two.