Somerset women vs Surrey women – (match 2, league one ‘double-header’) – at Taunton, The Cooper Associates County Ground (Somerset) on Friday, May 30 (14h30)
Surrey women won their first match of the inaugural ‘Vitality Blast T20’ against Somerset, by eight wickets. When bowling first, England u-19 star bowler Tilly Corteen-Coleman who two wickets, also taking two catches, including the Somerset skipper. Interviewed post-match, skipper Sophie Luff felt disappointed that Somerset women fell thirty runs short of their target score on home ground. Surrey women’s reply was built around a century partnership (112 runs) between top-scorer Paige Scholfield [63 runs (from 48 balls)] and opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge [53 runs*not out (from 35 balls)] who carried her bat. Commentators for ‘Vertu’ included Nicole Harvey (Somerset women and Welsh Fire for Women’s ‘The Hundred’.) Somerset women’s head coach Trevor Griffin was interviewed pitch-side. Also on Social media with player Amanda-Jade Wellington – quoted as ‘the first professional international overseas woman signing for Somerset, also playing for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred’ please see below. Weather was cloudy with occasional sunshine 17C
Somerset women wearing pink over black with plum helmets *skipper Sophie Luff [Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey]; *international player Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia ‘A’); with debutante Amelie Munday, Olivia Barnes, Bex Odgers & Mollie Robbins, *without Dani Gibson, Heather Knight or Katie Jones; *Amelie Munday played-on, bowled by Ryana MacDonald-Gay; *Emma Corney sliced a ‘top-edge’ caught at ‘backward-point’ by Tilly Corteen-Coleman, from Alexa Stonehouse; *Two balls later, Fran Wilson was bowled ‘through-the-gate,’ by Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 48/3; *Bex Odgers lobbed a dolly, caught-and-bowled by spinner Dani Gregory; *By mid-way (10 overs) 74/4; *Sophie Luff was caught aerial ‘in-the-covers’ by Tilly Corteen-Coleman, from Phoebe Franklin; *Reverse-sweeping Amanda-Jade Wellington was caught aerial at ‘point’ by Kalea Moore, from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; Somerset women batting: Alex Griffith36*not out(37), Bex Odgers27(20), Sophie Luff22(24), Amelie Munday12(9), Amanda-Jade Wellington11(16); Surrey women bowling: Tilly Corteen-Coleman 2/15, Phoebe Franklin 1/13, Dani Gregory 1/18, Alexa Stonehouse 1/22, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 1/29;
Surrey women wearing light-blue tops over black with black helmets; *skipper Bryony Smith; *[Bex Odgers keeping wicket for Somerset] with Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Kalea Moore, Phoebe Franklin & Alexa Stonehouse; *without Alice Capsey, Sophia Dunkley or Alice Davidson-Richards (England call-ups), or Alice Monaghan; *Bryony Smith was caught aerial at ‘cover’ by Fran Wilson, from Ellie Anderson; *Two wickets advantage after 6 overs ‘power-play’ 44/1 (vs 48/3); & 84/1 (vs 74/4) with three wickets advantage by mid-way (10 overs); *Mis-timing a ‘sweep’, Paige Scholfield was bowled by Olivia Barnes; *As mentioned above, Danni Wyatt-Hodge carried her bat, leaving Kira Chathli to score the winning ’six;’ Surrey women batting: Paige Scholfield63(48), Danni Wyatt-Hodge53*not out (35), Kira Chathli12*not out (4); Somerset women bowling: Ellie Anderson 1/20, Olivia Barnes 1/29;
*Match result: Surrey (Women) 135/2 (@8.7 runs-per-over, from 15.3 overs/target 132 from 20 overs) beat Somerset (Women) 131/6 (@6.5 r-p-o from 20 overs) by eight wickets
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#md7afcfda-4725-414f-8336-e7a35f2fc59b & https://somersetcountycc.co.uk/matchcenter/somerw-v-surrw-vitality-blast-women-30-may/?r=1#match-tab-scroll *BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225291 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/somerset-women-v-surrey-women/scorecard/a5e1545a-3ca6-5738-b7ea-5c64b135a2a7
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Somerset Cricket (vertu) via YouTube [04h04m46s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck1qgrJus1Q *With edited highlights[09m44s]@url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVfwcz6vCJM
*Post-match interview with Sophie Luff courtesy of Somerset Cricket (vertu) via YouTube [02h05] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnLr1mFwKWQ
*Behind the scenes of the Vitality Blast, Surrey vs Somerset T20 Game from Secret Life of Wello [23h03] via YouTube @url :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNdy5Iq5CM4
*Upcoming League one fixtures @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/11/27/vitality-blast-fixtures-for-season-2025/
*Upcoming League two fixtures @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/11/27/vitality-cup-league-two-fixtures-for-season-2025/
