Somerset vs Lancashire women at Taunton (The Cooper Associates County Ground) on Sunday 27 April 2025 (10h30)
Lancashire women chalked-up their second-straight-win, previously both teams having won their opening matches. Commentators lauded younger batters who were given a chance to step-up once Lancashire spinners (Hannah Jones 2/23, Emma Lamb 2/30) both took wickets with ‘stump-to-stump accuracy.’ Having lost their ‘mainstay batters’ cheaply, Somerset women were 89 for 6. Alex Griffiths scored 46 runs (from 58 balls)], and Emma Corney 35(79) mounted a recovery past the 200-mark. By comparison, centurion Eve Jones 97(111) or Emma Lamb 52(68) made light work of Lancashire women’s reply, reaching 132 without loss by mid-way (vs 66/5.) Seren Smale hit the winning ‘four’ to chalk-up their second-straight-win by a comfortable margin. Commentators included Ed ‘cricket’ Seabourne, with Nicole Harvey (Somerset women) Weather: clear blue sky 20C
Somerset women wearing black with white logos and plum helmets *skipper Sophie Luff [Amara Carr keeping wicket for Lancashire]; *international player Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia); *Heather Knight ‘feather-edged’ to diving keeper Ellie Threlkeld, from Kate Cross; *Sophie Luff ‘feather-edged’ to keeper Ellie Threlkeld, from Kate Cross; *Fran Wilson was ‘bowled around her legs’ by Tara Norris; *Charlie Dean was bowled top-of-off-stump with bails sent flying by Hannah Jones; *Katherine ‘Katie’ Jones went ‘leg before’ to ‘namesake’ Hannah Jones; *Drinks taken on 66/5 (25 overs); *Emma Corney was ‘run out’ by Grace Potts’ direct hit from ‘mid-off’ to the non-striker’s end, from Danni Collins; *After a 55 run partnership with Alex Griffith’s, Amanda-Jade Wellington swept ‘down square leg’s throat,’ caught by Seren Smale from Emma Lamb; *’Hitting much straighter than previous seasons’ Alex Griffiths was bowled by Danni Collins;*Missing a ‘slog-sweep,’ Ellie Anderson went ‘leg before’ to Emma Lamb; *Chloe Skelton and Laura Jackson remained ‘not out’; Somerset women batting: Alex Griffiths 46(58), Emma Corney 35(79), Amanda-Jade Wellington 26(20), Chloe Skelton 24*not out (32), Laura Jackson 13*not out (16); Charlie Dean 10(23), Lancashire women bowling: Kate Cross 2/27, Hannah Jones 2/23, Emma Lamb 2/30, Danni Collins 1/30, Tara Norris 1/54;
Lancashire women wearing rose-red *Skipper Ellie Threlkeld ; *[Katherine ‘Katie’ Jones keeping wicket for Somerset] *International player Katie MacK (Australia) Debutante Grace Potts; *After ten overs power-play, 42/0 (vs 37/1); *By mid-way, 132/0 (vs 66/5.) *During the 29th over Emma Lamb went ‘leg before’ to Amanda-Jade Wellington; *Eve Jones was caught by Amanda-Jade Wellington, from Ellie Anderson; *Next over Katie MacK was stumped by keeper Katie Jones, from Charlie Dean; Fi Morris partnered by Seren Smale saw their side home to victory; Lancashire women batting: Eve Jones 97(111), Emma Lamb 52 (68), Seren Smale 23*not out (19), Fi Morris 18*not out(16); Somerset women bowling: Charlie Dean 1/32, Ellie Anderson 1/32 ,Amanda-Jade Wellington 1/61;
*Match result: Lancashire women 207/3 (@5.6 runs-per-over from 36.5/50, target 206 from 50 overs) beat Somerset women 205/9 (@4.1 r-p-o from 50/50 overs); by seven wickets
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m7a5cea1a-c4d9-4fbf-bcf1-828100e97a9a &
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