Marie Kelly commended her young bowling attack after the Blaze’s four-wicket victory over Yorkshire in the One Day Cup at Chesterfield.

Young stars Charley Phillips and Maria Andrews combined brilliantly to bowl Yorkshire out for an under-par 150 before the captain herself made 66 to get her side the win.

Phillips retook her spot at the top of the wicket-taking charts with 3-29, and Kelly highlighted her importance to a formidable bowling attack.

She said, “Charlie's put on pace. The bouncer that she's got in the locker is brilliant. With the bouncers, yorkers, and slower balls, she has so many options.

“To be honest, that characterises our whole attack. There are so many options that we can be really specific with what we want, which I think has been kind of key to our success this year.

“It’s a hard thing to balance: whether you save her and hold her back for the death or whether we take the punt and try and bring her back on. But she's such a natural wicket taker that anytime she's coming on, it is because we want her to take the wicket and break a partnership for us, and she did exactly that today.”

Kelly also praised recent debutant Maria Andrews, who has entered the fold as a Kirstie Gordon replacement while she’s away with Scotland.

“She’s brilliant. I can completely trust her with that [holding down an end]. I’m really pleased how she’s doing.

“Her control is one of the biggest factors. We can set a field really easily to it, and if I can tell her exactly what I want from each ball, getting out the over, or toss it up slower, she's really good at executing that.

“Once she then develops that tactical understanding herself and gets to know her own game even better, she'll be even more dangerous.”

Andrews has picked up six wickets in her first three One Day Cup matches for the Blaze and has fit into the side perfectly.

“Not much phaser, to be honest. She's come in really well. She just loves the game.

“I spoke to her when she first came into the environment, just to touch base, and she just said she's most comfortable when she's playing cricket, so that's really good for me to know that she’s not too affected by nerves. She’s actually happiest when bowling and being out there.

“Credit to her to come in, take everything in her stride. I'm really pleased with the outcomes from her.”

Another emerging talent is Prisha Thanawala, who has been crucial in getting her side over the line in some touch chases over the last few weeks.

“She’s really coming into that number six role, brilliantly. Always has really good intent; quite a smart cricketer too, so conversations out there are always really good.

“We've taken on smart options. Even if she plays a more risky shot, it's a calculated risk and there's a reason behind it.”

Kelly herself has also been in great form this summer and has found her groove as captain now too.

Against Yorkshire, she combined power with composure to lead her side to victory, despite wickets tumbling around her, and she’s now averaging in the mid-40s this season.

“Being aggressive is natural for me, but it's about being able to do it with good technique still: having the intent but respecting the good balls at the same time.

“We want to capitalise as soon as they miss, trying to jump on it straight away, and just shift a little bit of momentum back to us, or put a little bit more pressure back on the bowlers, but again, being calculated, not taking too many high risks, and I think I've worked out what that looks like for me now.”