2023 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
English cricket season
Cricket tournament
The 2023 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was the fourth edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy , an English women's cricket 50-over domestic competition, which took place between 22 April and 24 September 2023. It featured eight teams playing in a double round-robin group stage, followed by a knock-out round. It ran alongside the Charlotte Edwards Cup . Northern Diamonds were the defending champions.[ 1]
Southern Vipers won the tournament, their third Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy title, beating The Blaze in the final.[ 2]
Teams played each other twice in a group of eight, with the top three qualifying for the knock-out stage. This represented a doubling of group stage matches from the previous season, which saw teams play each other once.[ 3] County Ground, Northampton .[ 4]
Teams
The teams that competed in the tournament are listed below.[ 5] The Blaze changed their name prior to the 2023 season, having previously been known as Lightning.[ 6]
Central Sparks Warwickshire , Worcestershire , Herefordshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire )Northern Diamonds Yorkshire , Durham and Northumberland )North West Thunder Lancashire , Cheshire and Cumbria )South East Stars Surrey and Kent )Southern Vipers Hampshire , Sussex , Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , Dorset , Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire )Sunrisers Middlesex , Essex , Northamptonshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire , Hertfordshire , Huntingdonshire , Norfolk and Suffolk )The Blaze Derbyshire , Leicestershire , Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire )Western Storm Gloucestershire , Somerset , Cornwall , Devon , Wiltshire and Cricket Wales )
Standings
Teams received 4 points for a win. A bonus point was given where the winning team's run rate was 1.25 or greater times that of the opposition. In case of a tie in the standings, the following tiebreakers were applied in order: highest net run rate , team that scored the most points in matches involving the tied parties, better bowling strike rate , drawing of lots.
Source: England and Wales Cricket Board
[ 7] advanced to the Final . advanced to the Play-off .
Fixtures
Group stage
Source:[ 5]
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 36 overs per side due to rain.
Points: Northern Diamonds 5, Western Storm 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat.
Abtaha Maqsood (Sunrisers) took her first five-wicket haul in Women's List A cricket.[ 8] Points: Sunrisers 5, Southern Vipers 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to bat.
Lucy Higham (The Blaze) took her first five-wicket haul in Women's List A cricket.[ 9] Points: The Blaze 5, Central Sparks 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Paige Scholfield (South East Stars) scored her first century in Women's List A cricket.[ 10] South East Stars' total of 334 equalled the record for the highest total in an innings in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy .[ 11]
Points: South East Stars 5, North West Thunder 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Central Sparks 5, Northern Diamonds 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Southern Vipers 5, South East Stars 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: The Blaze 5, Sunrisers 0
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Western Storm 4, North West Thunder 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 4, Central Sparks 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Diamonds 5, Sunrisers 0
No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.
Points: The Blaze 2, North West Thunder 2
South East Stars won by 207 runs County Ground , Bristol
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: South East Stars 5, Western Storm 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 29 overs per side due to rain.
Sunrisers were given a revised target of 156 runs off 29 overs.
Points: South East Stars 5, Sunrisers 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 5, Northern Diamonds 0
No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.
Points: Southern Vipers 2, Western Storm 2
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Central Sparks were set a revised target of 224 runs from 45 overs due to rain.
Points: Central Sparks 2, North West Thunder 2
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
Northern Diamonds were set a revised target of 178 runs from 36 overs due to rain.
Points: Northern Diamonds 5, South East Stars 0
Central Sparks won by 6 wickets County Ground , Hove
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Central Sparks 4, Southern Vipers 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
No further play was possible due to rain.
Points: The Blaze 2, Western Storm 2
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 34 overs per side due to rain.
No further play was possible due to rain.
Points: North West Thunder 2, Sunrisers 2
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Central Sparks 4, North West Thunder 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Diamonds 5, South East Stars 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Sunrisers 4, Southern Vipers 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 4, Western Storm 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Central Sparks 4, South East Stars 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: The Blaze 5, Northern Diamonds 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: North West Thunder 2, Southern Vipers 2
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible due to rain.
Points: Central Sparks 2, Western Storm 2
North West Thunder won by 6 wickets Clifton Park , York
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
North West Thunder 5, Northern Diamonds 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers innings reduced to 48 overs due to rain; target was 282.
Points: South East Stars 4, Sunrisers 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 4, Southern Vipers 0
No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.
Points: Sunrisers 2, North West Thunder 2
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Northern Diamonds innings reduced to 34 overs due to rain.
Central Sparks innings reduced to 19 overs due to rain; target was 164.
Points: Central Sparks 4, Northern Diamonds 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 48 overs per side due to rain; Southern Vipers target was 238.
Points: Southern Vipers 4, Western Storm 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to bat.
Match reduced to 48 overs per side due to rain; South East Stars target was 159.
Points: South East Stars 5, The Blaze 0
No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.
Points: Central Sparks 2, Sunrisers 2
South East Stars won the toss and elected to field.
No further play was possible due to rain.
Points: South East Stars 2, Western Storm 2
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
No further play was possible due to rain.
Points: Southern Vipers 2, Northern Diamonds 2
No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.
Points: North West Thunder 2, The Blaze 2
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 22 overs per side due to rain.
Points: Western Storm 4, Sunrisers 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: The Blaze 4, Central Sparks 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Southern Vipers 4, Northern Diamonds 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: North West Thunder 5, South East Stars 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Sunrisers 5, Western Storm 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Southern Vipers 5, Thunder 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: South East Stars 5, The Blaze 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Sunrisers 4, Central Sparks 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 43 overs per side due to rain.
Points: Northern Diamonds 4, Western Storm 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Southern Vipers 5, South East Stars 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Sunrisers 4, The Blaze 0
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Northern Diamonds 5, North West Thunder 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Central Sparks 4, Western Storm 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: South East Stars 5, Central Sparks 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain; Sunrisers target was 126.
Points: Sunrisers 4, Northern Diamonds 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 5, The Blaze 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: North West Thunder 5, Western Storm 0
Play-off
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
The Blaze innings reduced to 10 overs due to rain; target was 52.
Final
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 48 overs per side due to rain.
Statistics
Most runs
Source: ESPNCricinfo [ 15]
Most wickets
Source: ESPNCricinfo [ 16]
References
External links
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