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BBC News
19-05-2025
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Top two Hants & Lancs win again in One-Day Cup
Charli Knott and Georgia Adams shared a stand of 114 as One-Day Cup group leaders Hampshire edged home by three wickets against Warwickshire at made 82 off 88 balls and Adams 68, but they had to rely on the lower order to see them home on 246-7 with four balls Lamb took her run total in the competition to 577 by making 82 for second-placed Lancashire as they beat Durham by 35 runs, with Sophie Morris claiming of the table Essex came up just short against Surrey at Chelmsford, losing by 14 runs despite a brilliant 73 not out from just 46 balls by Jo Gardner as they chased a target of games were the final ones for all six teams until the tier one competition resumes on 24 July. Once again, Lamb was the star performer with the bat for Lancashire as she passed 50 for the fourth game in a row before being bowled by spinner Katie Levick in the 30th over at Turner and Mady Villiers took three wickets each as the Red Rose were bowled out for 239 and despite losing Emma Marlow to the fourth ball of their reply, Suzi Bates and captain Hollie Armitage laid a solid base for their put on 74 before Armitage was caught off Grace Potts for 47, but Bess Heath (45) helped Bates add 65 before the innings went into was caught off Mahika Gaur and Morris bowled Bates for 63 with one that kept a little low to leave Durham on 170-6 and she and Kate Cross worked their way through the tail as the visitors were all out for 204 at the start of the 45th briefly looked like the win might take them to the top as Hampshire's chase against Warwickshire lost momentum following the loss of Knott and score of 243-7 was built on a stand of 97 between Abi Freeborn and Charis Pavely, who came together with the score on scored 55 before being stumped off Adams' off-spin, but Freeborn stayed to the end, hitting 12 fours in her 94 not lost both openers with 43 on the board but Australian Knott struck 12 boundaries, supported by the patient Adams, before she was caught off Georgia Davis, top edging a followed, bowled by Hannah Baker, and they needed 41 from the final seven more wickets fell but Mary Taylor's unbeaten 21 off 18 balls got them over the line - and both Hampshire and Lancashire now have six wins from eight games. Essex - with only one win from their previous seven games - had Surrey in trouble on 117-6 but England's Ryana MacDonald-Gay and Kalea Moore pushed the visitors towards a score of 259-9 with both reaching their first 50s of the did so from 60 balls before she was caught by Gardner off Eva Gray - who took 5-52 - for 66 and MacDonald-Gay followed two overs later for chances suffered a major setback when skipper Grace Scrivens was run out by Emma Jones' direct hit for 15 but Ariana Dowse (44) and Sophia Smale (42) made good contributions to keep them in the was Gardner, though, who provided the batting highlight, hitting six sixes and two fours - despite Dani Gregory claiming she ran out of partners as MacDonald-Gay produced a crucial three-wicket burst, including those of Kate Coppack and Abtaha Maqsood at the start of the 47th over to end the match. Tuesday fixture Loughborough: The Blaze v Somerset (10:30 BST start)
BBC News
13-05-2025
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- BBC News
Hampshire defeat Somerset in Women's One-Day Cup
Overseas star Charli Knott undermined Somerset with bat and ball as Hampshire won an absorbing Metro Bank Women's One-Day Cup contest by 31 runs on the DLS method at the Cooper Associates Ground in Australian all-rounder scored 64 from 102 balls, and staged stands of 46, 40 and 42 with Maia Bouchier, skipper Georgia Adams and Rhianna Southby for the second, third and fourth wickets respectively after Hampshire had won the toss. Southby contributed a useful 46 from 65 balls and Bouchier made 39 as the visitors were dismissed for 213 in 50 overs, Alex Griffiths taking 2-27 and weighing in with a catch and two runs then took 2-25 with her off-breaks as Somerset were reduced to 109-8 inside 33 overs. Somerset skipper Sophie Luff threatened a remarkable fightback, scoring a defiant 74 and sharing in a stand of 69 for the ninth wicket with Ellie Anderson to briefly put the outcome in doubt, but Adams removed her to finish with 3-36 as the home side were dismissed for 182 in 46 overs. Hampshire's spinners took eight wickets between them as the visitors extended their lead over The Blaze at the top of the table to five Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
