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BBC News
18-07-2025
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Surrey march on to Finals Day with win over Bears
Surrey will head to the inaugural Women's T20 Blast Finals Day in fine form after winning their 11th match of the group stage with a 25-run victory over already secured top spot, Kira Chathli top scored with 65 in 31 balls as Surrey piled up 204-5 after being sent chase was as good as over when Bears, who had already qualified for Finals Day themselves, slipped to 39-4 in the seventh over as they could only make The Blaze confirmed second place by beating Hampshire, while Lancashire, also heading to 27 July's Finals Day, tied with Somerset and Essex beat Durham. Surrey have only been beaten once in 14 group matches and easily saw off Bears who went through in struck five sixes in making her first fifty of the competition and Grace Harris struck 37 from 25 balls as Surrey made their second total over 200 this deep trouble early in their reply, Laura Harris hit 42 in just 14 balls for Bears to revive the chase but they could not undo the early damage and fell short on 179-9. The Blaze had also already booked their place at The Oval next Sunday and ended the group stage with their eighth in, Marie Kelly struck nine fours in her 57 from 45 balls and her opening partner Georgia Elwiss made an unbeaten 53 in 46 to help them post were then 13-2 before a stand of 105 between Rhianna Southby, who made 62 from 51 balls, and Georgia Adams, 57 in they were always well behind the asking rate and finished on 137-4 to finish in sixth. Lancashire are the other semi-finalists but finished the group stage with a dramatic tie with start was delayed and the game reduced to 17 overs-a-side after some Lancashire players were held up in traffic trying to get to eventually fielded first and held Somerset to 114-6 as captain Sophie Luff made 36 in 30 then needed 13 off the final over and seven from the last ball, only for Alana King to swing it for six over deep square and earn a tie. And at Chelmsford, Essex signed off their season with a nine-run win over Durham, who could not reach the top four even with Griffith struck 60 from 35 balls to lead Essex to 164-3 having won the Bates gave the chase a bright start with 45 in 39 balls but Essex kept chipping away and Durham ended on 155-8 as they finished fifth in the table. There will be live text commentary of Finals Day on 27 July on the BBC Sport website and app.
BBC News
09-07-2025
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- BBC News
Jones helps Surrey Women pull further clear in T20
Emma Jones' helped Surrey pull further clear at the top of the Women's T20 Blast table with a four-wicket victory at 140, having lost the toss, Jones struck six fours in her 46 from 39 balls to put the visitors on they slipped to 98-6 in the 16th over before Alice Davidson-Richards and Kalea Moore brought them home with two balls to was also a successful chase in Wednesday's other match as Emma Lamb's unbeaten 66 helped Lancashire beat Hampshire by eight wickets. At Edgbaston, Warwickshire were 69-5 in the 11th over but Dutch batter Sterre Kallis held the innings together with six boundaries in making 38 from 30 Taylor, who scored an unbeaten 26 from 27 from number eight, was the only other significant score as the Bears, who stay third following their defeat, were bowled out for 139 with three balls with her first half-century of the season, and the lower order then did enough for Surrey's eighth victory in 10 games to push them six points clear at the top. Lancashire remain fourth after their sixth victory of the campaign but closed the gap on the Bears to three points after chasing down 174 at lost the toss and Freya Kemp made 63 from 43 balls and Abi Norgrove 54 from 35 as the hosts posted proved some way short of what was needed as opener Eve Jones hit 10 fours in her 42 from 29 balls before Lamb added nine fours of her own as Surrey won with an over to spare.
BBC News
06-07-2025
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- BBC News
Women's T20 Blast round-up: Kemp brings Hampshire home as Surrey tie
Hampshire Hawks held their nerve to win a tense battle against basement club Somerset and keep alive hopes of making the top three in the Women's T20 put up one of their best displays of their winless campaign by posting a total of 153-8, with Fran Wilson's 32-ball 55 the standout excellent reply from Hawks openers Elysse Perry (40) and Rhianna Southby (57) looked to have put them on course for a comfortable with Southby falling in an excellent penultimate over to leave 11 needed off the last, Freya Kemp held her nerve against Alex Griffiths, hitting a six off the second ball and bringing home the victory by eight wickets with two balls to win put Hampshire within seven points of Warwickshire Bears in third spot with four games to play, a gap which remained after Lancashire Thunder beat the Bears by seven wickets at Emirates Old Thunder are a point behind Hampshire after chasing down the Bears' total of 123-7, Emma Lamb bringing home the win with an unbeaten there will be some frustration that after being 105-1 with five overs to go they were unable to get home sufficiently quickly, winning with nine balls to spare, to earn a bonus point win which would have taken them level with the Hawks. Surrey tie with Essex in last ball thriller There was a thrilling conclusion to a rain-affected contest at The Kia Oval as Surrey and Essex tied their match on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method after the visitors' Jo Gardner run out on the final ball of the made 159-5 in 20 overs but after rain reduced the Eagles' target to 94 off 10 overs and Grace Harris removed the two set batters - Maddie Penna and Cordelia Griffith - in the final over, Essex were left needing two runs off the final delivery to sent the ball out to the deep mid-wicket boundary and made the first run but Phoebe Franklin's arrow throw went straight into Kira Chathli's gloves at the striker's end with Gardner just points for the tie took Surrey level at the top with The Blaze, whose match against Durham saw only 4.1 overs of action before rain forced an abandonment with the points shared.
BBC News
04-07-2025
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Women's T20 Blast round-up: Bryce leads Blaze to victory
Kathryn Bryce took 4-13 to eclipse Australia legend Ellyse Perry on her Hampshire Hawks debut and put The Blaze in a strong position to qualify for the Women's T20 Blast finals removed Scotland captain Bryce with her first ball for her new team but the Blaze all-rounder hit back by claiming the wicket of the Hawks newcomer, who is the only person to play in both ICC and Fifa World Cup Gordon's side bounced back from their defeat by Warwickshire by recovering from a scrappy start to reach 188-6 thanks to Heather Graham (73 off 47 balls) and Ella Claridge (51 not out off 36).Perry ended with 2-23 as Blaze lost three wickets in nine balls, including that of Kathryn Bryce from Perry's very first ball in the competition, finding the outside edge. Graham was immediately fluent and, though Davies returned to trap Sarah Bryce lbw with a yorker, Claridge was the perfect foil for the Graham's departure, Claridge closed the innings with a flurry of fours to reach a 36-ball half-century and, with Sarah Glenn, plundered 37 from the last 14 balls of the replied with 151 all out, only Rhianna Southby's classy T20-best 64 (42) defying a Blaze attack led by Kathryn had launched Hampshire's reply with three fours from her first nine balls but perished in pursuit of a fourth when she lifted Kathryn Bryce to Hawks' defeat means they, or any other side, have a great deal to do in the remaining games to reel in top three Surrey, The Blaze and Warwickshire. Durham's double Durham completed the double over Somerset in the meeting of the bottom two, beating their winless West Country visitors by six runs at the Banks Homes been asked to bat first, Durham made 154-4 in their 20 overs, with Suzie Bates making 48 and skipper Hollie Armitage Bex Odgers celebrating the award of her first contract by making 54, Somerset finished on 148-7, with Mia Rogers making three stumpings and Phoebe Turner taking 1-15 from her four Zealand batter Bates and her opening partner Emma Marlow put on 50 in 5.2 overs before Marlow was caught at long-on off Chloe Skelton and Bates was caught at short third by Odgers off Alex Griffiths when two short of her third Durham departure of their marquee signing made little difference. Armitage was unluckily run out for 41 at the bowler's end when Skelton deflected Mady Villiers' fierce drive into the stumps and Durham's momentum was also slowed by Erin Vukusic, who conceded only 29 runs from her four openers began in expansive fashion, Odgers taking 16 runs off Grace Thompson's first over and despite the loss of Niamh Holland and Fran Wilson, the visitors ended the powerplay three runs better placed than Durham, albeit having lost one more wicket.A significant setback followed for Somerset, though, when skipper Sophie Luff was run out for three off her own bowling by Phoebe Turner after a mix-up with responded by reaching her half-century off 35 balls but was stumped by Rogers off Katie Levick for 54 two balls spinners put the brakes on Somerset's progress following the opener's dismissal and the 40 runs needed off the final five overs proved too high a target as Phoebe and Sophie Turner choked off the runs with tight medium pace bowling.
BBC News
20-06-2025
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Bears inflict first loss on Blaze, Essex cruise to win
Bears inflicted a first defeat on The Blaze in the Women's T20 Blast as they enjoyed a 25-run victory at winning the toss, the hosts batted first and reached 172-6 with Sterre Kalis top scoring with reply, The Blaze slipped from 71-1 to 83-4, and with Em Arlott claiming three wickets, they could only manage 147-8 as Bears leapfrogged them into second in the romped to a comfortable six-wicket success over Durham at restricted their hosts to a meagre 101-8 off their 20 overs before reaching their target with three overs to spare. The match in Birmingham was a meeting of two in-form sides with both having won their previous three opted to bat and made a fine start as Meg Austin and Davina Perrin put on 59 for the first Netherlands batter Kalis played the anchor innings with 54 off 41 balls to set up the total, despite a fine 4-21 from Kathryn Bryce for the and Tammy Beaumont had put on 49 in six overs for The Blaze's second wicket, but when Bryce fell to Millie Taylor, the momentum shifted, especially when Beaumont was out for 44 in the following there, Sarah Bryce battled to 32, but The Blaze could not build any significant partnerships and ended well short of their target. Essex got on top from the start against Durham as they reduced their hosts to 17-4 inside four overs, with two wickets each for Kate Coppack and Esmae MacGregor, the leading wicket-taker in the competition with Hollie Armitage held the innings together as she finished 47 not out, but she lacked any real support as Durham only just got past three to score at a little more than five an over, Essex immediately got ahead of the run-rate and despite losing a few wickets were never in too much trouble, even at Maddie Penna and Jodi Grewcock put on an unbeaten 34 to complete the job and end a four-game losing streak as Essex climb to remain seventh after suffering their sixth loss in eight games.
