Over 20. 7 runs. Bowler: Poppy Tulloch. Yorkshire Women: 7-132(rr 6.6) Over the wicket. Full, wide outside off, front foot, drive along the ground to Poppy Tulloch at bowler. No run.
A full-length delivery just outside off stump, calmly flicked by the batter. Ines Blackwell plays a well-timed, controlled flick straight through mid wicket for four. Ines Blackwell gets off the mark with style.
A full delivery with no movement, right on off stump. The batter attempts a scoop but misses, and she's bowled cleanly. Rebecca Duckworth departs for 12 off 16.
Over 19. 8 runs. Bowler: Bex Tyson. Yorkshire Women: 6-125(rr 6.58) Bex Tyson runs in with her stock ball, pitching outside off on a length. Rebecca Duckworth plays a neat, well-timed reverse sweep that races away fine behind square for four. Yorkshire Women need 50 from 6 balls, four wickets in hand, with the tension reaching fever pitch.
A full stock ball on off stump, expertly flicked by Beth Langston down to deep mid-wicket where Maia Bouchier fields it cleanly for a well-timed single. Beth Langston finally gets off the mark to build her innings.
A length stock ball angling outside off, and Alice Clarke attempts an ambitious reverse sweep but misses completely. The bowler's accuracy pays off as the batter is bowled. Alice Clarke departs after scoring 34 runs from 35 balls.
Over 18. 6 runs. Bowler: Amanda-Jade Wellington. Yorkshire Women: 5-117(rr 6.5) Amanda-Jade Wellington bowls a length leg-spinner on off stump. Rebecca Duckworth drives it well timed along the ground, sneaking a quick single down the pitch. Yorkshire Women need 58 from 12 with five wickets in hand, the chase heating up.
Rebecca Duckworth attempts a sweep off the full-length leg spinner pitching on off stump but mistimes it slightly, managing just a single to short fine leg.
Amanda-Jade Wellington bowls a length leg spinner on leg stump, met with a well-timed sweep from Alice Clarke who keeps it low and punches a single towards deep square leg.
Over 17. 9 runs. Bowler: Eliza Bristowe. Yorkshire Women: 5-111(rr 6.53) A yorker delivered wide outside off, Rebecca Duckworth works it carefully but mistimes the shot, allowing the ball to be fielded at backward point for no run. Yorkshire Women face a steep chase, needing 64 runs from 18 balls with five wickets in hand.
Eliza Bristowe bowls a full, no movement delivery just outside off. Alice Clarke attempts a drive but mistimes it slightly, guiding the ball along the ground for a quick single.
A full toss down the leg side, expertly worked by Alice Clarke. She connects well-timed shots through deep backward square leg for a crisp boundary. Alice Clarke reaches a neat thirty in as many balls, keeping her strike rate at a solid 100.
Rebecca Duckworth gently pushes a no movement delivery outside off stump from a back of a length. Well timed, it races into the extra cover region for a quick single.
Over 16. 5 runs. Bowler: Amanda-Jade Wellington. Yorkshire Women: 5-102(rr 6.38) A length ball on off stump from the leg spinner, met with a mis-timed drive that is comfortably fielded at extra cover. No run comes from this delivery. Yorkshire Women require 73 from 24 balls with five wickets in hand, chasing at a steep required run rate.
The leg spinner bowls a full delivery just outside off stump. Alice Clarke attempts a drive but mistimes it, the ball skimming off the edge for a couple as the fielder in deep cover fumbles the chance. Yorkshire Women move to 101 for 5 in their chase.
A length ball on leg stump from the leg spinner, met with a mis-timed sweep that creeps away for two runs, skillfully fielded on the fine leg boundary.
