The Blaze turned the primary facet to safe a top-three end on this Ladies’s One-Day Cup and a assure of a spot within the knockout stage.
The Nottingham-based facet beat Warwickshire by 70 runs at Edgbaston to stretch their lead over second-placed Hampshire to 5 factors on a day when Somerset, Surrey and holders Lancashire additionally triumphed.
Orla Prendergast (69), Georgia Elwiss (57) and Kathryn Bryce (45) have been the mainstays as The Blaze piled up one other sizable rating of 282-7, England fast-bowler Issy Wong taking 5-58.
Warwickshire seemed well-placed at 148-2 within the thirtieth over, largely because of skipper Katie George (89) and Brooke Halliday (52), however they slumped to 212 all out in 43.3 overs.
That was because of the efforts of Lucy Higham (4-41) and tempo ace Charley Phillips (8-2-17-1) as The Blaze secured a tenth win in 12 video games, whereas the fourth-placed Bears stay very a lot within the hunt for a top-four end.
Kate Cross took a season’s finest 4-33 to maintain Lancashire within the hunt with a four-wicket win over Hampshire at Southampton.
After bowling out their hosts for 223, Emma Lamb then hit 68 out of her facet’s 224-6 as Lancashire resumed the place they left off earlier than the break for The Hundred with a third-straight win.
Earlier, Abi Norgove hit an unbeaten 70 for Hampshire, whereas Freya Kemp warmed up for England’s three-game collection in opposition to Eire subsequent week with an explosive 61 from 54 balls.
