f. "I didnt need to be anybody else, I just neede

Western Storm 119 for 4 (Priest 50, Taylor 45) beat Yorkshire Diamonds 118 (Mooney 56, Shrubsole 5-23) by six wicketsScorecard Western Storm surged into the Kia Super League Finals Day at Chelmsford next Sunday with a six-wicket victory over Yorkshire Diamonds at Headingley, the home side failing to qualify after suffering their fourth defeat in the competition.Storm were left chasing a target of 119 after an astonishing end to the Yorkshire innings which saw Anya Shrubsole bowl the 20th over and complete it with a four-wicket maiden to give her final figures of 5 for 23 in her four overs, which also included another wicket maiden.Then West Indian, Stafanie Taylor, and New Zealands Rachel Priest, made light work of the reply with a dashing century opening partnership.Both departed with the score on 101 to consecutive balls from Shabnim Ismail, Priest hitting 50 from 35 deliveries with six fours and two sixes and Taylor 45 from 43 balls with five fours and a six.A couple more wickets went down quickly but there were still 3.3 overs remaining when Sophie Luff swept the winning boundary.Taylor and Priest rattled up 25 from the first four over and Priest went on to straight-drive Katie Levick for the first six of the match. Runs flowed as Taylor off-drove Jenny Gunn for four and Priest square drove Stef Butler to the boundary before blazing the trail the with two fours and a six off consecutive balls from the same bowler.Taylor was first out, caught at point, and Ismails next ball saw her hold on to a return chance from Priest.Two more wickets went down as Storm aimed to seal their victory as quickly as possible and few in the 585 crowd would dispute that they were worthy winners.Yorkshire Diamonds innings was given early momentum by the flashing blade of captain Laura Winfield and there was another late surge from Australias Beth Mooney before Shrubsole embarked upon her sensational four-wicket maiden to wrap things up.Batting first on winning the toss, Winfield began her assault in the second over by striking three consecutive boundaries off Freya Davies with powerful leg-side shots.Shrubsole joined the attack for the third over, bowling Hollie Armitage in a wicket maiden, but Winfield continued to go for her shots in a 40-run partnership with Mooney and she scored her sides first 23 runs off the bat before Mooney opened her account with a three.Mooney pulled Georgia Hennessy through mid-wicket for four and cut Jodie Dibble to the rope but after Winfield had included six boundaries in her 27-ball 32 she got into a tangle sweeping at Davies and was caught behind.There was then a useful stand of 29 between Alex Blackwell and Mooney which left Diamonds well-placed at 63 for 2 in ten overs but just when Blackwell was getting nicely into her stride there was unnecessary hesitation over a second run and she was left short of her crease.Yorkshires innings began to sag for a while as Brunt was dismissed without scoring by Taylor and Anna Nicholls also went cheaply, leaving Diamonds struggling on 97 for five with three overs remaining.But then Mooney helped herself to three consecutive boundaries off Shrubsole, the third taking her to her half-century from 41 balls with six fours and she added another boundary in the next over before dragging Taylor into her stumps for an invaluable 59.Diamonds were 118 for 6 when Shrubsole began the last over. Danielle Hazel drove the first ball to Cait OKeefe near the boundary edge; the second bowled Jenny Gunn; the fifth had Ismail smartly stumped and the sixth bowled Levick.Winning captain, Heather Knight, said: It is brilliant reaching Finals Day. We knew we had already made it before the match began but there was still a possibility of finishing top if we could win a bonus point. We couldnt quite manage that but we did the best we could.Storm now take on Loughborough Lightning on Finals Day with the winners meeting Southern Vipers in the final. Vapormax Plus Wholesale . The Islanders dealt Thomas Vanek to the Montreal Canadiens after less than a year on Long Island. Meanwhile, the Oilers dealt long-time sniper Ales hemsky to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday for a fifth-round pick in 2014 and a third-rounder in 2015. Vapormax Plus Womens Cheap . -- Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Alrdridge were again the go-to duo for the Trail Blazers against the Kings. http://www.airmaxplusstoresale.com/ . He just needed to be his best twisting, turning acrobatic self. "I didnt need to be anybody else, I just needed to be myself and be aggressive," said Burks, who scored a career-high 34 points to spark the Utah Jazz to a 118-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night. Air Max Plus Tn Cheap . Third-seeded Murray had the easiest path to victory on New Years Eve, barely breaking a sweat during his 6-0, 6-0 win over 2,129th-ranked Qatari wildcard recipient Mousa Shanan Zayed. Air Max Plus Discount . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. MONTREAL -- Tosaint Ricketts scored in the 87th minute to give Toronto FC a 2-2 tie with the Montreal Impact in the rain Sunday night.The Impact clinched a playoff spot, and Toronto remained in contention for one of the top two Eastern Conference placings that would give it home-field advantage and a bye into the conference semiffinals.ddddddddddddozy Altidore also scored for Toronto (13-9-11), which remained winless in five games (0-1-4). Ignacio Piatti scored twice for the Impact (11-10-12). They are unbeaten in three games. ' ' '