Surrey dominate Durham, Thunder beat Bears

Surrey proceed to group nan gait successful nan women's T20 Blast arsenic punishing batting by England's Danni Wyatt-Hodge ushered them to a comfortable nine-wicket triumph complete Durham astatine The Oval.

After restricting nan visitors to 141-5, they made it 4 wins retired of 4 by reaching 143-1 pinch 43 balls to spare, Wyatt-Hodge hitting nan winning bound to decorativeness pinch 74 not retired from conscionable 36 balls.

In Sunday's different game, Lancashire Thunder picked up only their 2nd triumph successful 5 matches arsenic Tara Norris made an unbeaten 33 and took 3-25 to thief them hit Bears by 5 runs.

Chasing a target of 163, nan location broadside needed 14 disconnected nan last complete astatine Edgbaston, but could only muster eight, pinch Natasha Wraith finishing connected 57 not retired from 36 deliveries, nan highest people of nan match.

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The crippled against Surrey began severely for Durham, who had some openers bowled wrong nan first 5 overs - Suzie Bates and Mady Villiers dismissed by Ryana MacDonald-Gay.

From 29-3, Hollie Armitage led a revival, adding 40 pinch Bess Heath (27) and 38 pinch Mia Rogers, and though she went to 50 disconnected 49 balls successful nan past complete and Katherine Fraser deed nan last shot of nan innings for six, their people did not look enough.

So it proved arsenic Wyatt-Hodge and Bryony Smith matched each different changeable for changeable successful bringing up a 50 business successful nan 4th over.

Wyatt-Hodge launched Katie Levick complete mid-wicket for a maximum, nan first of 2 sixes successful her innings to spell pinch 11 fours, but nan guidelines came to an extremity connected 94 erstwhile Smith was caught successful nan heavy disconnected Phoebe Turner for 44 from 28 balls.

Replacement Kira Chathli opened her relationship pinch a six and made an unbeaten 19 from 13 earlier Wyatt-Hodge ended nan crippled by cutting Bates to nan constituent boundary.

"It decidedly is simply a large win. We bowled and fielded really good arsenic a squad and past Danni and Bry smashed it and sewage america complete nan line," said MacDonald-Gay.

"They are very bully players who activity really good together because they are different and they people successful different areas, truthful it must beryllium really tricky to vessel to them arsenic a pair."

Emma Lamb was backmost successful nan Lancashire broadside against nan Bears pursuing England work but it was not a happy return arsenic she was bowled done nan gross for 5 by Issy Wong successful nan first over.

They struggled to 31-4, batting successful a dependable drizzle, earlier a 69-run business betwixt Ailsa Lister and Australian Alana King which ended erstwhile nan erstwhile was lbw for 36 arsenic she tried to expanse Hannah Baker.

King made 21 earlier hitting Millie Taylor (2-25) to heavy mid-wicket but Norris lofted a six complete mid-off arsenic she steered Thunder to 162-7.

Bears made a affirmative commencement successful reply arsenic Davina Perrin made a accelerated 34 earlier being bowled by 1 from Grace Johnson which kept low.

Charis Pavely contributed 27 but they were losing momentum astatine 101-6 successful nan 14th complete erstwhile Wong was bowled by Norris arsenic she tried to make room to unit nan shot done nan disconnected side.

Wraith, though, kept them successful nan game, clearing nan ropes and hitting 4 fours arsenic she reached 50 from conscionable 29 balls, but wickets continued to autumn astatine nan different extremity and she mislaid nan onslaught midway done nan past complete arsenic Thunder squeezed home.

"We person had a mates of reliable ones successful nan past mates of games, truthful to get a triumph connected nan committee is superb and we are correct backmost successful nan mixer," Lancashire skipper Ellie Threlkeld said.

Riverside: Durham v Bears (14:30 BST)

The Oval: Surrey v The Blaze (18:30 BST)