The Blaze 282 for 7 (Prendergast 69, Elwiss 57, Wong 5-58) beat Warwickshire 212 (George 89, Halliday 52, Higham 4-41) by 70 runs
The Blaze secured their place within the Metro Financial institution Ladies’s One-Day Cup knockout stage with a 70-run victory over Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
The Blaze’s eleventh victory from 13 video games retains their powerhouse season very a lot on monitor. Warwickshire’s defeat retains them deep within the congested pack chasing a top-four end for qualification.
Put in, The Blaze misplaced former Warwickshire favorite Marie Kelly within the first over when she sliced Wong to 3rd. The batters made sedate progress at first, simply three fours coming within the first ten overs, however Tammy Beaumont and Kathryn Bryce added 80 in 17 overs earlier than Phoebe Brett dismissed each in 12 balls. Beaumont edged an tried lower to wicketkeeper Nat Wraith and Bryce skied to mid-off.
Elwiss and Prendergast provided acceleration, reaching half-centuries from 54 and 64 balls respectively. They added 93 in 18 overs earlier than Wong eliminated them each, Elwiss caught behind and Prendergast effectively taken at deep sq. by Halliday, A late cameo from Emma Jones, with 19 not out from 12 balls, lifted the overall in the direction of 300.
Former Warwickshire seamer Grace Ballinger then struck two early blows in opposition to her former team-mates, eradicating each openers. Davina Perrin was as plum lbw as a batter might be and Meg Austin edged a giant drive to slide. George and Halliday responded with a well-judged partnership of 125 in 22 overs which took the match into its remaining quarter finely balanced.
Halliday had simply reached a 64-ball half-century when she pulled Pendergast to deep midwicket the place Kathryn Bryce’s superb catch denied the batter a six. Charis Pavely quickly perished in related style, this time pouched by Higham.
George wanted one other companion however Em Arlott, having hit three fours in a Kirstie Gordon over, lifted Phillips to mid-off and Higham added three wickets in 9 balls; Wraith, caught at cowl, Wong, bowled via a lower, and Alexa Stonehouse, caught at mid-on. When George drilled a return catch to Kathryn Bryce, it was sport over.