Charlotte Edwards Cup final between The Blaze and Southern Vipers abandoned for the day after storm

The lucifer was yet abandoned for the time aft astir 90 minutes of teeming rain

The Charlotte Edwards Cup last betwixt The Blaze and Southern Vipers was abandoned for the time due to the fact that of relentless rainfall astatine New Road, Worcester.

Thunderous rainfall followed, leaving the transportation waterlogged successful places, and play was abandoned astatine astir 18:10 BST.

A reserve time has been scheduled for Sunday, and plans are being finalised.

Vipers had earlier won a thrilling semi-final against Thunder to unafraid their spot successful the final.

• Wyatt Stars arsenic Vipers bushed Thunder to scope final

Warmed-up Vipers crook up the vigor connected The Blaze

The Blaze's Tammy Beaumont (right) ponders her first-over dismissal for conscionable 4 arsenic Anya Shrubsole celebrates

The upwind spoiled a lucifer that was processing into a thrilling last successful which the all-conquering Blaze were uncovering their 100% grounds successful sedate danger.

Any feeling that The Blaze had the vantage having sat retired the semi-final portion Vipers bushed themselves retired successful the baking Worcester sunshine was soon enactment to bed.

Anya Shrubsole, having taken 2-30 successful the semi-final, struck successful the archetypal over, trapping Tammy Beaumont lbw a shot aft the England opener had carved her erstwhile planetary team-mate backward of constituent for four.

And she claimed her 2nd unfortunate successful her 2nd over, Sarah Bryce perishing for 13 from 9 balls erstwhile a mis-timed changeable resulted successful a starring borderline that was easy gathered by wicketkeeper Nicole Faltum.

With the treble breakthrough slowing the complaint to conscionable 5 runs an implicit aft 5 overs, Georgie Boyce and Kathryn Bryce tried to up the tempo and warrant the determination to bat first.

But though they enactment connected 28 successful decent time, Boyce was caught down and Bryce missed a consecutive 1 from spinner Linsey Smith to permission the favourites struggling astatine 53-4 halfway done the 10th over.

Lightning strikes arsenic the upwind wins astatine Worcester

Lightning and dense rainfall interrupted the Charlotte Edwards Cup last astatine New Road, Worcester

A melodramatic alteration successful the upwind brought alleviation to The Blaze arsenic the upwind whipped up, ominous looking clouds replaced the sun-drenched backdrop and lightning stopped play. The rainfall soon followed, with the downpour yet ending the day's play.

A mouthwatering last betwixt defending champions the Vipers and The Blaze, the lone nonrecreational broadside successful the state - successful men's oregon women's cricket - not to person tasted decision yet successful 2023 was opening to instrumentality shape.

The Blaze's unbeaten grounds started to look nether superior threat, but the lone victor was the weather.

In the erstwhile 2 editions of the Charlotte Edwards Cup, the squad that finished apical of the radical signifier has gone connected to assistance the trophy - South East Stars successful 2021, and Southern Vipers a twelvemonth ago.

Vipers, chasing the accidental to assistance their 4th portion of silverware successful 3 years of determination cricket and buoyed by their stunning 18-run semi-final triumph implicit Thunder, are hoping to subordinate that trend.

Blaze are hopeless to showcase the stunning signifier that saw them triumph 7 from 7 to decorativeness archetypal this clip around, a spot up of their opponents.

But some sides volition get the accidental of glory erstwhile play gets nether mode connected Sunday.