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Walker shines as Glam beat Sussex in Women's T20
Vitality Blast Women League 2 South GroupGlamorgan 133-8 (20 overs): Jeanes 42, Gammon 42; O'Neill 2-19, Buckle 2-19Sussex Sharks 128-9 (20 overs): Norgrove 42; Walker 4-32, Porter 2-12, Burke 2-30Glamorgan (4 pts) won by 5 runsMatch scorecard
Teenage spinner Poppy Walker took four wickets as Glamorgan held on to beat Sussex by five runs and claim their first win in the Vitality Blast Women League 2 South 134, Sussex looked well on course when England Under-19s captain Abi Norgrove hit 42 off 32 Glamorgan kept taking wickets and confirmed their victory off the last 133-8 owed much to opener Daisy Jeanes and the experienced Bethan Gammon, who made 42 stand of 58 gave Glamorgan much-needed momentum after Anna Buckle took two wickets in the eighth runs came off just 32 balls, hitting eight boundaries, but both she and Jeanes fell to 17-year-old Eve O' got Sussex flying before she was caught off the glove off Walker's bowling, wicket-keeper Georgia Parfitt adding to her two smart were ahead of the rate at half-way, but no-one else could restore Sussex's fortunes as Walker, also 17, kept her nerve under fire as she turned the ball both Porter took 2-12 in her four overs as Glamorgan strengthened their position in the closing was a fine comeback from Glamorgan after losing their opening match at Middlesex, before they host Middlesex at Colwyn Bay on Sunday, 15 who have one from three, host Kent on Sunday, 22 June.
