The Blaze 118 for 0 (Beaumont 54*, Bryce 53*) beat Durham 117 for 8 (Graham 30, Gordon 3-21) by 10 wickets
The pair shared the match’s highest opening partnership, with Beaumont ending 54 not out from 39 balls and Bryce 53 not out from 41 to seal their aspect’s victory with 40 balls unused.
Sustaining the pattern of the day, Gordon opted to chase after successful the toss, a call instantly justified by Ballinger’s excellent opening over which value a solitary run and eliminated Durham captain Hollie Armitage with out scoring.
Mady Villiers gained two lives – a tough probability to level, the place the leaping Lucy Higham did nicely to get a hand to the ball and a routine one which Gordon fumbled earlier than making amends by capturing her wicket within the subsequent over.
Graham – a member of The Blaze’s victorious T20 aspect two years in the past – threatened to spark a fightback, however she perished making an attempt to chop Kathryn Bryce because the bowling aspect cemented management.
Having dropped Mia Rogers off her personal bowling, Gordon responded once more by taking the subsequent alternative to dismiss her as Durham sank to 73 for five earlier than Grace Thompson and Emily Windsor joined forces to present their aspect some hope.
The pair added 40 from 30, just for spinner Charli Knott (2 for 25) to prise out each batters within the last over and guarantee The Blaze can be chasing lower than a run per ball for the trophy.
Beaumont and Sarah Bryce saved their aspect comfortably forward of that required charge from the off, batting with composure and discovering the boundary with frequency as Lauren Filer’s three powerplay overs went for 29.
The final of these contained a trio of cover-driven fours by Beaumont, with the partnership passing 50 within the sixth over earlier than Bryce bought on prime of Katie Levick, flaying the spinner twice over the infield to the fence.
The one excellent concern was which batter can be first to a half-century and it was Beaumont who received that race, reaching the landmark from 34 deliveries with a sweep for 2 off Levick.
Bryce took 5 extra balls to get there, putting Filer for successive boundaries over level earlier than Beaumont steered Villiers for the successful run within the subsequent over to spark jubilation in The Blaze camp.
