The Blaze 92 for 3 (Ok Bryce 38*, Jones 22, Monaghan 2-13) beat Surrey 91 for 8 (Chathli 25, Ok Bryce 4-18) by seven wickets
The Blaze made historical past by finishing a home T20 double on a rain-affected Vitality T20 Girls’s County Cup Finals Day at Previous Trafford.
After crushing Essex in a semi-final lowered to 5 overs per facet, the Nottingham-based facet added one other convincing seven-wicket victory over Surrey in an extended last so as to add the knockout title to the Vitality T20 Blast they lifted final month.
Bryce was joined by her sister to scamper the profitable single with an over to spare, ending unbeaten on 38 from 30 balls to depart little question in regards to the participant of the match award.
Surrey had simply held off Somerset of their high-scoring five-over semi-final solely to fall quick within the title-deciding match as that they had in opposition to Lancashire when the T20 County Cup was launched final summer time.
Kira Chathli top-scored with 25 from 23 balls however after she was run out by a wise piece of labor from Sarah Bryce, the elder Bryce sister took over along with her nagging inswing – and he or she had exceptional figures of 4 for 8 till Alice Davidson-Richards plundered 10 off the final three balls of the innings.
Finals Day gave the impression to be heading for an entire washout as heavy drizzle fell continuously, with the indoor college at Emirates Previous Trafford ready for bowl-outs – though beneath laws launched in 2024, they might solely be permitted for semi-finals and never the ultimate.
However the umpires and floor employees pounced on the first sight of a break within the rain, and agreed on a 4.50pm begin – with every of the semi-finals lowered to 5 overs per facet to depart as a lot time as potential for the ultimate, which started at 7.45pm.
Kathryn Bryce stated The Blaze, who lead the Metro Financial institution One Day Cup desk, had the triple of their sights.
“It is actually nice to have the 2 T20 trophies – and it units us up rather well to go for the Metro Financial institution,” she stated. “It was a implausible last for us, the way in which we bowled and restricted them, within the area as properly. In any format they play, we all know Surrey will likely be actually aggressive – we have been clear on our plans, and taking wickets is all the time the important thing.
“The best way Jonesy (Emma Jones) performed in each video games was implausible – she put us forward of the speed and made it simpler for the remainder of us coming in.”
