Southern Brave Thrash Northern Superchargers

A look back the match between the Southern Brave and Northern Superchargers women’s teams, a special ‘town centre and riverfront gallery’ and my regular photo gallery.

As West Norfolk roasts in 30+ degree heat (that in combination with it being a workday was why I did not post yesterday) today is a ‘double double header’ in The Hundred. The early match featured the Southern Brave and Northern Superchargers women in action, and this post looks back at that game.

BOWLERS DOMINANT

Southern Brave bowled first at a ground that is generally low scoring, and they bowled magnificently. Apart from Hollie Armitage who scored 36 off 28 balls there was nothing approaching a major contribution. Annabel Sutherland was second top scorer, but she would be the last person to take any great pride in 20 off 20 balls. Probably the second best performer for the Superchargers was their number nine Lucy Higham, who managed 13 from eight balls. Only two Brave bowlers, Lauren Bell with 1-25 from 20 and Chloe Tryon with 0-14 from 10 went for more than a run a ball. Kiwi veteran Sophie Devine took 3-15 from her 20 balls, and at the other end of the experience spectrum 17 year old Tilly Corteen-Coleman was again impressive, with 1-17 from her 20 balls.

AN EXCELLENT CHASE

Maia Bouchier struggled to 5 off 15 balls, but by the time she was out Danni Wyatt-Hodge was already going well, and Laura Wolvaardt was soon looking equally impressive. When Wyatt-Hodge was stumped by Bess Heath off Katherine Fraser for 43 it was 83-2 from 68 balls. Sophie Devine now came in, and added an unbeaten 15 from eight balls to her efforts with the ball and in the field. It was Wolvaardt who scored the winning run, taking her own score to 33 not out from 29 balls. As well as eight wickets Southern Brave had 17 balls in hand when they completed the victory. Only left arm medium pacer Grace Ballinger with 10 balls for nine runs had gone at less than one a ball for the Superchargers. Full scorecard here. I am currently listening to the match between the Welsh Fire and Manchester Originals women’s teams. Fire are struggling at 21-2 from 30 balls. Mahika Gaur has already bowled her allocation of 20 balls, taking 2-10, with 14 of the 20 balls dots. Remarkably she bowled 10 straight through to start the innings, then after five balls off as mandated for this competition she bowled ten more straight through, thus doing all her bowling in the Power Play. She is 19 years old, bowls left arm medium fast, is exceptionally tall (her nickname is ‘two metre Mahika’), and played international cricket for the United Arab Emirates at the age of 12! She is now part of the England set up.

PHOTO GALLERY INTRO – KING’S LYNN TOWN AND RIVERFRONT

Before my main gallery I have a special gallery made up of pictures exclusively from the Great Ouse and the town centre…

This tidal clock can be seen on one of the towers of King’s Lynn Minster, and I have not seen its like anywhere else.
Among the boats at the pontoon jetty were two that were completely new to me, this one…
…and this one, largely obscured because it was on the outside of the jetty and a lot of boats were moored there.
Some pictures of the Bank House where I will be stewarding on heritage open day.
The King’s Lynn mariners circle. which is on Purfleet Quay…
…with close ups of each of the eight panels dedicated to specific mariners. Not also the feature image, assembled from these pictures.
The Custom House, generally considered to be the centre of King’s Lynn…
…the giant tree at the junction of High Street and New Conduit Street, which I heretically consider the centre of King’s Lynn – this is geographically more central than the Custom House, and I personally consider a tree as a town centre marker to be an improvement on a building, even a super-iconic one.
The new library/ community hub coming on apace.
Three shots focussed on the tiling (all recycled and environmentally friendly), overlapping in ‘tortoiseshell’ fashion.

THE REGULAR PHOTOS

My usual sign off…

The art and the artist – a spider surveying the world from the centre of her latest creation.
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Author: Thomas

I am a founder member and currently secretary of the West Norfolk Autism Group and am autistic myself. I am a very keen photographer and almost every blog post I produce will feature some of my own photographs. I am an avidly keen cricket fan and often post about that sport.

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