As England managed to scrape past New Zealand in the 1st T20, and Alexa Stonehouse became the 21st member of the ODI squad as Issy Wong went down with a hamstring injury, Round 8 of the One Day Cup duly played out. Round 9 at the weekend will be the halfway mark, and the last before a month long break for The Blast.
Surrey v Essex
Essex 227 ao lost to Surrey 229/7 by three wickets
In a low key game Essex batted badly, but then got themselves into a winning position, only to throw it away as they allowed Surrey's ninth wicket pair of Priyanaz Chatterji (37) and Aylish Cranstone (31) to add 79 unbroken runs.
Essex had Flo Miller (74*) to thank for getting past 200. She batted with style and confidence, which no other Essex bat could manage. In response Surrey found ways to get out and looked dead and buried at 150/7, but with the aid of some wayward bowling by Essex (33 extras including 21 wides - simply not good enough for a professional cricket team), and Scrivens and Gardner struggling to combine as the fifth bowler, Surrey strolled home with with 43 balls to spare.
As an advert for women's professional cricket this should really have been banned by the ASA.
Lancashire v Warwickshire
Lancashire 226/9 lost to Warwickshire 230/6 by 4 wickets
In a game reduced to 42 overs both teams struggled to take control with the bat. Seven of Lancashire's top eight got into double figures, but the highest individual score was just 39. Warwickshire looked to be suffering the same fate, until Charis Pavely, released by England from the ODI squad, again took control with a typically belligerent 63 off 58 balls. But when she holed out off Tara Norris Warwickshire were 155/6 with 10 overs to go. Nat Wraith (34*) and Mary Taylor (42*) were Warwickshire's last hope, and as the * testify they were more than up for the task. As it was they finished the job at a canter with 9 balls to spare as Lancashire crumbled to their fifth defeat of the season.
Somerset v The Blaze
Somerset 222/9 lost tp The Blaze 224/4 by 6 wickets
Somerset battled to 222 on the back of a fine 97 from Aussie Anika Learoyd. She got some middle order support from Jess Hazell (32) and Alex Griffiths (43), but 222 never looked like being enough. And when Tammy Beaumont (99*) and Georgia Elwiss (72) combined to add 131 for the third wicket it was just a question of whether the table-toppers could get a bonus point, and whether Tammy could make a hundred. In making sure they did the former, Sarah Bryce deprived Beaumont of a chance to reach three figures, but it seemed to matter little to Beaumont.
Yorkshire v Hampshire
Hampshire 205/7 beat Yorkshire 196/7 by 16 runs (DLS)
Another game that suffered in the rain with the Hampshire innings frequently disrupted by and the game reduced in overs after each delay. Eventually Hampshire's innings came to an end after 38 overs with 50s from Ella McCaughan, newby Francesca Sweet and 41* from Amanda Jade Wellington being the main contributions. Having removed Lauren Winfield-Hill and Jess Jonassen within the space of 15 runs all Yorkshire's hopes were pinned on Sterre Kalis, but when she fell to an ugly heave at Dattani the bell was tolling for Yorkshire. They did manage some late hitting, but still fell 16 runs short as Hampshire pulled clear in second place ahead of Surrey.
Martin Davies
13/V/2026
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