Northern Diamonds v Lancashire Thunder - Charlotte Edwards Cup: Diamonds spin their way to Roses success - despite being down to bare bones

By The YP Sportsdesk
Published 29th May 2022, 22:50 BST
Three wickets: Leg-spinner Katie Levick helped Northern Diamonds defeat Lancashire Thunder. Picture by David Vokes/DVP/SWpix.comThree wickets: Leg-spinner Katie Levick helped Northern Diamonds defeat Lancashire Thunder. Picture by David Vokes/DVP/SWpix.com
Three wickets: Leg-spinner Katie Levick helped Northern Diamonds defeat Lancashire Thunder. Picture by David Vokes/DVP/SWpix.com
Northern Diamonds overcame significant injury and unavailability issues to beat cross-Pennine rivals Thunder by 25 runs at Headingley and keep their Charlotte Edwards Cup Finals Day hopes alive.

Northern Diamonds overcame significant injury and unavailability issues to beat cross-Pennine rivals Thunder by 25 runs at Headingley and keep their Charlotte Edwards Cup Finals Day hopes alive.

The Diamonds only had 12 fit senior players to chose from and were missing England trio Lauren Winfield-Hill (quad) and Katherine Brunt and Nat Sciver, the latter two who got married yesterday.

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A spin dominated game saw the Diamonds bowled out for 124, including 3-23 from Hannah Jones and an innings-high 28 from opener Sterre Kalis.

But the hosts then stifled a Thunder batting line-up who lost in-form openers Emma Lamb and Georgie Boyce early, bowling them out for 99 inside 19 overs. The competition’s leading wicket-taker, leg-spinner Katie Levick, took her tally to 12 with 3-25.

The Diamonds (10 points) moved into second place in Group B with a second win in four games, this including a bonus point. They are behind leaders Southern Vipers with two still to play. The top teams in each of the two groups qualify plus the best second-placed finisher.

Thunder have now lost three from four, only beating the Diamonds at Sale.

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