Heather Knight scored a half-century for Somerset in her first innings since being sacked as England captain as the highest tier of the Ladies’s One-Day Cup bought below approach with some thrilling matches.
Knight – whose nine-year spell as England skipper got here to an finish after the 16-0 Ashes thrashing over the winter – made 65 from 54 deliveries, hitting 9 fours and a six, as Somerset beat Surrey by seven wickets on DLS off the ultimate ball of the sport at Beckenham having wanted 32 with two overs remaining and 15 off the final.
England haven’t but appointed a successor to Knight, though Nat Sciver-Brunt and Charlie Dean have been linked with the function of captain below new head coach Charlotte Edwards.
Somerset edge Surrey in nerve shredder
Off-spinning all-rounder Dean additionally performed for Somerset on Wednesday, choosing up two wickets after which scoring 41 runs off 35 balls from the No 4 spot earlier than Australia’s Amanda-Jade Wellington slammed six fours in seven balls in a dramatic end.
Wellington’s pyrotechnics helped cut back the requirement to 2 runs from two balls and after she pinched a single, Fran Wilson hit the game-clinching 4 because the away aspect reached a rain-reduced goal of 328 in 33 overs, having appeared out of the sport at one stage.
England stars Danni Wyatt-Hodge (33), Alice Capsey (26) and Sophia Dunkley (22) performed for Surrey however didn’t press on with the bat within the hosts’ complete of 243-7 from their 33 overs.
No Sciver-Brunt as Lamb sends reminder to England
Nat Sciver-Brunt didn’t play in The Blaze’s opening One-Day Cup fixture
Sciver-Brunt sat out The Blaze’s One-Day Cup opener – an eight-wicket defeat to an Emma Lamb-inspired Lancashire at Trent Bridge.
Lamb backed up a three-wicket haul with the ball by scoring an unbeaten 130 from 140 deliveries with the bat as she gave Edwards a reminder of her skills forward of England’s summer time assignments, which start towards West Indies from Might 21.
Lamb has performed 14 one-day internationals, two Check matches and a solitary T20 worldwide for England, however has not featured for her nation for the reason that Eire tour in September of final 12 months.
Warwickshire, Hampshire tie Edgbaston cracker
Warwickshire and Hampshire performed out a tie at Edgbaston with the hosts bowled out for 208 in exactly 50 overs as Georgia Davis (13) was run out final ball chasing the profitable run.
Davis placed on 19 with Hannah Baker (11no) for the ultimate wicket after including 24 with Charis Pavely (17) from 165-8.
Warwickshire had misplaced common wickets from 134-3 with England left-arm spinner Linsey Smith recording figures of 4-39 and seamer Lauren Bell 2-44.
Elsewhere, New Zealand nice Suzie Bates hit an unbeaten 93 and Hollie Armitage 64 not out after younger seamer Phoebe Turner bagged 4-33 as Durham trounced Essex by 9 wickets.
The eight Tier 1 groups may even compete within the Ladies’s Vitality Blast this season, with that competitors starting on Might 30.
Heather Knight scored a half-century for Somerset in her first innings since being sacked as England captain as the highest tier of the Ladies’s One-Day Cup bought below approach with some thrilling matches.
Knight – whose nine-year spell as England skipper got here to an finish after the 16-0 Ashes thrashing over the winter – made 65 from 54 deliveries, hitting 9 fours and a six, as Somerset beat Surrey by seven wickets on DLS off the ultimate ball of the sport at Beckenham having wanted 32 with two overs remaining and 15 off the final.
England haven’t but appointed a successor to Knight, though Nat Sciver-Brunt and Charlie Dean have been linked with the function of captain below new head coach Charlotte Edwards.
Somerset edge Surrey in nerve shredder
Off-spinning all-rounder Dean additionally performed for Somerset on Wednesday, choosing up two wickets after which scoring 41 runs off 35 balls from the No 4 spot earlier than Australia’s Amanda-Jade Wellington slammed six fours in seven balls in a dramatic end.
Wellington’s pyrotechnics helped cut back the requirement to 2 runs from two balls and after she pinched a single, Fran Wilson hit the game-clinching 4 because the away aspect reached a rain-reduced goal of 328 in 33 overs, having appeared out of the sport at one stage.
England stars Danni Wyatt-Hodge (33), Alice Capsey (26) and Sophia Dunkley (22) performed for Surrey however didn’t press on with the bat within the hosts’ complete of 243-7 from their 33 overs.
No Sciver-Brunt as Lamb sends reminder to England
Nat Sciver-Brunt didn’t play in The Blaze’s opening One-Day Cup fixture
Sciver-Brunt sat out The Blaze’s One-Day Cup opener – an eight-wicket defeat to an Emma Lamb-inspired Lancashire at Trent Bridge.
Lamb backed up a three-wicket haul with the ball by scoring an unbeaten 130 from 140 deliveries with the bat as she gave Edwards a reminder of her skills forward of England’s summer time assignments, which start towards West Indies from Might 21.
Lamb has performed 14 one-day internationals, two Check matches and a solitary T20 worldwide for England, however has not featured for her nation for the reason that Eire tour in September of final 12 months.
Warwickshire, Hampshire tie Edgbaston cracker
Warwickshire and Hampshire performed out a tie at Edgbaston with the hosts bowled out for 208 in exactly 50 overs as Georgia Davis (13) was run out final ball chasing the profitable run.
Davis placed on 19 with Hannah Baker (11no) for the ultimate wicket after including 24 with Charis Pavely (17) from 165-8.
Warwickshire had misplaced common wickets from 134-3 with England left-arm spinner Linsey Smith recording figures of 4-39 and seamer Lauren Bell 2-44.
Elsewhere, New Zealand nice Suzie Bates hit an unbeaten 93 and Hollie Armitage 64 not out after younger seamer Phoebe Turner bagged 4-33 as Durham trounced Essex by 9 wickets.
The eight Tier 1 groups may even compete within the Ladies’s Vitality Blast this season, with that competitors starting on Might 30.
