SOUTHERN VIPERS V THE BLAZE
AT ARUNDEL
A stunning team bowling performance kept The Blaze in the hunt to secure a place in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy knockout stage - while Southern Vipers botched their first chance to confirm progression.
Marie Kelly’s 40 headlined a hard-working batting effort to reach 208 on a tough pitch to force runs on, with spinner Ava Lee taking a career-best 4-51 on her 19th birthday.
Fast bowlers Orla Prendergast claimed 3-38 and Kathryn Bryce took 2-18, but it was Kirstie Gordon (2-26) and her fellow spinners that stopped Vipers from getting...