Somerset (women) vs Surrey (women) – match 16 – League One – at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton on Saturday 25 April 2026
Somerset women chalked-up an unprecedented third straight-win already having beaten both ‘Roses’ rivals in their first two matches. Batting first in near-perfect conditions, Heather Knight top-scored with her first ‘league-one’ competition ‘ton.’ Dani Gibson scored back-to-back ‘fifties;’ and Sophie Luff scored her skipper’s ‘fifty,’ before posting a competitive target and Somerset’s highest record competition score. By comparison, only one Surrey batter made ‘fifty:’ that resulted in a ‘comprehensive’ victory by a wide margin for Somerset women. In contrast, following back-to-back wins, Surrey women (pictured) faced their first defeat of the new season. Commentators on Somerset Live Stream TV: Clare B Jenkins (Women’s cricket commentator, senior lecturer & ex-Somerset & Derbys women); with (bearded) Charlie Taylor (BBC Sport.) Weather Sunny 16-17C.
Somerset women wearing black with large white logos and plum helmets; *skipper Sophie Luff; *[Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey women]; *guest internationals Lola Harris & Anika Learoyd; (Australia Women’s Big Bash League WBBL); *Niamh Holland was bowled, ‘in-swing’ seam hitting ‘middle-and-leg’ stump, from Maitlan Brown; *Bex Odgers hooked to ‘backward-square,’ caught by Tilly Corteen-Coleman, from Maitlan Brown; *Score 42/2 after 10 overs power-play; & Mid-way for drinks, 139/2 after 25overs; *Sophie Luff was caught at ‘extra cover’ by Alice Davidson-Richards, from Maitlan Brown; *Anika Learoyd went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Maitlan Brown; *Heather Knight was caught at ‘backward-square’ by Tilly Corteen-Coleman, from Alice Capsey; *Taking a ‘huge swing,’ Dani Gibson was bowled ‘through-the-gate’ by Dani Gregory *Lofting ‘down-wicket,’ Charlie Dean was caught at ‘long-on’ by Alice Davidson-Richards from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *Playing ‘forward-defence,’ Alex Griffiths was bowled by Dani Gregory; *On 333/8, ’Nelson’ superstition struck when Chloe Skelton, was caught-and-bowled by Dani Gregory; Somerset women batting: Heather Knight 103(107); Dani Gibson 77(31); Sophie Luff 57(63); Charlie Dean 25(23); Jess Hazell 18*not out (18); Niamh Holland 14(10); Anika Learoyd 12(11); Bex Odgers 10(15); Surrey women bowling: Maitlan Brown 4/57(10); Dani Gregory 3/57(9); Alice Capsey 1/25(2); Tilly Corteen-Coleman 1/56(10);
Surrey women wearing black with white county and sponsors logos with black caps and helmets (not brown as described elsewhere); acting skipper Kira Chathli; [Jess Hazell keeping wicket for Somerset] *international player Maitlan Brown (Australia ‘A’); *Bryony Smith was bowled, clipping ‘middle-and-off,’ by Alex Griffiths; *Attempting to ‘sweep,’ Paige Scholfield went ‘leg-before’ to Charlie Dean; *Score 74/2 (vs42/2) after 10 overs power-play; *Alice Davidson-Richards was caught ‘in-the-covers’ by Heather Knight from Lola Harris;*Driving ‘down-wicket,’ Kira Chathli was caught-and-bowled by Lola Harris diving and rolling to her left; *Top-scorer Alice Capsey was caught at ‘deep-cover’ by Sophie Luff from Charlie Dean; *Score 161/5 by mid-way for drinks (vs139/2) after 25 overs; *Attempting to ‘sweep,’ Kalea Moore went ‘leg-before’ to Laura Harris; *Danni Wyatt-Hodge was caught at ‘backward-point’ by Charlie Dean from Niamh Holland; *Maitlan Brown was stumped by Jess Hazell from Chloe Skelton; *Two balls later, playing ‘backward-defence,’ Dani Gregory went ‘leg-before’ to Chloe Skelton; *Playing ‘forward-defence,’ Tilly Corteen-Coleman was bowled ‘off-stump’ by Dean; Surrey women batting: Alice Capsey 59(58); Danni Wyatt-Hodge 28(33); Alice Davidson-Richards 48(37); Paige Scholfield 20(15); Kira Chathli 10(11); Somerset women bowling: Charlie Dean 3/22(7.2); Lola Harris 3/44(7); Chloe Skelton 2/42(8); Alex Griffiths 1/35(4); Niamh Holland 1/23(2);
Match result: Somerset (women) 337/9 (@6.7 runs-per-over from 50/50overs) beat Surrey (women) 210 ‘All out’ (@6.3 runs-per-over from 33.2/50 ov.) by 136 runs
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#mc5520000-6664-a623-ca66-08de2dc248e6
*Upcoming League one fixtures @url: https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4408104/metro-bank-one-day-cup-womens-competition-fixtures-2026
