Beaumont Impresses As Blaze, Hants And Warwicks Win

England opener Tammy Beaumont scored an unbeaten 99 arsenic The Blaze claimed a six-wicket triumph complete Somerset successful nan One-Day Cup.

The 35-year-old, near retired of England's T20 World Cup squad, fell conscionable short of a period but deed her highest full of nan play successful nan title to thief her broadside support their lead astatine nan apical of nan table.

Elsewhere, Francesca Sweet scored a maiden half-century for second-placed Hampshire arsenic they won by 16 runs successful a rain-affected lucifer against Yorkshire to enactment successful touch pinch nan leaders.

Warwickshire moved up to 4th pinch a four-wicket triumph complete Lancashire, pinch Mary Taylor impressing pinch some bat and shot for nan visitors.

At nan Maer Ground successful Exmouth, Beaumont deed 12 fours and a six successful 109 balls and shared a match-winning guidelines of 131 for nan 3rd wicket pinch Georgia Elwiss, who made 72 from 76 deliveries and deed 11 boundaries, arsenic nan visitors scored 224-4 to cruise past their target pinch 10.5 overs to spare.

Anika Learoyd top-scored pinch a disciplined innings of 97 from 118 balls arsenic Somerset recovered from 33-3 to station 222-9 aft being put in, pinch Charley Phillips (2-33) and Kirstie Gordon (2-37) spearheading an awesome Blaze capacity successful nan field.

A 5th consecutive triumph enabled nan Blaze to support their lead complete Hampshire astatine nan apical of nan table, while a 4th consecutive conclusion for Somerset meant they mislaid further crushed connected nan front-runners.

Hampshire, past year's One-Day Cup finalists, totalled 205-7 from 38 overs and past comfortably defended an adjusted target of 213 to declare their 5th triumph successful 7 matches and consolidate 2nd spot successful nan table.

Opener Ella McCaughan top-scored for nan visitors pinch a composed 51, while Sweet added a well-paced 50 and Amanda-Jade Wellington struck an unbeaten 41, arsenic Jess Jonassen took 3-24.

In reply, Yorkshire's openers Lauren Winfield-Hill (35) and Georgie Boyce (22) added 63 wrong 13 overs, but that was arsenic bully arsenic it sewage contempt Sterre Kalis's 46 arsenic they vanished connected 196-8 to suffer by 16 runs connected nan DLS method .

It is simply a 4th conclusion successful 7 for Yorkshire, who beryllium sixth successful nan table.

Warwickshire defeated Lancashire by 4 wickets astatine Southport successful a lucifer reduced to 42 overs per broadside owed to rain.

Chasing a target of 227, Charis Pavely, nan starring tally scorer successful nan competition, made 63 – nan apical people successful nan lucifer – earlier a superb seventh-wicket guidelines of 75 disconnected 66 balls betwixt Mary Taylor (42 not out) and Nat Wraith (34 not out) clinched triumph pinch 9 balls to spare arsenic Warwickshire vanished connected 230-6.

Lancashire made 226-9 aft being put successful to bat pinch nan bulk of nan runs coming from skipper Ellie Threlkeld (39) and Maddie Penna (38) during a third-wicket business of 83.

Kate Cross marshalled nan little bid successful making 34 disconnected 33 balls, while Taylor returned her champion Warwickshire bowling figures of 3-47 arsenic Phoebe Brett (2-35) and Georgia Davis (2-38) took 2 wickets apiece.

The consequence leaves Lancashire 2nd from bottommost successful nan array pinch 2 wins from 7 games, while Warwickshire moved into nan apical 4 pinch their 3rd triumph of nan campaign.