Fit Document – ND vs THDER 1st Fit, April 20, 2024

Northern Diamonds 166 for 1 (Winfield-Hill 69*, Armitage 61*) beat Thunder 165 (Levick 4-38) via 9 wickets

Northern Diamonds cruised their technique to an opening-day nine-wicket victory over Thunder at Chester-le-Side road because of commanding performances from 3 in their maximum skilled avid gamers.

Simplest opening batter Seren Smale confirmed any actual opposition with the bat for Thunder with a knock of 32 on the most sensible of the order on a disappointing day for Ellie Threlkeld’s facet who have been moment highest in all spaces of the sport.

Thunder by no means in reality recovered from the early blow of shedding Emma Lamb, bowled via Jessica Woolston with out scoring, together with her fellow opener Smale therefore suffering to seek out any companions of substance.

Australian debutant Katie Mack threatened to do the task with a breezy 19 earlier than she used to be trapped in entrance via Abi Glenn who then bowled Fi Morris first ball to depart Thunder 40 for three.

It used to be a hectic day for the umpires with each Threlkeld after which Smale departing leg-before with the latter’s 32 the highest rating of the innings simplest matched via the similar selection of extras.

Threlkeld used to be Levick’s first sufferer because the legspinner became the screw successfully with the runs drying up for Thunder in spite of some defiance from Namoi Dattani, Danielle Collins and Tara Norris because the guests squeezed their manner above 150.

It used to be Levick’s day even though and final season’s main wicket-taker for Diamonds took the final 3 wickets to fall to near with generally robust figures of four for 38 from 9.1 overs as Thunder have been bowled out for a below-par 165.

Winfield-Hill and Sterre Kalis attacked from the beginning of the Diamonds innings and even though each Phoebe Graham and Mahika Gaur bowled tightly they have been not able to make a a very powerful early step forward for Thunder.

It used to be no longer till the 14th over when Diamonds had reached 59 and noticed off the hole bowlers that the wicket in any case got here and when it did it used to be one thing of gimme: Kalis in some way scooping a complete toss from slow-left armer Hannah Jones into the palms of Dattini at midwicket for 28.

In spite of Threlkeld shuffling her pack, a moment wicket did not materialise with Armitage becoming a member of Winfield-Hill on the crease and the pair attacking Norris and Morris, specifically, with some tough hitting.

Winfield-Hill eased previous her half-century because the second-wicket partnership changed into a match-winning one with the one actual drama regarding if Armitage would sign up for her in attaining the landmark, which she did within the thirty fourth over.

The century partnership got here up in a while earlier than the profitable runs have been hit leaving Winfield-Hill and Armitage each no longer out on the shut of an excessively fulfilling day for Northern Diamonds who claimed the bonus-point victory.