Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 05/04 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v Northern Diamonds Women 215/10(50)-216/10(49.2)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 05/01 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v Sunrisers Women 213/10(50)-214/5(39.4)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 04/27 09:30 - South East Stars Women v Central Sparks Women 268/10(49.4)-119/6(30)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 04/24 09:30 - Southern Vipers v Central Sparks Women 173/3(38.5)-172/9(50)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 04/20 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v The Blaze Women 213/9(50)-135/10(41)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 09/16 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v South East Stars Women 131/10(35.1)-283/7(50)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 09/13 09:30 - Western Storm v Central Sparks Women 241/8(50)-242/3(44.1)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 09/10 09:30 - Sunrisers Women v Central Sparks Women 228/6(45)-227/8(50)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 09/05 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v The Blaze Women 189/10(49.5)-193/7(45.1)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 07/22 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v Sunrisers Women Cancelled
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 07/15 09:30 - Northern Diamonds Women v Central Sparks Women 223/4(34)-164/5(18.4)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 07/11 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v Western Storm Cancelled
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 07/07 09:30 - South East Stars Women v Central Sparks Women 225/10(47.3)-246/8(50)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 07/02 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v Thunder Women 233/10(50)-204/10(48.4)
Charlotte Edwards Cup 06/07 13:00 - South East Stars Women v Central Sparks Women 176/6(20)-170/9(19.3)
Charlotte Edwards Cup 06/04 09:30 - Western Storm v Central Sparks Women 137/3(19.2)-135/6(20)
Charlotte Edwards Cup 06/03 13:30 - Central Sparks Women v Southern Vipers 142/9(20)-135/8(20)
Charlotte Edwards Cup 05/29 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v Thunder Women 119/9(20)-155/6(20)
Charlotte Edwards Cup 05/26 12:00 - The Blaze Women v Central Sparks Women 212/5(20)-156/6(20)
Charlotte Edwards Cup 05/23 10:00 - Central Sparks Women v Northern Diamonds Women 132/7(20)-135/10(19.3)
Charlotte Edwards Cup 05/18 17:30 - Sunrisers Women v Central Sparks Women 114/10(19)-137/10(19.5)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 05/10 09:30 - Southern Vipers v Central Sparks Women 180-183
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 05/06 09:30 - Thunder Women v Central Sparks Women Cancelled
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 05/01 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v Southern Vipers 183/9(50)-184/7(41.1)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 04/29 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v Northern Diamonds Women 162/3(38.2)-161/10(36.3)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 04/22 09:30 - The Blaze Women v Central Sparks Women 212/10(46.4)-153/10(48.2)
National Cricket League, Women 09/17 09:25 - Central Sparks Women v Sunrisers Women 260-121
National Cricket League, Women 09/11 09:30 - South East Stars Women v Central Sparks Women 254-195
National Cricket League, Women 09/09 09:30 - Central Sparks Women v Lightning Women Postponed
National Cricket League, Women 07/23 13:00 - Thunder Women v Central Sparks Women 236-191

Wikipedia - Central Sparks

Central Sparks is a women's cricket team that represent the West Midlands region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They primarily play their home matches at Edgbaston and New Road. They are captained by Evelyn Jones and coached by Lloyd Tennant. The team is partnered with Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.

History

In 2020, women's cricket in England was restructured, creating eight new 'regional hub' teams, with the intention of playing both 50-over and 20-over cricket. Central Sparks were one of the sides created under this structure, representing the West Midlands and partnered with Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire. The side was to be captained by Evelyn Jones and coached by Lloyd Tennant. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was truncated, and only 50-over cricket was played, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Central Sparks finished second in the North Group of the competition, winning three of their six games but failing to progress to the final. At the end of the season, five Sparks players were given full-time domestic contracts, the first of their kind in England: Evelyn Jones, Marie Kelly, Issy Wong, Emily Arlott and Gwenan Davies.

The following season, 2021, Sparks competed in both the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the newly-formed Twenty20 competition, the Charlotte Edwards Cup. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup the side finished third in their group, winning three of their six matches. In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Central Sparks qualified for the knockout stages of the tournament, finishing third in the group of eight with five wins from their seven matches. During the group stages, Amy Jones hit the highest score of the tournament, scoring 163* against Western Storm, whilst Emily Arlott recorded the best individual bowling figures of the tournament against Southern Vipers, taking 5/29 including a hat-trick. In the play-off, however, the side lost to Northern Diamonds by 6 wickets to be eliminated from the competition. In 2022, they reached the final of the Charlotte Edwards Cup after finishing second in Group A and beating South East Stars in the semi-final. However, they lost to Southern Vipers in the final. Sparks batter Amy Jones was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 289 runs, and was named the PCA Player of the Tournament. In July 2022, the side launched the West Midlands Regional Cup, to aid the development of players playing for county sides in the region. The side finished fifth in the group of eight in the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

In 2023, Central Sparks finished seventh out of eight in the Charlotte Edwards Cup and fifth out of eight in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Sparks bowler Georgia Davis was the leading wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 27 wickets.