Somerset women vs Hampshire women – (match 25) at Taunton, The Cooper Associates County Ground on Tuesday 13 May 2025 (10h30)
Hampshire women won the match to go top-of-table, despite their fair share of bad luck when batting first. Firstly, skipper Georgia Adams was ‘run out’ when the ball cannoned onto her stumps from the bowler at the non-striker’s end. A short while later, slow-motion footage of Somerset skipper Sophie Luff showed a ‘chance occurrence’ taking a catch at second attempt by clasping the ball against the outside of her right leg whilst rolling backwards. More bad luck when Hampshire’s last four wickets fell for 28 runs ‘all out for 213,’ with Somerset yet to bat – confusingly misreported by some sources as marking the end of the match as only Hampshire’s innings was uploaded as free-to-view: please see below. Top-scorer for the visitors was Charli Knott [64runs (from 102 balls).] When Somerset replied, Heather Knight departed after banking 24 from her opening partnership with Emma Corney. Stand-out batter Sophie Luff passed ‘fifty,’ to the delight of local school-children. By the time inclement weather arrived, the hosts had slipped to 102/7. As seen from The Secret Life Of Wello, torrential rain stopped play for 25 minutes, at-the-stroke of 30 overs. One over was docked from Somerset’s innings when play resumed – but with an unchanged target according to the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. Stand-out batter Sophie Luff made top-score [74 runs (from 108 balls) mustering Somerset’s ninth-wicket stand (69) partnered by bowler-turned-batter Ellie Anderson until caught by Maia Bouchier – one of three ‘Bouchier’ catches. Hampshire skipper Georgia Adams bowled the host skipper, sending both her bails flying to seal Hampshire’s win from the actual final match ball. Commentary by SKY Sports by ‘Charlie from Birmingham,’ with guest Somerset player. Weather started fine with clear blue sky, with rain clouds causal to a downpour mid-way through second innings 15C.
Hampshire women wearing black with yellow batting pads, with white numbering; *Skipper Georgia (misreported elsewhere as ‘Grace’) Adams *[Katie Jones keeping wicket for Somerset]; *With international player Charli Knott (Australia ‘A’); *with Bex Tyson and Daisy Gibb, without Mary Taylor or Freya Kemp (injured); *’Crucial breakthrough’ when Ella McCaughan was bowled ‘top-of-middle-and-off’ by seamer Ellie Anderson; *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 44/1; *Maia Bouchier ‘gifted’ to ‘mid-wicket,’ caught by Alex Griffiths, from Amanda-Jade Wellington’s ‘dipping’ full-toss; *By mid-way 107/2; *Non-striker Georgia Adams, trudged-off when ‘run out’ by Alex Griffiths’ finger-deflected cannon onto her stumps; *Scoring ‘fifty,’ Charli Knott, was ’wierdly’ caught by Sophie Luff ‘back-pedalling’ and clasping the ball against her right-leg whilst rolling backwards to avoid the ball touching the ground, from Chloe Skelton; *Abi Norgrove was ‘run out’ by Alex Griffiths ‘great throw’ from ‘mid-wicket’ to Charlie Dean receiving-on-the-turn at the non-striker’s end; *Nancy Harman was bowled deviating ‘ridiculously’ clipping ‘top-of-off’ stump bail from Chloe Skelton’s spin; *Left-hander Linsey Smith, was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Ellie Anderson, from Alex Griffiths; *Next over Rhianna Southby, was bowled through-the-gate, by Charlie Dean; *Freya Davies ‘swiped’ leg-side, caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Chloe Skelton from Alex Griffiths; *Next (final) ball left-hander Bex Tyson was ‘run out’ from ‘mid-off’ by Sophie Luff’s throw to Alex Griffiths receiving at the non-striker’s end; *Alex Griffiths expectant for a ‘hat-trick’ from the her first ball at next match; *Last delivery of the innings gaffed elsewhere as the ‘last delivery of the match’; Hampshire women batting: Charli Knott64(102), Rhianna Southby46(65), Maia Bouchier39(43), Georgia Adams 14(22); Somerset women bowling: Alex Griffiths 2/27, Chloe Skelton 2/39, Ellie Anderson 1/26, Amanda-Jade Wellington 1/30, Charlie Dean 1/51;
Somerset women wearing black with white logos and plum helmets *skipper Sophie Luff [Rhianna Southby keeping wicket for Hampshire]; *international player Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia ‘A’); *Emma Corney was ‘yorked,’ bowled by Freya Davies; *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 42/1 (vs 41/1); *Heather Knight was ‘run out’ by by Maia Bouchier’s running direct-hit to the striker’s end; *Fran Wilson was caught at ‘backward point’ (misreported as ‘cover’) by Maia Bouchier from Linsey Smith; *Charlie Dean was caught at ‘deep square’ by Daisy Gibb from Bex Tyson; *Mistiming a ‘scoop,’ Katie Jones went ‘leg before’ to Charli Knott; *By mid-way 87/5 vs 107/2; *Alex Griffiths returned a ‘dolly,’ caught-and-bowled by Georgia Adams; *Amanda-Jade Wellington was caught at ‘backward square’ by Nancy Harman, from Charli Knott; *As noted above, rain stopped play for 25 minutes, with one over docked when play resumed – according to the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.*Chloe Skelton was caught at ‘silly mid-on’ by Maia Bouchier from Georgia Adams; *Ellie Anderson was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Maia Bouchier from Bex Tyson; *Sophie Luff was bowled ‘top-of-middle’ with bails sent flying by Georgia Adams; Somerset women batting: Sophie Luff74(108), Ellie Anderson28(42), Heather Knight23(31), Emma Corney15(25), Amanda-Jade Wellington13(13); Hampshire women bowling: Georgia Adams 3/36, Bex Tyson 2/35, Charli Knott 2/25, Freya Davies 1/29, Linsey Smith 1/37;
Match result: Hampshire women 213/10 (@4.2 runs-per-over, from 50/50 overs) beat Somerset women 182/10 (@3.9 r-p-o /target 214 from 46/49 overs) by 31 runs (DLS method)
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m996302e8-000c-4569-b402-80ce3b63de8e
BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225541 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/somerset-women-v-hampshire-women/scorecard/0037026c-0074-5d03-b4d9-0bc31b971cb8 *Hampshire’s innings free-to-air, courtesy of SKY Sports2Network (Vertu) via YouTube [04h05m12s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4OrWrB3ss
*Secret Life of Wello (behind the scenes) courtesy of Amanda-Jade Wellington via YouTube Gifted A Jelly Cat On Game Day Against Hampshire At Somerset County Cricket Club [24m55s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rKy_Yh8uAk
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