Vipers forced to dig deep to retain title

By Jon Batham

High fives: Southern Vipers’ Georgia Adams, centre, leads the celebrations after taking the wicket of Northern Diamonds’ Linsey SmithPICTURES: AlamyEMILY WINDSOR and Tara Norris staged a dramatic late rally as Southern Vipers stole victory from Northern Diamonds in a dramatic Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Final at Wantage Road last night.Vipers looked for all the world like they’d come up short in their pursuit of 184 when Katie Levick (1- 20) and Jenny Gunn (3-31) reduced them to 109-7.However, Windsor (47no) and Norris (40no), who had earlier ret...

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