Sunrisers lifted the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for the primary time as they beat South East Stars by 27 runs on the DLS methodology in a rain-hit closing in Leicester.
Cordelia Griffith’s 68-ball 57 and an unbeaten 39 from skipper Grace Scrivens noticed Sunrisers to 121-3 after 25 overs, chasing 213, when torrential rain and lightning ended play early.
Alice Davidson-Richards earlier made a fluent 93 from 105 balls, however lacked help as Kate Coppack (4-27) helped bowl out Stars for 212 with 22 balls of their 50 overs left unused.
Sunrisers are the final identify to be etched on the trophy which can be changed subsequent season by the One-Day Cup in a wider shake-up of home ladies’s cricket in England.
Having completed fourth within the group stage, Sunrisers wouldn’t have even made the knockout phases had a semi-final format not changed the eliminator system this season.
They eased previous the group winners Northern Diamonds within the final 4, after which dispatched the second-placed Stars to assert what can be their first and final silverware after the scrapping of the eight regional sides in favour of counties.