Southern Vipers booked their place within the Rachael Heyhoe Trophy last as they knocked The Blaze off high spot within the last spherical of group matches.
Vipers swept previous Blaze by 126 runs at Loughborough to go straight into the ultimate at Northampton on Sunday, 24 September.
It left Blaze to accept second place and a play-off in opposition to South East Stars on Thursday.
The Stars demolished Central Sparks by 152 runs at Edgbaston in a shoot-out for the third qualifying spot.
In Saturday’s different video games, Thunder beat Western Storm by 5 wickets, and Sunrisers beat Northern Diamonds by six wickets in a rain-affected match.
Blaze had already certified for at the very least the semi-final with a sport to spare, however nonetheless wanted a consequence in opposition to second-placed Vipers to achieve the ultimate with out the necessity for a play-off.
Having misplaced the toss and been despatched in, returning England batter Maya Bouchier and Georgia Elwiss each made 64 off 68 balls, whereas Emily Windsor struck a well-paced 52 off 53 balls.
Georgia Adams additionally chipped in with 40 as Vipers had been all out for 288 within the last over with Grace Ballinger taking 4-58.
Marie Kelly and Sarah Bryce took Blaze to 69-1, however as soon as Bryce fell for 23, the hosts had been unable to muster a considerable partnership.
Adams eliminated Kelly for a 62-ball 56, and Kathryn Bryce added 36, however Blaze misplaced their last 5 wickets for 10 runs to break down to 162 all out and provides Vipers an important bonus level.
That further level helped Vipers draw stage with The Blaze and high the group on internet run-rate.
Central Sparks knew victory in opposition to South East Stars would leapfrog them above their opponents and into the knockout phases.
However having opted to subject, they’d no reply as wicketkeeper Kira Chathli (61) and skipper Bryony Smith (97) piled up 125 for the second wicket.
Smith fell three in need of her century in a hard-hitting 81-ball innings, however Chloe Hill (34) and Maddie Blinkhorn-Jones (24 not out) did additional injury down the order as Stars posted 283-7 from their 50 overs.
And after Ryana MacDonald-Homosexual (3-27) eliminated each openers cheaply, the Sparks innings by no means actually received going.
Alice Davidson-Richards additionally chipped in with three wickets, whereas Maddy Inexperienced top-scored with 39, as Sparks had been dismissed for a meagre 131 in 35 overs.
The consequence noticed Sparks slip to fifth under Sunrisers who completed fourth because of a DLS six-wicket win over Northern Diamonds at Chester-le-Road.
Diamonds reached 114-6 earlier than rain reduce their innings brief at 18 overs as Sterre Kallis struck 28 and Bess Heath hit three sixes in a 21-ball 37.
Needing a revised 126 to win off 18 overs, an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 49 off 31 balls between Joanne Gardner (30 not out) and Florence Miller (20 not out) took them house with three balls to spare.
Within the basement battle, Thunder consigned backside aspect Western Storm to their eighth defeat of the marketing campaign in Manchester.
Storm openers Emma Corney (53) and Sophia Smale (56) placed on 98 for the primary wicket earlier than skipper Sophie Luff’s 54 helped the guests submit 250-7.
Smale (2-21) helped scale back Thunder to 17-3 in reply, however a 177-run fourth-wicket stand between captain Ellie Threlkeld (107 not out) and Naomi Dattani (82) helped the hosts in the direction of a five-wicket win with 20 balls to spare.