Hampshire Hawks (women) vs Surrey (women) (match 26, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at the Utilita Bowl Southampton on Tuesday 17 June (15h00)
Watched before 3537 spectators, Surrey women collected their sixth win from a ‘last-ball thriller.’ Match came down-to-the-wire as Paige Scholfield partnered by Alice Davidson-Richards ‘A-DR’ tackled Surrey women’s deficit until ‘A-DR’ scored the winning ‘two’ for a ‘knife-edge’ win that could have gone either way. Batting first, Hawks women’s opening partnership between England’s Maia Bouchier and guest Australian Charli Knott (playing her penultimate match) banked 57 runs. Charli Knott went on to score ‘fifty’ with her best T20 score for Hawks women [ 74*not out(from 61 balls)] and had felt that Hawks had ‘momentum’ to win. Please see post match interview ‘Charli Knott disappointed (to lose) from the final ball.’ Abi Norgrove (England u19s) played a cameo 24*not out (from ten balls) to chalk-up Hawks’ half-decent score. In contrast, although both teams ‘power-play’ scores were level-pegging, Surrey women carried three wickets’ disadvantage. Separately, England’s Alice Capsey was known to have passed her 3000 runs milestone (from 156 matches played-to-date). Surrey women’s key partnership between Danni Wyatt-Hodge and guest Australian Grace Harris added a vital 66. Commentators: Cameron ‘Cam’ Ponsonby with Katya Whitney plus pitch-side presenter. Weather fine afternoon mainly with blue sky and light breeze, comfortable 22C.
Hawks women wearing full-backed and half-fronted striped yellow tops and yellow batting pads over navy blue; *skipper Georgia Adams *[Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey]; *with international player Charli Knott (Australia ‘A’), *also with Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier & Linsey Smith (England), Daisy Gibb, Freya Kemp, Abi Norgrove & Mary Taylor; *without Ella McCaughan, Freya Davies or Bex Tyson; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 32/0; *Maia Bouchier was caught at ‘short third’ by Bryony Smith, from Alice Capsey; *61/1 by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Freya Kemp was caught at ‘long-on’ to the left-hander by Phoebe Franklin, from Danni Gregory coming round-the-wicket, *Georgia Adams was caught by Phoebe Franklin, from Danni Gregory; *Rhianna Southby, was caught ‘long-on’ by Alice Davidson-Richards, from Kalea Moore; *Charli Knott and Abi Norgrove were undefeated; Hawks women batting: Charli Knott74*not out(61), Maia Bouchier33(25), Abi Norgrove 24*not out(10), Rhianna Southby10(8);Surrey women bowling: Danni Gregory 2/22, Kalea Moore 1/23, Alice Capsey 1/24;
Surrey women wearing light-blue tops over black with black helmets; *skipper Bryony Smith; *[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Essex] *with international player Grace Harris (Australia) *with Alice Capsey, Alice Davidson-Richards, Phoebe Franklin & Kalea Moore *without Sophia Dunkley; *Missing a ‘swipe,’ Bryony Smith, was caught aerial at ‘mid-off’ by Georgia Adams, from Linsey Smith; *Alice Capsey was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Charli Knott, from Lauren Bell; *Kira Chathli was caught at ‘point’ by Abi Norgrovie, from Daisy Gibb; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 38/3 (vs 32/0) & 75/3 (vs 61/1) by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Grace Harris was caught at ‘long-on’ by Charli Knott from Mary Taylor; *Danni Wyatt-Hodge was caught at ‘backward square’ by Linsey Smith from Mary Taylor; *Paige Scholfield and Alice Davidson-Richards were undefeated; Surrey women batting: Danni Wyatt-Hodge 65(40), Paige Scholfield 30*not out(21), Alice Davidson-Richards 23*not out(19), Grace Harris 17(19); Hawks women bowling: Mary Taylor 2/19, Daisy Gibb 1/22, Lauren Bell 1/25, Linsey Smith 1/38;
Match result: Surrey (women) 156/5(@7.9 runs-per-over, from 19.4/20 overs/target 156 from 20/20 overs) beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 155/4 (@7.7 r-p-o from 20/20ov ) by five wickets with two balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m46fedcc0-12e9-49c3-82ce-355353db6ba8
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225315 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/hampshire-hawks-women-v-surrey-women/scorecard/d123e557-6982-5bd5-80a2-6c90f19de25a
*Edited Highlights ‘Down to the wire…’ courtesy of ECB & Hampshire Cricket (nv play) via YouTube<09m44s>@url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uliivWd25zU & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEdXJrEGYrI
*Post match interview: ‘Charli Knott disappointed not to get the win against Surrey; [by Kevan ‘Kev’ James BBC (Sport)] courtesy of Hampshire Cricket via YouTube [05m01s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54uXBDKVD1g
*Upcoming League one fixtures @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/11/27/vitality-blast-fixtures-for-season-2025/
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Footnote: actual match photo
