Vitality Blast Women 2026 coverage from the League 1 Final on July 17.
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The Blaze Women vs Durham Women, Final, Vitality Blast Women
Prediction
Vitality Blast – Women: The Blaze 118/0 beat Durham 117/8 by 10 wickets.
By Ben Kosky, ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
Tammy Beaumont and Sarah Bryce both hit unbeaten half-centuries as The Blaze cruised to their maiden Vitality Blast triumph in resounding style, hammering Durham by 10 wickets at the Kia Oval.
The pair shared the tournament’s highest opening partnership, with Beaumont finishing 54 not out from 39 balls and Bryce 53 not out from 41 to seal their side’s victory with 40 balls unused.
Heather Graham, who had top-scored for Durham in their semi-final victory over Hampshire Hawks, did so again with 30 from 23, but their total of 117 for eight never looked likely to be enough.
Left-arm spinner and captain Kirstie Gordon – who also skippered The Blaze to T20 success in the final edition of the Charlotte Edwards Cup in 2024 – led the way with figures of three for 21, while seamer Grace Ballinger took one for 22.
Maintaining the trend of the day, Gordon opted to chase after winning the toss, a decision immediately justified by Ballinger’s superb opening over which cost a solitary run and removed Durham captain Hollie Armitage without scoring.
Mady Villiers gained two lives – a difficult chance to point, where the leaping Lucy Higham did well to get a hand to the ball and a routine one that Gordon fumbled before making amends by capturing her wicket in the next over.
Graham – a member of The Blaze’s victorious T20 side two years ago – threatened to spark a fightback, but she perished attempting to cut Kathryn Bryce as the bowling side cemented control.
Having dropped Mia Rogers off her own bowling, Gordon responded again by taking the next opportunity to dismiss her as Durham sank to 73 for five before Grace Thompson and Emily Windsor joined forces to give their side some hope.
The pair added 40 from 30, only for spinner Charli Knott (two for 25) to prise out both batters in the final over and ensure The Blaze would be chasing less than a run per ball for the trophy.
Beaumont and Sarah Bryce kept their side comfortably ahead of that required rate from the off, batting with composure and finding the boundary with frequency as Lauren Filer’s three powerplay overs went for 29.
The last of those contained a trio of cover-driven fours by Beaumont, with the partnership passing 50 in the sixth over before Bryce got on top of Katie Levick, flaying the spinner twice over the infield to the fence.
The only outstanding issue was which batter would be first to a half-century and it was Beaumont who won that race, reaching the landmark from 34 deliveries with a sweep for two off Levick.
Bryce took five more balls to get there, striking Filer for successive boundaries over point before Beaumont steered Villiers for the winning run in the next over to spark jubilation in The Blaze camp.
Points Table
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