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Marie Kelly made an unbeaten century to lead Central Sparks to a six-wicket victory over Southern Vipers in the Charlotte Edwards Cup at Hove.
Kelly struck her 18th boundary to reach a 53-ball hundred, also including a six, to seal a chase of 163 with an over remaining to hand the Vipers their first defeat of the competition.
Elsewhere, South East Stars, Northern Diamonds and Western Storm all won.
Alex MacDonald’s 2-11 helped put Diamonds top of their group.
Vipers were a perfect three wins from three halfway through the six-match group stage and an unbeaten 88 from 60 balls from captain Georgie Adams helped set 162-4 having lost the toss.
But Kelly, whose sister Sian coaches in Argentina, led the reply in an opening stand of 137 in 14.3 overs with Eve Jones, who made 51.
Jones fell but Kelly struck three fours in the 16th over to effectively end the contest and keep the Sparks’ qualification hopes…
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