Georgia Atkinson delivered with both bat and ball in a Player of the Match performance as the Typhoons eased to an eight-wicket victory over the Scorchers in their Evoke Super 50 Cup clash in Pembroke.

Having taken 3-10 in the first innings, Atkinson then went on to score an unbeaten 71* as the Typhoons comfortably chased down 129.  

Earlier, the Scorchers struggled to find any rhythm with the bat, with a 41-run second-wicket partnership between Gaby Lewis and Mary-Anne Musonda the best they could manage.

A late cameo from Ellie McGee ended when she fell to her Rush team-mate Atkinson, as the Scorchers were bowled out for 128 inside 38 overs, with Typhoons wicket-keeper Mary Waldron taking five excellent catches behind the stumps.

In reply, Typhoons openers Atkinson and Sarah Forbes combined for a 72-run stand, with Atkinson the aggressor in chief. Atkinson then brought up the fifty partnership with a wonderful reverse sweep shot off Aimee Maguire to third in the 11^th over.

Atkinson was fortunate to have survived dropped catches on 18, and again on 44, and went on to post her half-century by sliding one down the leg-side for two.

With her eighth boundary of the day, down towards mid-wicket, Atkinson scored the winning runs as the Typhoons won by eight wickets.  

MATCH SUMMARY

Typhoons v Scorchers, Super 50 Cup, Pembroke, Dublin, 19 July 2023

Scorchers 128 (37.4 overs: E McGee 22, Mary-Anne Musonda 21; G Atkinson 3-10)

Typh3.4 overs; G oons 131-2 (2Atkinson 71*, S Forbes 22; C Coulter Reilly 1-15)

Typhoons won by 8 wickets

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