At a glance

A stunning day of cricket from Otago Sparks and White Ferns allrounder Leigh Kasperek has helped her side to be the only unbeaten team in the Super Smash following yesterday’s double-header round at Lincoln.

With Thursday’s matches washed out, the domestic T20 competition made a belated start yesterday.

The Sparks, who finished last in the 2017 competition with just two wins from eight games, defeated the Central Hinds by 23 runs in the morning match before a 57-run victory over the Northern Spirit in the afternoon.

Kasperek played a starring role with the bat for the Sparks.

Her 54 not out from 37 balls in the morning against the Central Hinds helped set up a formidable total of 129-4 in 20 overs.

Fellow White Fern Suzie Bates got to 43 before she was bowled by 20-year-old Hinds debutante Claudia Green.

The Hinds battled their way to 106-9 in their 20 overs and never ❚ (Thamsyn Newton 34no, Rebecca Burns; Lily Mulivai 2-17, Eimear Richardson 2-16, Eimear Richardson 2-16) lost to

(Eimear Richardson 43no, Bernadine Bezuidenhout;

Round 1 scorecards: Wellington Blaze 109-8

Northern Spirit 113-6

Otago Sparks 129-4 Hinds 106-9

Auckland Hearts 106-5 Canterbury Magicians 100-7

Round 2 scorecards: Wellington Blaze 123-5 Hearts 121-8

Otago Sparks 125-7 Northern Spirit 68 Central Hinds 66 Canterbury Magicians 68-3

Central

Amelia Kerr 4-4). ❚ (Leigh Kasperek 54 no, Suzie Bates 43) beat (Anlo Van Deventer 33; Lisa Griffiths 2-20, Leigh Kasperek 2-12). (Maddy Green 38no, Sara McGlashan 20) beat (Kate Ebrahim 22, Erin Birmingham 20; Holly Huddleston 2-7, Arlene Kelly 2-28).

❚

Auckland

❚

(Rachel Priest 28, Amelia Kerr 24) beat

(Sara McGlashan 43, Katie Perkins 29no; Sophie Devine 3-16). (Leigh Kasperek 40, Polly Inglis 23; Eimear Richardson (Kate Anderson 24; Lisa Griffiths 3-10). (Rosemary Mair 18; Lea Tahuhu 2-11, Gabby Sullivan 2-11) (Amy Satterthwaite 27, Erin

❚ 2-16) beat

❚ lost to

Birmingham 23; Jess Watkin 2-13).