Summary

  • South East Stars reach 139-5 to win final by five wickets

  • Alice Capsey's 40 not out sees them home after slump from 71-0 to 85-4

  • Northern Diamonds totalled 138-4 in the final after opting to bat first

  • Skipper Hollie Armitage top scored for Diamonds with 59 not out off 48 balls

  • Earlier, Diamonds beat Southern Vipers by 18 runs in eliminator game

  • England's Lauren Winfield-Hill hit 65 off 49 balls for Diamonds

  • Jenny Gunn made 22 not out in their score of 135-6

  • Vipers were bowled out for 117; Gunn taking 4-26

Live Reporting

Adam Williams and Paul Grunill

  1. Bright and still

    Adam Williams
    BBC Sport at the Ageas Bowl

    Ageas BowlBBC Sport

    As the BBC's Alexis Green said, it is indeed a fine Sunday morning in the south of England.

    A nice change from the repetitive overcast conditions of the past 10 days or so that punctuated every ball of the Hampshire v Yorkshire County Championship fixture last week.

  2. Weather outlook

    "Sunday is the best day, with dry and sunny conditions" - the words of BBC South Today's Alexis Green, looking ahead to the weekend. Let's hope the forecast is correct and we get an uninterrupted day at the Ageas Bowl.

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  3. Teams and toss

    Southern Vipers v Northern Diamonds (play starts 12:00 BST)

    Diamonds skipper Hollie Armitage has won the toss and elected to bat first.

    Georgia Adams says she would also have had a bat first had she won it, but seems more than happy to chase down a score.

    The Vipers have made one change to the side for their final group game with Ella McCaughan replacing Sophie Mitchelmore, while Northern Diamonds are unchanged.

    Southern Vipers: Georgia Adams (capt), Ella McCaughan, Georgia Elwiss, Paige Scholfield, Emily Windsor, Tara Norris, Carla Rudd (wk), Alice Monaghan, Ella Chandler, Lauren Bell, Charlotte Taylor.

    Northern Diamonds: Bess Heath (wk), Leah Dobson, Sterre Kalis, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Hollie Armitage (capt), Jenny Gunn, Rachel Hopkins, Alex MacDonald, Rachel Slater, Katie Levick, Linsey Smith.

  4. Let's get the news from the middle before out first match with the toss having taken place a short while ago...

  5. On the way today

    Charlotte Edwards Cup finals

    So we begin with "a semi-final" if you like before the winner of that meets South East Stars in the final later this afternoon:

    Eliminator: Northern Diamonds v Southern Vipers (12:00 BST)

    Final: TBC v South East Stars (16:00 BST)

  6. Stage is set

    Charlotte Edwards Cup finals

    Ageas BowlBBC Sport

    A bumper Sunday of cricket on both the international and domestic stage and officially, the summer holidays aren't over yet (well in my household anyhow).

    Welcome along to the Ageas Bowl, Hamphire for the inaugural Charlotte Edwards Cup finals.

    Two matches to decide the women's domestic T20 champions with the first on its way in the next 20 minutes.