Report The Blaze maintain 100 per cent record with victory over Thunder Thunder succumb to successive defeats despite 63* from Emma Lamb and Mahikar Gaur's three wickets ESPNcricinfo staff 26-May-2024 • 9 mins ago Kathryn Bryce's 61 took the sting out of a 152 target • Getty Images The Blaze 152 for 5 (Bryce 61, Gaur 3-39) beat Thunder 151 for 6 (Lamb 63*, Balling 2-25) by five wickets Blaze continued their flying start to the Charlotte Edwards Cup with a five-wicket victory over Thunder at breezy Loughborough. Put in, Thunder were lifted to 151 for 6 by a pugnacious fifth-wicket partnership of 73 from 50 balls by Emma Lamb , who continued her excellent form with an unbeaten 63, and Ailsa Lister (44). Grace Ballinger led the Blaze bowling with 2 for 25.
Blaze were then steered to 152 for 5 with seven balls remaining, and a third successive win, by a perfectly-judged 61 by Kathryn Bryce . Mahika Gaur removed both openers early on her way to 3 for 39 and Thunder were well in the game until the closing overs before Bryce climbed into the attack to leave the visitors nursing successive defeats following Friday's loss to South East Stars at Beckenham. Thunder was rumbling in the skies overhead as Thunder started their innings brightly with 19 from the first two overs before Ballinger bowled Fi Morris through an attempted slog.
Seren Smale soon perished when she hesitated over a sharp single and was beaten by Lucy Higham's throw. Eleanor Threlkeld was then bowled by a beauty fr.