Cup wins for Blaze, Essex, Somerset & Warwickshire

The Blaze defeated Hampshire to take the women’s One-Day Cup title, thanks to Tammy Beaumont’s unbeaten century.

With seven wickets in hand at Trent Bridge, the England opener chased down a modest target of 190 with 112 from 113 balls.

They defeated previous leaders Hampshire and Lancashire, who lost by five wickets to Essex, who won their first game, to claim a third straight victory.

In another game, Somerset defeated Durham in a rain-affected game to move up to second place, while Warwickshire edged past Surrey despite Sophia Dunkley’s ton.

Hampshire finished the matchup unbeaten at Trent Bridge, but Sarah Glenn, England’s leg-spinner, took three wickets (36) to send Hampshire down from 62-1 to 101-5.

Ella McCaughan, the opener, hit 57 from their 50 overs, but a sluggish Blaze attack snuck in Kathryn Bryce’s 10 overs, which were just 22 runs short.

The chase entered early jeopardy at 33-3 when Lauren Bell cheaply removed both Kathryn and Sarah Bryce.

Before Chloe Skelton’s 3-16 loss, 89 off 94 balls from captain Hollie Armitage gave the Durham bowlers something to work with, Ellie Anderson (3-49) had the hosts struggling at 49-4.

Rebecca Odgers, Somerset opener, hit 60 runs before Katie Levick (2-33), who added a run-a-ball 68 before falling to Fran Wilson.

With nine balls to go, Amanda Jade-Wellington fought back to win by four wickets using the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.

Emma Lamb and Eve Jones combined for a 106-run opening stand at Chelmsford, continuing her strong early-season form with 43 off 53 balls.

But from 133-1, Essex’s Kate Coppack (2-39) and Abtaha Maqsood (3-42) restricted the visitors to 230-8.

Hannah Jones and Lamb made 3-39 and 2-39 in the reply, but Jodi Grewcock’s well-paced, undefeated 73, following Alice Macleod’s 45 from 47 balls, gave the hosts their maiden victory with 16 balls to go.

As Surrey piled up 313-7 at Beckenham, skipper Bryony Smith stroked 14 fours in a 72-ball 78 before England’s Dunkley added a six and seven fours in an unbeaten 102.

Natasha Wraith kept the momentum going with 54 deliveries, set the pace for the Warwickshire reply, and Natasha Perrin did so with 69 less than a run-a-ball.