Loughborough College was bathed in superb sunshine as the sport started on a real pitch and a lush outfield nonetheless damp from the day prior to this’s rain.
Shrewsbury Faculty received the toss and determined to bat first on a beforehand used however handsome strip.
They made an incredible begin when Ollie Parton and Theo Wylie attacked within the first energy play and added 60 in 7 overs earlier than Parton fell to Harry Fulton.
Wylie, who survived a stumping attraction, continued to assault earlier than falling to Dale for 63 within the 13th over.
Following the very hectic begin the Canterbury spinners took a firmer grip and steadily introduced the run price down to six per over.
Nonetheless, with additional stable contributions from Rhys Lewis (32), Jack Residence (39) and Louise Hursthouse (31), Shrewsbury edged in direction of a decent 203 for 7 of their 35 overs.
The ultimate whole of 203-7 from 35 overs was aggressive, however not out of the attain of a Canterbury facet that have been beforehand undefeated all season. Connor Dale was the choose of the spinners and claimed 4 for 37.
For Canterbury, Burgess & Roberts made an incredible begin, however a careless run out opened the door for the Shrewsbury bowlers and slowly however absolutely, they tightened their grip on proceedings.
Shrewsbury take management of the sport at 58-3 from 13 overs Lewis, Bradshaw and Jenkins all bowled nicely and ultimately Burgess, who had regarded in nice type, holed out to Jack Residence within the deep for a well-constructed 50.
This was adopted by one other wicket within the subsequent over for Ed Prideaux, which meant that because the rain arrived and the covers got here on, Shrewsbury have been 23 runs forward by way of the Duckworth Lewis technique.
The rain didn’t abate, and shortly after the 2 captains shook arms, with Shrewsbury victorious.
