The Blaze secured a home treble by edging a last-ball thriller with Hampshire to win the Metro Financial institution One Day Cup ladies’s competitors.
The Trent Bridge-based aspect had already lifted the Vitality Blast and Vitality T20 County Cup however have been compelled to dig deep after needing 17 from the final two overs after which two off the ultimate ball.
Emma Jones was the hero with an unbeaten 34 from 25 balls and scored the successful runs – after Tammy Beaumont and Georgia Elwiss had scored half-centuries within the chase of 252.
Earlier, Lucy Higham had taken 4-49 to assist limit Hampshire – who have been additionally shedding finalists in 2025 – to 251, with Ella McCaughan and Freya Kemp whacking fifties in vein.
The Blaze gained the toss and, by the miserliness of Grace Ballinger and Charley Phillips, solely allowed 11 runs within the first 5 overs.
However Hampshire’s opening pair of the super-in-form Maia Bouchier and McCaughan slowly started to show the tide of their course with an 84-run stand.
McCaughan confidently pinged the ball round for her first fifty since June.
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Bouchier, who was dropped on a duck, couldn’t make it three centuries in a row when she holed out to long-on earlier than Georgia Adams slapped straight to mid-off shortly afterwards – each to Higham.
The hosts kicked again as McCaughan and Kemp dominated the center overs with a 67-run stand and have been 166-2 within the thirty second over. However The Blaze used their last nous to drag issues again.
Higham added wickets three and 4 of the afternoon by having Kemp stumped and Naomi Dattani caught brilliantly by Kirstie Gordon at mid-on.
The spinner has taken 14 wickets in eight matches since her return from The Hundred – with this 4-49, her third four-for in that interval.
Pacer Phillips dismissed Rhianna Southby, Abi Norgrove and Amanda-Jade Wellington in three overs in a row, as Hampshire slumped and will solely attain 251.
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In response, Sarah Bryce and Beaumont made mincemeat of the bowlers for 15 overs, as they strode in the direction of the goal.
The pair placed on 95 with relative ease, after which Wellington spun issues by seeing off each Bryce sisters in an over – Sarah was caught at deep sq. earlier than Kathryn was beautifully caught at slip.
Beaumont, with the assistance of Elwiss, stored issues ticking, though the previous England opener lived a charmed life – she was dropped 3 times and likewise survived a stumping probability.
Her luck ran out, having scored her fifth half-century of the marketing campaign, when she was lbw to Wellington – sparking three wickets to fall in 26 balls.
And with 30 nonetheless wanted, Gordon was caught. It meant there was 17 required from the final two overs, however Jones took the sting out of issues.
A ridiculous reverse pull and a straight drive each went to the boundary, and regardless of a run out with the third ball, Jones took her aspect to victory with a swept 4 off the ultimate ball of a nerve-filled match.
