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Hawks continue unbeaten start, Essex beat Bears
Hampshire Hawks maintained their unbeaten start to the season in the Women's T20 Blast - but Warwickshire Bears had theirs ended by McCaughan top scored with a career-best unbeaten 68 to help Hampshire chase down 123 and secure an eight-wicket win over Lancashire Thunder at Old produced an excellent batting display to beat the Bears by 19 runs on the DLS method in a game reduced to 14 overs a side due to rain at result moves Essex top of the standings with Hampshire in second. Lancashire Thunder were put into bat by Hampshire as Bex Tyson took a season's best 3-27 to help limit the hosts to a stuttering innings that never really got going for Lancashire, Ailsa Lister came in with the score at 64-4 after 13.3 overs and smashed an impressive 37 not out off 20 balls to give the Thunder crashed a huge six over mid-wicket off Freya Davies in the penultimate over before repeating the trick off Charli Knott in the final over - Lancashire's only two maximums of the reply, Hampshire raced along to 30 inside the opening three overs before opener Maia Bouchier top edged from Grace Potts over wicketkeeper Ellie Threlkeld and was caught by Sophie Morris for it did not destabilise the run chase as Bouchier's opening partner McCaughan carried her bat to lead the Hawks over the line with six balls to spare, hitting eight fours as she recorded her second half-century in successive T20 contributed 21 from 28 balls but was dismissed by Darcey Carter after a well-taken catch by Grace Johnson at mid-off as Lancashire fought hard in the Georgia Adams produced a steady display, contributing 23 and knocking off the winning runs as Hampshire picked up their second victory of the campaign to move up to second in the T20 table. Essex, and captain Grace Scrivens in particular, got off to a flying start and moved on to 55 inside the opening six overs of their match with the was until Scrivens came down the track to Charis Pavely but misjudged the delivery and was stumped by wicketkeeper Abbey Freeborn for 36 off 23 was to be the last action for 80 minutes as rain halted proceedings and when play finally resumed, the game was reduced to a 14-over delay did little to dampen the approach by Essex's batters as Maddie Penna hit an explosive 27 from 12 balls before being caught on the Macleod smashed 44 off 24 balls and was run out off the last ball of an innings in which opener Lauren Winfield-Hill contributed a useful 21, as did Cordelia Griffith who was unbeaten on Kalis hammered 52 in 25 balls in the chase for the Bears, but Esmae MacGregor (3-32) and Sophia Smale (2-13) helped restrict the visitors to second T20 win of the season sees them climb to the summit, albeit having played one game more than four teams and two more than Surrey.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Essex and Lancs claim first T20 wins of campaign
Essex and Lancashire both claimed their first victories of the season in the Women's T20 Blast. Wicketkeeper Lauren Winfield-Hill top scored with 42 from 25 balls as Essex set Somerset 150 to win at Chelmsford. Advertisement Somerset's Ellie Anderson picked up figures of 3-19 off four overs which included the wicket of Essex captain Grace Scrivens with the seamer's first ball of the innings. Olivia Barnes took a stunning catch at square leg to remove Lissy Macleod, one of two catches by Barnes, who was forced off with a hand injury after the second and was unable to play any further part. Somerset stalled in their reply, and when Eva Gray's in-swinger took skipper Sophie Luff's off stump to leave them 29-4, the visitors chances looked to be in tatters. A fifth-wicket partnership of 25 between Fran Wilson and Alex Griffiths gave Somerset a brief glimmer of hope, but when Wilson fell to leg-spinner Abtaha Maqsood, the writing was on the wall for the visitors. Advertisement Esmae MacGregor finished with career-best T20 figures of 4-8 as Somerset were quickly bowled out for 84, still 66 runs short of their target, with last batter Barnes unfit to take to the crease. Lancashire Thunder bounced back from their seven-wicket defeat by The Blaze on Saturday with a gutsy 18-run victory over Durham at Chester-le-Street. The visitors put on 140-7 in their 20 overs with captain Ellie Threlkeld top-scoring with 48 and Aisla Lister adding 42 not out. Durham's run chase started well with Suzie Bates and Katherine Fraser putting on 61 for the first wicket as the hosts went in search of a first win of the campaign. Advertisement But Thunder recovered in the second half of the innings, taking nine wickets for only 61 runs. Four wickets from Grace Potts (4-33) and two each for Sophie Morris (2-22), Sophie Ecclestone (2-24) and Grace Johnson (2-25) helped turn the match around for the Red Rose.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Essex and Lancs claim first T20 wins of campaign
Essex and Lancashire both claimed their first victories of the season in the Women's T20 Blast. Wicketkeeper Lauren Winfield-Hill top scored with 42 from 25 balls as Essex set Somerset 150 to win at Chelmsford. Advertisement Somerset's Ellie Anderson picked up figures of 3-19 off four overs which included the wicket of Essex captain Grace Scrivens with the seamer's first ball of the innings. Olivia Barnes took a stunning catch at square leg to remove Lissy Macleod, one of two catches by Barnes, who was forced off with a hand injury after the second and was unable to play any further part. Somerset stalled in their reply, and when Eva Gray's in-swinger took skipper Sophie Luff's off stump to leave them 29-4, the visitors chances looked to be in tatters. A fifth-wicket partnership of 25 between Fran Wilson and Alex Griffiths gave Somerset a brief glimmer of hope, but when Wilson fell to leg-spinner Abtaha Maqsood, the writing was on the wall for the visitors. Advertisement Esmae MacGregor finished with career-best T20 figures of 4-8 as Somerset were quickly bowled out for 84, still 66 runs short of their target, with last batter Barnes unfit to take to the crease. Lancashire Thunder bounced back from their seven-wicket defeat by The Blaze on Saturday with a gutsy 18-run victory over Durham at Chester-le-Street. The visitors put on 140-7 in their 20 overs with captain Ellie Threlkeld top-scoring with 48 and Aisla Lister adding 42 not out. Durham's run chase started well with Suzie Bates and Katherine Fraser putting on 61 for the first wicket as the hosts went in search of a first win of the campaign. Advertisement But Thunder recovered in the second half of the innings, taking nine wickets for only 61 runs. Four wickets from Grace Potts (4-33) and two each for Sophie Morris (2-22), Sophie Ecclestone (2-24) and Grace Johnson (2-25) helped turn the match around for the Red Rose.
BBC News
3 days ago
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Essex and Lancs claim first T20 wins of campaign
Essex and Lancashire both claimed their first victories of the season in the Women's T20 Lauren Winfield-Hill top scored with 42 from 25 balls as Essex set Somerset a target of 150 to win at Ellie Anderson picked up figures of 3-19 off four overs which included the wicket of Essex captain Grace Scrivens with the seamer's first ball of the Barnes took a stunning catch at square leg to remove Lissy Macleod, one of two catches by Barnes, who was forced off with a hand injury after the second and was unable to take any further part in the stalled in their reply, and when Eva Gray's in-swinger took skipper Sophie Luff's off stump to leave them on 29-4, the visitors chances looked to be in tatters.A fifth-wicket partnership worth 25 runs between Fran Wilson and Alex Griffiths gave Somerset a brief glimmer of hope, but when Wilson fell to leg-spinner Abtaha Maqsood, the writing was on the wall for the MacGregor finished with career-best T20 figures of 4-8 as Somerset were quickly bowled out for 84, still 66 runs short of their target, with last batter Barnes unfit to take to the Thunder bounced back from their seven-wicket defeat by The Blaze on Saturday with a gutsy 18-run victory at visitors put on 140-7 in their 20 overs with captain Ellie Threlkeld top scoring with 48 and Aisla Lister adding an important knock of 42 not run chase started well with Suzie Bates and Katherine Fraser putting on 61 for the first wicket as the hosts went in search of a first win of the Thunder recovered in the second half of the innings, taking nine wickets for only 61 runs. Four wickets from Grace Potts (4-33) and two each for Sophie Morris (2-22), Sophie Ecclestone (2-24) and Grace Johnson (2-25) helped turn the match around for the Red Rose.
BBC News
5 days ago
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Bears and Blaze tie as Hampshire and Surrey get off to winning starts
The Blaze were held to a thrilling tie by Warwickshire Bears at Trent Bridge but there were comfortable Women's T20 Blast wins elsewhere for Hampshire Hawks and Surrey. Georgia Elwiss' Blaze side, who represent Nottinghamshire but kept their regional name after winning the Charlotte Edwards Cup last season, were set 161 for victory by the Elwiss's 38-ball 52 was ended by Charis Pavely who had earlier top scored for the Bears with 46, sisters Kathryn (60) and Sarah Bryce (27) looked set to bring home the win, taking the chase into the final over with nine runs off the first four deliveries from Issy Wong put them on course but with two needed from two, Sarah Bryce holed out at mid off. New batter Maddy Green managed a single off the final delivery but was run out going for the second as the two sides shared two points a piece in their opening Boucher starred with a 53-ball 92 as Hampshire Hawks got their campaign off to a flier beating Essex by 25 Hampshire opener's effort built a platform for the home side to post 215-3 after being put in to bat by the visitors. On-loan Yorkshire star Lauren Winfield-Hill (69) made a decent stab at chasing down the total but Bex Tyson's 3-40 took crucial wickets in the chase including Essex's Australia international Maddie two-time Big Bash winner with Adelaide Strikers hit a rapid 17-ball 38 but was the second of three to fall to the left arm Surrey posted a thumping eight-wicket victory over a target of 132 for victory Danni Wyatt-Hodge (53 not out) and Paige Scholfield (63) put them within touching distance with a 112-run partnership for the second Chathli brought home the win with 27 balls to spare with a power-packed finish, hitting 12 in four balls and a six to secure victory.
