Cup Wins For Hampshire, Warwickshire And Lancashire

An unbeaten 111 from Somerset skipper Sophie Luff was nan level for her broadside to bask a commanding 48-run victory complete Warwickshire astatine Edgbaston successful nan One-Day Cup.

Luff's ton and 70 from Heather Knight helped them station 297-6 from their 50 overs.

Despite Sterre Kalis' 60 and 50 for skipper Georgia Davis, nan hosts were bowled retired for 249 successful nan 49th complete arsenic Somerset stay 1 constituent down leaders The Blaze.

Fi Morris deed a superb 90 not retired disconnected 76 balls to anchor Lancashire's successful chase of Surrey's 296-8 astatine Southport.

Alice Davidson-Richards had made 100 for nan visitors, but Morris helped nan Red Rose to triumph by 5 wickets pinch 2 overs to spare.

In nan day's different game, Hampshire cruised past Durham astatine Arundel pinch a seven-wicket triumph arsenic half-centuries from Maia Bouchier and Charli Knott saw them overhaul nan visitors' 190-8 pinch 13.1 overs successful hand.

After being asked to bat first, Somerset's top bid provided a superb level pinch Knight and Luff sharing 79 for nan 2nd wicket and past Luff adding 118 pinch Fran Wilson (37) for nan 3rd wicket.

Luff ended not retired disconnected 105 balls, though nan last full would person been higher but for 4 precocious wickets from Emily Arlott.

Netherlands batter Kalis deed a breezy 60 disconnected 49 balls to get nan reply supra nan required rate, but Warwickshire were undermined by a middle-order collapse.

They slipped from 153-2 to 179-8 pinch Chloe Skelton and Alex Griffths taking 2 wickets apiece.

Captain Davis, batting astatine 10, put connected 70 pinch Issy Wong but 2 wickets successful 3 balls ensured a 4th triumph successful 5 games for Somerset.

Having won nan flip and opted to bat, Durham's hopes of a large people were soon nether threat arsenic Hampshire and England accelerated bowler Lauren Bell removed some openers wrong nan first 7 overs, including New Zealand batter Suzie Bates.

From there, they struggled to build immoderate momentum arsenic Phoebe Turner apical scored pinch 38 and had a highest business of only 42 betwixt her and Bess Heath for nan sixth wicket.

But Hampshire produced a disciplined bowling display, particularly pinch spin, pinch 5 players sharing nan wickets.

In reply, though Ella McCaughan was retired for 11, a business of 93 betwixt Bouchier (53) and Knott (58) did nan bulk of nan work.

Both fell successful nan fifties, but skipper Georgia Adams and Rhianna Southby saw nan pursuit location pinch 79 balls to spare arsenic nan confederate region climbed to third.

Surrey decided to bat first astatine Trafalgar Road, but Kate Cross took wickets successful her first 2 overs to time off them 10-2.

Danni Wyatt-Hodge was past retired for 21, bringing Paige Scholfield and Davidson-Richards together.

They put connected an awesome 143 for nan 4th wicket earlier Scholfield was retired for 87 disconnected 82 balls.

But Davidson-Richards went connected to 3 figures disconnected 102 balls earlier she was retired successful nan penultimate over.

Lancashire's opening brace put connected 53 earlier Emma Lamb was caught down disconnected Alice Monaghan for 20.

Eve Jones went to her 3rd half-century of nan competition, to adhd to 1 century, but she was besides dismissed by Monaghan for 50.

Australian Katie Mack deed 84 disconnected 69 balls to support nan pursuit connected course, but erstwhile she and Ailsa Lister, for a duck, fell successful successive overs to make it 214-5, it was crippled connected pinch Lancashire still needing 83.

But skipper Ellie Threlkeld (25 not out) provided valuable support to Morris arsenic nan 2 batters sewage those runs pinch 2 overs to spare to grounds nan Red Rose's 3rd triumph of nan title arsenic they jumped to fourth.