Bears & Blaze Reach Women's T20 Blast Finals Day

Davina Perrin deed 70 disconnected 48 balls arsenic nan Bears made judge of joining Surrey astatine Women's T20 Blast Finals Day pinch a 16-run triumph complete Hampshire.

The 18-year-old struck 9 fours arsenic they posted 165-9, and contempt 58 from Australia's Ellyse Perry, nan Hawks could only muster 149-6 successful reply.

"We came into this arsenic underdogs," said Perrin. "We person a really young group, pinch seasoned Laura Harris being nan only anomaly.

"I did nan mean property of nan squad nan different time and it is 22. So to get to Finals Day pinch specified a young squad is in installments to our coaches, unit and team."

The Blaze will besides beryllium portion of nan showpiece astatine The Oval connected 27 July pursuing a 35-run triumph complete Essex astatine Chelmsford, successful which skipper Kirstie Gordon took 4-23 and nan location broadside mislaid six wickets for 9 runs successful 16 balls successful their full of 104-9.

Alice Monaghan made an unbeaten 57 disconnected 32 balls arsenic Surrey hit bottommost broadside Somerset by 68 runs, but Lancashire's hopes of advancement to nan knockout shape were ended by a two-wicket nonaccomplishment to Durham contempt Emma Lamb's 74.

Finals Day will spot nan teams finishing 2nd and 3rd gathering for nan correct to return connected nan group winners pinch nan trophy astatine stake.

Bears went into their crippled against Hampshire astatine nan Utilita Bowl successful 2nd place, 1 constituent up of nan Blaze and 7 clear of Lancashire successful fourth.

They were successful problem connected 40-4 and later 92-7 arsenic spinner Bex Tyson picked up 3-27 for nan Hawks.

But Perrin kept her nerve, reaching 50 disconnected 34 balls pinch a lofted thrust and put connected 52 pinch Georgia Davis (15) earlier she sliced a afloat flip from Perry (2-23) to mid-off and was caught.

Perry opened nan batting for nan hosts and reached her first Blast 50 from 36 balls successful an opening guidelines of 75 pinch Rhianna Southby (29). But they were incapable to enactment pinch nan required complaint and scoring 63 disconnected nan last 5 overs was beyond them, contempt Georgia Adams' unbeaten 32.

The Blaze were not astatine their champion pinch nan bat aft winning nan flip against Essex, pinch sisters Sarah and Kathryn Bryce some falling to Abtaha Maqsood successful nan aforesaid complete arsenic they struggled to 51-4.

Heather Graham apical scored pinch 33 and Sarah Glenn (17) and Lucy Higham (14) added 30 valuable runs earlier Eva Gray (4-18) took 3 wickets successful 4 balls successful nan last complete arsenic they were each retired for 139.

Essex mislaid Lauren Winfield-Hill, caught disconnected Glenn for eight, and fell down nan asking complaint contempt 33 disconnected 31 balls by Jodi Grewcock. It was Grewcock's dismissal by Glenn (3-17) that triggered a illness from 77-3 to 86-9 successful which nan location batters simply provided catching practice.

Kate Coppack and Maqsood prevented them being bowled retired but they vanished good short.

At Old Trafford, England batter Lamb continued her bully shape for Lancashire, hitting a six and 8 fours successful her 48-ball innings earlier being caught astatine mid-wicket disconnected Sophia Turner (3-27). But no-one other reached 20 arsenic they totalled 148-7.

Suzi Bates group Durham's run-chase successful mobility pinch 33 disconnected 22 balls earlier she was caught astatine short 3rd man arsenic she tried to plaything Tara Norris into nan leg-side, leaving her 10 runs short of 400 successful nan competition.

A spell of 3-24 by Australian spinner Alana King kept Lancashire successful nan game, but 43 disconnected 23 balls by Bess Heath pushed Durham connected towards their target. Although she was bowled by Darcey Carter successful a slump from 139-5 to 143-8, nan visitors squeezed past nan target pinch 4 balls successful hand.

Surrey did not person Danni Wyatt-Hodge successful their broadside astatine The Oval and recovered themselves connected 68-4 successful nan ninth over, pinch Alice Capsey among those dismissed, caught down for 27 arsenic she tried to expanse Chloe Skelton (2-20).

But Monaghan deed 4 sixes and added 89 pinch Emma Jones (34), having missed portion of nan play pinch a surgery finger, arsenic nan location broadside group Somerset - who had won only 1 of their 11 erstwhile matches - a reliable target.

It was a task that proved beyond them arsenic wickets fell regularly passim their reply and spinner Dani Gregory returned figures of 4-13 arsenic she bowled Erin Vukovic to extremity Somerset's innings connected 107, pinch 15 balls unused.

Chester LS: Durham v Surrey

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