FRI JULY 7: Northern Diamonds 185 (Winfield-Hill 56, Munro 3-35) lost to The Blaze 189-1 (Beaumont 83*, 36, Bryce 53*) by nine wickets

The Blaze continued their unbeaten run in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint trophy thrashing the Northern Diamonds by nine wickets thanks to an unbeaten 83 from Tammy Beaumont.
After winning the toss and choosing to bowl, Diamonds’ inform opener Lauren Winfield-Hill looked to continue her run of form at the top of the defending champions’ order. She made a valiant 56 from 58 but the rest of the Diamonds’ batters had no answer to the bowling of Sophie Munro, who pick...