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The weather has had its say in the summer's last block of Central Sparks fixtures, with two of the fortnight's three 50-over matches washed out and the Hundred now gallumphing in to replace the RHF until September. But in the one game where the rain relented last Saturday at Headingley, Georgia Davis and Katie George were instrumental in restricting Northern Diamonds to 223-4 from 37 of the planned 39 overs, whereupon another deluge resulted in a Duckworth-Lewis adjusted target of 164 from 19 overs for the Midlanders to win. 26 from Eve Jones followed by a superb 56 from the on-fire George broke the back of a close chase, and with two runs required off the last three deliveries, it was a deserved reward for Charis Pavely to continue her breakthrough summer by coming in and striking the winner. The match also proved a farewell to overseas Erin Burns, who leaves with 21 wickets and 279 runs from her 13 appearances.