Somerset women vs Surrey women – (match 24)- at Taunton, The Cooper Associates County Ground on Sunday 11 May 2025 (10h30)
Surrey women won ‘quite convincingly,’ by a 100-run margin. Surrey skipper Bryony Smith [110runs(from 103 balls)] played a skipper’s innings in difficult conditions. England’s Sophia Dunkley [79(from 81)] also made ‘fifty.’ International All-rounder Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia ‘A’) bagged a 4-fer (taking 4 wickets/conceding 47 runs.) Somerset batters ‘never really got going.’ Rain played a key part, stopping play after 44 overs, the hiatus continuing through lunch. When play resumed ninety minutes later, six overs were docked from Somerset’s innings with a cut-off time of 14h55 and the target score 317 from 44 overs was calculated using the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. Commentators were impressed by Surrey’s ’stump-to-stump’ bowling with ‘good length’ and competent fielding despite two spilled catches. Danni Wyatt-Hodge (pictured – centre) was lauded for saving 20-30 runs, when fielding at ‘backward point.’ Commentators were Ed ‘cricket’ Seabourne (Sports journalist) with Polly Starkie (Social media co-host ‘Noughtie Child Podcast’ and ‘HerGameToo’ cricket ambassador.) Weather was wet with rain interruption.
Surrey women wearing black with white county logos and light blue neck-trim; *skipper Bryony Smith; *[Katie Jones keeping wicket for Somerset] with Alexa Stonehouse, without Phoebe Franklin (injured); *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 74/0; *Danni Wyatt-Hodge was caught at ‘backward point’ by Fran Wilson, from Amanda-Jade Wellington;*Reverse sweeping Alice Capsey was caught at ‘slip’ by Heather Knight, from Amanda-Jade Wellington; *By mid-way 150/2; *Centurion Bryony Smith was caught at ‘deep mid-off’ by Heather Knight, from Amanda-Jade Wellington; *Paige Scholfield went aerial from the toe-end, caught at ‘deep mid-off’ by Heather Knight, from Amanda-Jade Wellington; *Mis-timing a sweep, Sophia Dunkley was bowled through-the-gate by Chloe Skelton; *Mis-timing a swipe, Alice Monaghan went ‘leg before’ to Charlie Dean; *Mis-timing a ramp during the final over, Alice Davidson-Richards went ‘leg before’ to by Charlie Dean; *Leaving Kira Chathli ‘not out;‘ Surrey women batting: Bryony Smith110(103), Sophia Dunkley79(81), Danni Wyatt-Hodge44(35), Alice Monaghan18(11), Kira Chathli14*not out (9), Alice Davidson-Richards14(11); Somerset women bowling: Amanda-Jade Wellington; 4/47, Charlie Dean 2/56, Chloe Skelton 1/50;
Somerset women wearing black with white logos and plum helmets *skipper Sophie Luff [Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey]; *international player Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia ‘A’); *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ *Emma Corney was bowled straight through ‘top-of-middle’ with bails sent flying by Ryana MacDonald-Gay; *Sophie Luff was caught at ‘deep square’ by Ryana MacDonald-Gay, from Alice Monaghan; *Fran Wilson drove hard at Alice Monaghan, whose hand deflected the ball onto stumps at the non-striker’s end, and dislodged a bail to ‘run out’ Heather Knight ‘who’d played brilliantly’ (until judged out-of-her-ground); *Mis-timing a slog-sweep, Fran Wilson was stumped by Kira Chathli, from Danni Gregory; *Charlie Dean was caught at ‘backward point’ by Danni Wyatt-Hodge, from Alexa Stonehouse; *Going for a second run, Katie Jones was ‘run out’ by Alice Monaghan’s throw to keeper Kira Chathli, from Alexa Stonehouse; *Alex Griffith was ‘beautifully’ bowled through-the-gate by Danni Gregory; *Sweeping with insufficient force to the mid-wicket boundary ropes, Amanda-Jade Wellington ‘was exceptional’ until caught by substitute fielder (Kalea Moore) from Alice Capsey; *Chloe Skelton ‘snicked-an-edge’ caught by keeper Kira Chathli, from Alice Monaghan; *Finally, Ellie Anderson was caught by Alice Davidson-Richards, from Alexa Stonehouse; Somerset women batting: Sophie Luff15(27), Amanda-Jade Wellington36(29) Heather Knight 36(41), Chloe Skelton25(32) Fran Wilson23(28), Alex Griffith14(14) Charlie Dean14(22)Katie Jones11(13) ; Surrey women bowling: Danni Gregory 2/43, Alice Monaghan 2/43, Alexa Stonehouse 2/47, Alice Capsey 1/28, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 1/36;
*Match result: Surrey women 306/7 (@6.9 runs-per-over, from 44/44 overs) beat Somerset women 215/10 (@5.2 r-p-o from 40.5 overs/target 317 from 44 overs) by 101 runs (DLS method) with 19 balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#md7e7364e-37a4-4d03-8517-3ae66e574ddc
BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225540 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/somerset-women-v-surrey-women/scorecard/6f348fae-4200-54ec-85d4-612d0d0abbe4
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Somerset Cricket (Vertu/nv play) via YouTube [09h15m17s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AAtx2PJRbE
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