With the toss won by N/west they elected to bowl first on a grass wicket( that was prob 16m)
With the diamond opening batters out they started of slow with the NW bowlers restricting runs early but as the batters got comfortable started hitting some boundarys. With the next partnership up NW bowlers took a couple of early wickets, but the diamonds clawed some runs back with a few free hits going to the boundary. With the next partnership underway the NW bowlers restricting runs until , Sasha Smith started a flurry of boundarys with some great shots (21) The tails end went out working hard for singles and a couple of boundarys.
After drinks
the sun was beating down on the girls for the next innings.
the diamonds started off well restricting the openers ,but then the more experienced girls came with a flurry of 4's they made short work of the Diamond bowlers, this carried on with the next partnership too. The tail end for NW came out and the Diamonds manage to restrict the tail end with a run out and a wicket from Isabella Heap to end the game
NW Flames 148/3 vs 117/7 ST Albans Diamonds
