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The Northern Brave-W gained a thrilling victory over the Magicians on the last ball while the Kings demolished the Brave-M with the bat.
Northern Brave Women vs Canterbury Magicians:
Winning the toss and batting first would be a decision the Brave would soon be regretting as they fell to 16/4 inside the powerplay.
Chamari Athapaththu (0) fell in the second over to Lea Tahuhu. Missy Banks then had Jess Watkin (7) and Nensi Patel (4) back to the sheds soon after before Tahuhu grabbed a second with Marina Lamplough falling for one.
However, both sides needed players to stand if they wanted to keep themselves in the running for a finals spot. For the Brave, it was Caitlin Gurrey and Eimear Richardson who did this.
The pair put on a vital 70-run stand for the fifth wicket and it was the equal-highest 5th wicket T20 partnership for the Northern Brave. (Nicola Browne and Wendy Horneman had done so against Canterbury in the 2009/10 season).
Canterbury captain Frankie Mackay did break through to get Richardson for 38 from 32.
Eve Wolland (18*) and Gurrey (53*) saw Northern through to 123/5 from their 20 overs.
Kate Anderson fell early for the Magicians in the second over for three, with Marama Downes getting her LBW.
Following the wicket of Downes, rain came down and 13 overs were lost from the Canterbury innings. It meant they needed a target of 55 from seven overs.
Maddie Penna then edged off to Holly Topp from Downes’ bowling for a duck, following this Watkin had Izzy Sharp for seven.
Tahuhu was sent in to try and smash the ball around which she did. She was able to hit a six off Downes and Watkin before falling to Athapaththu for 17 from 10.
With 13 runs needed from the last over for a Canterbury win, it was up to Carol Agafili to bowl it. Whilst bowling three wides in the over, Mackay and Jodie Dean weren’t able to get the required runs.
Mackay found herself run out on the final ball as she tried to come back for the match, tying two runs. She skied the ball to Gurrey who dropped it, but was able to throw it to Topp who whipped the bails off and had her out for 19.
Northern kept their finals hopes alive with the one-run win via the DLS method.
Northern Brave Men vs Canterbury Kings:
Canterbury had a mammoth start to their innings through Chad Bowes and Tom Latham. They combined for a massive 127-run stand for the first wicket in just 11.2 overs.
Their partnership included some big hitting with Tim Pringle having one overs sent for 23 runs while Scott Kuggeleijn and Joe Walker both had overs sent for 18.
Tom Latham fell in the twelfth over for a well-made 62 from 39 with Brett Hampton getting the wicket. Hampton had a second in his next over with Henry Nicholls going for nine.
With Bowes edging closer towards a century, it was up to Pringle to get the big wicket of him. He struck with Bowes going for 85 from just 43 balls.
Kris Clarke had success on the very next ball as Cole McConchie found himself walking back, out for 12.
Mitch Hay wasn’t able to get going and fell to Neil Wagner for a run-a-ball six.
Canterbury had 199/6 on the board at the start of the last over. However, Bevon Jacobs put on 29 runs (four 6s and a four) to get Canterbury up to their highest-ever T20 total of 228/6. Jacobs finished on 36* and Angus McKenzie on 0*.
Northern lost early wickets and were never able to rebuild from there. Henry Cooper (8), Jeet Raval (0), and Flynn McGregor-Sumpter (2) all fell inside the first four overs to Will O’Rourke while Hampton fell caught and bowled to Michael Rae for a duck.
Peter Bocock and Katene Clarke tried to get Northern back into the game and they did so with a 33-run stand for the fifth wicket until the wickets fell again for Northern. Bocock went for 12 with Rippon getting the wicket while Clarke fell to Angus McKenzie for 32.
With the game falling out of ND’s reach, Kuggeleijn and Pringle were able to have some fun with the bat.
They put on a solid 56-run stand for the seventh wicket. The 50 came up in 43 balls with both batters scoring about the same amount of runs.
Kuggeleijn went with 2.4 overs to go for 30. Tim Pringle finished on 38* (his highest Super Smash score) while Kris Clarke finished on 5*
Northern ended on 138/7 with Canterbury taking a 90-run win.
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