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

  1. Postpublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 5 September 2021

    Robbie James
    BBC Radio Solent commentator

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    They'll be a lot of conversation between the Vipers pair between overs about when they're going to go big, when they're going to up the ante, but also knowing they need to keep this partnership going.

  2. dropped catch

    Vipers 58-3 - target 136published at 11 overs

    Elwiss 9, Windsor 5

    Time for leg-spin from Katie Levick.

    Georgia Elwiss lobs to mid-off where Hollie Armitage makes a hash of the catch.

    Only four from the over - the run-rate climbs again.

  3. Postpublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 5 September 2021

    Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Test Match Special

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    In situations like this, it doesn't matter how the runs come, you just have to keep the board ticking along. Give yourself a chance by building partnerships.

  4. Vipers 54-3 - target 136published at 10 overs

    Elwiss 7, Windsor 3

    The Vipers total passes 50 as Georgia Elwiss sweeps, fails to make contact, but the ball runs away to the boundary for five wides.

    Emily Windsor scurries through for two from the final ball of Alex MacDonald's over. but the required rate has now climbed to 8.2.

  5. Vipers 44-3 - target 136published at 9 overs

    Elwiss 4, Windsor 1

    Northern Diamonds were 51-2 after nine over of their innings, so Vipers are behind the required rate as Rachel Slater completes her allocation for figures of 1-18.

  6. Vipers 41-3 - target 136published at 8 overs

    Elwiss 2, Windsor 0

    Nothing doing for Emily Windsor from the final delivery of Alex MacDonald's over. Vipers need a substantial partnership at this stage, they can't afford to keep losing wickets.

  7. Postpublished at 14:03 British Summer Time 5 September 2021

    Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Test Match Special

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    That's a huge blow for Vipers. New batters come to the crease now knowing they have to hit the ground runnings, keep the board ticking. They need plenty more of the boundaries like the one Paige Scholfield found earlier in the over.

  8. wicket

    WICKET Scholfield b MacDonald 5published at 7.5 overs

    Vipers 41-3 v Diamonds

    Alex MacDonald is the new bowler. She gets away with a full toss as Georgia Elwiss strokes it straight to mid-off.

    Great fielding by Lauren Winfield-Hill, sprinting in from the boundary, keeps them to one as Elwiss plays to leg, but Paige Scholfield drills the next one down the ground for a much-needed boundary.

    She won't be doing it again, though, as she pays the price for playing across the line and is bowled. Might have been a slower one by MacDonald.

  9. Vipers 36-2 - target 136published at 7 overs

    Elwiss 1, Scholfield 1

    Tight bowling by Rachel Slater, just two from the over.

    Georgia Elwiss is off the mark with a thick edge from a delivery which seemed to bounce more than she expected.

  10. Postpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 5 September 2021

    Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Test Match Special

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    Duckworth Lewis Stern par score now stands at 40 at the end of the powerplay with the loss of those two Vipers wickets. That gives a gauge of where this match stands.

  11. Vipers 34-2 - target 136published at 6 overs

    Elwiss 0, Scholfield 1

    A bit of pressure on the Southern Vipers now as Paige Scholfield punches the final ball of the over down to mid-on and scampers through for one run to retain the strike - 102 needed from 84 balls.

  12. wicket

    WICKET Adams c Smith b Gunn 14published at 5.3 overs

    Vipers 33-2 v Diamonds

    Georgia Adams cuts the first ball of a new Jenny Gunn over through backward point for four.

    But there's the wicket Diamonds wanted as she tries to pull and only succeeds in hitting the ball straight to Linsey Smith at mid-wicket.

  13. Vipers 29-1 - target 136published at 5 overs

    Adams 10, Elwiss 0

    A solid forward defensive stroke by Georgia Elwiss ends the over. No run.

  14. Postpublished at 13:51 British Summer Time 5 September 2021

    Jemma Green
    Former Hampshire Women player

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    Quick hands from the wicketkeeper. Northern Diamonds have used three different wicketkeepers in this competition of which all three are playing. Bess Heath is obviously the pick of them and that stumping proved it. Great reactions.

  15. wicket

    WICKET McCaughan st Heath b Slater 13published at 4.5 overs

    Vipers 29-1 v Diamonds

    A very optimistic lbw shout by Rachel Slater and Georgia Adams nips through for a leg-bye.

    The next ball is over-pitched and Ella McCaughan times it well over mid-wicket for four.

    But an inside edge follows and she strays from her crease as she tries to locate the ball (which is in fact behind her), allowing Bess Heath to complete a stumping.

  16. Postpublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 5 September 2021

    Jemma Green
    Former Hampshire Women player

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    Northern Diamonds haven't done a lot wrong. They've bowled well, but Vipers have responded and made a positive start.

  17. Vipers 24-0 - target 136published at 4 overs

    Adams 10, McCaughan 9

    The Vipers batters look to use their feet to Linsey Smith's left-arm spin.

    The fielding is keen, though, and only three singles result from that over.

    Good one for the Diamonds.

  18. Vipers 21-0 - target 136published at 3 overs

    Adams 8, McCaughan 8

    Jenny Gunn starts with a very un-Jenny Gunn-like wide.

    She strays outside off stump again and Ella McCaughan delicately runs it down to third man for four runs.

    Seven an over so far by the Vipers - keep that up and they'll be home and dry.

  19. Vipers 13-0 - target 136published at 2 overs

    Adams 6, McCaughan 3

    Left-arm seamer Rachel Slater is guilty of three leg-side wides before Georgia Adams pulls through mid-wicket for the first boundary of the innings.

    Cross-batted, certainly, but nonetheless effective.

    She collects a single to end the over.

  20. Postpublished at 13:38 British Summer Time 5 September 2021

    Jemma Green
    Former Hampshire Women player

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    Georgia Adams is the key to a lot of the Vipers' innings, that's no disrespect to the other batters in their line-up.