Middlesex edge to win over Glamorgan in Women's T20 Blast
Middlesex edged to a nervous four-wicket victory over Glamorgan off the penultimate ball after hustling out the visitors for just 77 at Northwood.Captain Saskia Horley (21 not out) hit the winning boundary after Middlesex made hard work of a modest chase.Gemma Porter (3-7) did most to put the hosts under pressure.Somerset loanee Niamh Holland's 40 was the only substantial contribution for Glamorgan in their first Blast match, with pace bowlers Sonali Patel and Lauren Turner claiming two wickets each early on.Poppy Tulloch (16 not out) was the only other player in double figures as Glamorgan struggled to get the spinners away and failed to bat out their overs.
In the home reply, spinners Porter and Sara Phillips took two wickets apiece as Middlesex stumbled to 40-4 when Finty Trussler went for 19.Australia-born Scotland international Horley and Pippa Sproul took them within sight of victory, but further wickets for Porter and Emily Burke meant that Middlesex still needed three from the last two balls when Horley clubbed Burke through mid-wicket.Middlesex, who also beat Glamorgan in the One Day Cup, are the only Tier Two side to have defeated the Welsh county so far.Middlesex have two wins from two in the Blast after dispatching Sussex in their debut at Lord's three days previously."It was one of those days for us, we didn't bat well at all," admitted Glamorgan coach Rachael Priest."We were probably lucky to get that close, we always want to show fight in everything, we didn't do that with the bat but the girls gave it everything with the ball."
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