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BBC News
09-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
First win for Somerset Women a 'long time coming'
Somerset all-rounder Niamh Holland said victory had been a "long time coming" as the club ended a nine-game T20 Blast winless beat Essex by four wickets to win their first match since the tournament began on 30 May. All-rounder Holland was wearing the skipper's armband for the first time with captain Sophie Luff out with a calf strain."It feels great to finally get it over the line, it feels like it's been a long time coming," she told BBC Radio Somerset."I feel like we've had a lot of these games where we've been so tight, but I'm glad that people stood up and got us over the line." Somerset had been close to victory previously this campaign before falling in the closing stages however Holland praised her team-mates' resolve to see a match out for the first time. Australian international Amanda-Jade Wellington made 29 from 23 balls and shared in a stand of 45 for the fourth wicket with Fran and Alex Griffiths needed 16 runs off the final 17 balls and held on to clinch the win as they successfully reached the winning target of 156 with three balls to the club remain bottom of the T20 Blast table with six points, Holland said she hoped the elusive first win would kick-start their campaign."That's what we struggled with is someone to finish it off and we've finally done it which is great," Holland said."I think it's really important that we take this momentum."It might not feel like that all the time with all the results but we've been picking small things up each game to try and almost piece them together and it feels like we've got there [on Tuesday] which is brilliant."
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Somerset Girls Academy lose out to Glamorgan
Somerset Girls Academy were in 50 over action on Monday when they travelled to Newport Cricket Club to play against their Glamorgan counterparts. After choosing to bat first Somerset lost two early wickets before Laila Moledina and Niamh Holland added 73 for the third wicket when the latter was out for 51 off 50 balls which included eight 4s. Advertisement Moledina and Lilly Hawkins stayed together to take the total onto 118 when the former was out for a patient 15 off 70 balls. Hawkins and Jaz Westley saw Somerset onto 147 when Hawkins was out for 43 off 51 balls. Westley went onto make 21, Ellie Goldsworthy 18 and L Harries 19 as Somerset were all out for 195 in the 44th over. When Glamorgan replied opening bowler Erin Vukusic made an easy breakthrough, but two partnerships saw the hosts reach 104 for three to gain the advantage. Somerset bowlers then struck back and at 140 for six the game was well balanced. The visitors claimed another wicket with the total on 174 but the Glamorgan eighth wicket pair held on batters held on to see the hosts to 196 without further loss in the 47th over. Westley was the pick of the bowlers with three for 31 off 10 overs with three maidens while there were two wickets each for Vukusic and Harries.
BBC News
01-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Middlesex edge to win over Glamorgan in Women's T20 Blast
Glamorgan 77 (17.2 overs): Holland 40; S Patel 2-9Middlesex 79-5 (19.5 overs): Horley 21*; Porter 3-7Middlesex (4 pts) won by 4 wicketsMatch scorecard Middlesex edged to a nervous four-wicket victory over Glamorgan off the penultimate ball after hustling out the visitors for just 77 at Saskia Horley (21 not out) hit the winning boundary after Middlesex made hard work of a modest Porter (3-7) did most to put the hosts under 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 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 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 who also beat Glamorgan in the One Day Cup, are the only Tier Two side to have defeated the Welsh county so 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."
