The 2024 edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy will kick-start in April and we have all the information related to this women’s one-day domestic competition. In this piece below, we will look at everything related to the 2024 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy including its formal, schedule, teams participating in it, live broadcasting options and predictions.
The 2024 edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy is the fifth time it will be played. Eight teams will be participating in this competition with each one of them playing the others on a home and away basis in a league format.
At the end of this league stage, which will constitute 56 matches in all, the top four sides will make the semifinals which will then be followed by the final. The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 full squad, schedule, and details on where to watch the matches on TV, online, and live streaming details are placed below.
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 Predictions
Match-by-match predictions, tips and the latest odds will be updated. This section will also be updated with the latest outright winners’ odds.
May 8, 2024
- Sunrisers v Southern Vipers: Southern Vipers to win: 8/15
- South East Stars v Northern Diamonds: South East Stars to win: 4/7
- North West Thunder v Central Sparks: North West Thunder to win: 4/7
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 Team Squads Players List
Following are the eight teams participating in this year’s Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Each of these sides represents a set of counties and regions.
| Team | Counties |
|---|---|
| Central Sparks | Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire |
| Northern Diamonds | Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland |
| North-West Thunder | Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumbria |
| South East Stars | Surrey, Kent |
| Southern Vipers | Hampshire, Sussex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire |
| Sunrisers | Middlesex, Essex, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, Suffolk |
| The Blaze | Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire |
| Western Storm | Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Wiltshire, Cricket Wales |
Central Sparks: Eve Jones (captain), Ellie Anderson, Em Arlott, Hannah Baker, Chloe Brewer, Ami Campbell, Georgia Davis, Poppy Davies (wicketkeeper), Bethan Ellis, Ria Fackrell, Abbey Freeborn (wicketkeeper), Katie George, Amy Jones (wicketkeeper), Charis Pavely, Davina Perrin, Grace Potts, Issy Wong
Northern Diamonds: Hollie Armitage (captain), Erin Burns, Leah Dobson, Rebecca Duckworth, Katherine Fraser, Abi Glen, Grace Hall, Bess Heath, Sterre Kalis, Beth Langston, Katie Levick, Emma Marlow, Lizzie Scott, Rachel Slater, Phoebe Turner, Sophia Turner, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Jess Woolston
South East Stars: Bryony Smith (captain), Maddie Blinkhorn-Jones, Alice Capsey, Kira Chathli, Priyanaz Chatterji, Claudie Cooper, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Aylish Cranstone, Alice Davidson-Richards, Sophia Dunkley, Tash Farrant, Phoebe Franklin, Dani Gregory, Chloe Hill, Emma Jones, Charlotte Lambert, Ryana MacDonald-Gay, Bethan Miles, Kalea Moore, Paige Scholfield, Jemima Spence, Alexa Stonehouse, Kirstie White
Southern Vipers: Georgia Adams (captain), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Georgia Elwiss, Nancy Harman, Freya Kemp, Charli Knott, Ava Lee, Ella McCaughan, Alice Monaghan, Abi Norgrove, Linsey Smith, Rhianna Southby, Megan Sturge, Charlotte Taylor, Mary Taylor, Finty Trussler, Emily Windsor, Danni Wyatt
Sunrisers: Grace Scrivens (captain), Amara Carr, Kelly Castle, Kate Coppack, Ariana Dowse, Jo Gardner, Eva Gray, Jodi Grewcock, Cordelia Griffith, Nicola Hancock, Esmae MacGregor, Lissy Macleod, Abtaha Maqsood, Flo Miller, Jess Olorenshaw, Charley Phillips, Katherine Speed, Amu Surenkumar, Dane van Niekerk, Mady Villiers
The Blaze: Kirstie Gordon (captain), Grace Ballinger, Tammy Beaumont, Georgie Boyce, Kathryn Bryce, Sarah Bryce, Ella Claridge, Nadine de Klerk, Sarah Glenn, Heather Graham, Teresa Graves, Josie Groves, Beth Harmer, Lucy Higham, Scarlett Hughes, Marie Kelly, Michael Kirk, Cassidy McCarthy, Sophie Munro, Nat Sciver-Brunt
Thunder: Ellie Threlkeld (captain), Olivia Bell, Alice Clarke, Dani Collins, Kate Cross, Naomi Dattani, Sophie Ecclestone, Mahika Gaur, Phoebe Graham, Liberty Heap, Laura Jackson, Hannah Jones, Emma Lamb, Ailsa Lister, Katie Mack, Fi Morris, Sophie Morris, Daisy Mullan, Tara Norris, Shachi Pai, Hannah Rainey, Seren Smale, Georgia Voll
Western Storm: Sophie Luff (captain), Imogen Cooper, Emma Corney, Lauren Filer, Dani Gibson, Alex Griffiths, Lola Harris, Nicole Harvey, Niamh Holland, Katie Jones, Heather Knight, Claire Nicholas, Isobel Patel, Mollie Robbins, Robecca Rodgers, Chloe Skelton, Sophia Smale, Isla Thompson, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Fran Wilson, Nat Wraith
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 Schedule
The league stage of the 2024 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy will be played between Saturday, April 20 and Saturday, September 7, 2024. This will be followed by the two semifinals on the following Saturday, September 14 and the final on Saturday, September 21.
The schedule for this year’s Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy has been updated below.
| Date | Match | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, April 20 | South East Stars vs Southern Vipers Central Sparks vs The Blaze Northern Diamonds vs Thunder Western Storm vs Sunrisers |
3:00 PM |
| Wednesday, April 24 | Northern Diamonds vs Western Storm Thunder vs Sunrisers The Blaze vs South East Stars Southern Vipers vs Central Sparks |
3:00 PM |
| Saturday, April 27 | Southern Vipers vs Northern Diamonds South East Stars vs Central Sparks Sunrisers vs The Blaze Thunder vs Western Storm |
3:00 PM |
| Wednesday, May 1 | Western Storm vs South East Stars Southern Vipers vs Thunder Northern Diamonds vs The Blaze Central Sparks vs Sunrisers |
3:00 PM |
| Saturday, May 4 | Western Storm vs Southern Vipers Sunrisers vs South East Stars Central Sparks vs Northern Diamonds |
3:00 PM |
| Monday, May 6 | The Blaze vs Thunder | 3:00 PM |
| Wednesday, May 8 | South East Stars vs Northern Diamonds Sunrisers vs Southern Vipers Thunder vs Central Sparks The Blaze vs Western Storm |
3:00 PM |
| Sunday, June 20 | Sunrisers vs Thunder Southern Vipers vs Western Storm Northern Diamonds vs Central Sparks South East Stars vs The Blaze |
3:00 PM |
| Friday, July 5 | The Blaze vs Southern Vipers | 3:00 PM |
| Sunday, July 7 | Western Storm vs Northern Diamonds Sunrisers vs Central Sparks Thunder vs South East Stars |
3:00 PM |
| Wednesday, July 10 | Western Storm vs The Blaze Central Sparks vs Thunder Northern Diamonds vs Sunrisers Southern Vipers vs South East Stars |
3:00 PM |
| Friday, July 12 | Central Sparks vs Western Storm | 3:00 PM |
| Sunday, July 14 | The Blaze vs Northern Diamonds South East Stars vs Sunrisers Thunder vs Southern Vipers |
3:00 PM |
| Monday, August 26 | Western Storm vs Central Sparks South East Stars vs Thunder Sunrisers vs Northern Diamonds Southern Vipers vs The Blaze |
3:00 PM |
| Friday, August 30 | Central Sparks vs Southern Vipers | 3:00 PM |
| Saturday, August 31 | The Blaze vs Sunrisers South East Stars vs Western Storm |
3:00 PM |
| Sunday, September 1 | Thunder vs Northern Diamonds | 3:00 PM |
| Wednesday, September 4 | Thunder vs The Blaze Central Sparks vs South East Stars Sunrisers vs Western Storm Northern Diamonds vs Southern Vipers |
3:00 PM |
| Friday, September 6 | The Blaze vs Central Sparks | 3:00 PM |
| Saturday, September 7 | Southern Vipers vs Sunrisers Western Storm vs Thunder Northern Diamonds vs South East Stars |
3:00 PM |
| Saturday, September 14 | Semi-final 1 Semi-final 2 |
3:00 PM |
| Saturday, September 21 | Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 final | 3:00 PM |
What Happened in the 2023 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy?
The 2023 edition of the Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy was the third time it was getting played and Southern Vipers successfully defended their title which they had won in 2021 and 2022, making it three in a row for them.
Played as a double-leg round-robin league followed by the playoffs, it saw Southern Vipers top the league stage of the competition with seven wins.
The Blaze and South East Stars came second and third respectively with Southern Vipers pipping The Blaze only on the net run-rate.
In the playoff, The Blaze bowled South East Stars out for 148 and chased down the rain-altered target of 52 with much ease. In the final, however, The Blaze were restricted to a mere 200/8 in the 48 overs which Southern Vipers made in 40.2 overs to grab the title.
Top Run-Scorers (in 2023)
- Lauren Winfield-Hill: 663
- Georgia Adams: 546
- Evelyn Jones: 440
- Paige Scholfield: 439
- Emily Windsor: 408
Top Wicket-Takers (in 2023)
- Georgia Davis: 27
- Katie Levick: 24
- Danielle Gregory: 21
- Georgia Adams: 20
- Linsey Smith: 19
How to Watch the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024?
Live streaming of Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 matches will be provided by the regional teams, along with a match report service funded by the ECB, ensuring you stay informed as the competitions get underway. You can also follow the teams on Twitter:
- Central Sparks: @CentralSparks
- Lightning: @Lightningcric
- Northern Diamonds: @North_Diamonds
- Thunder: @Thundercric
- South East Stars: @SEStarsCricket
- Southern Vipers: @VipersKSL
- Sunrisers: @Sunriserscrick
- Western Storm: @_WesternStorm
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