Reduced overs stymie early progress

SOMERSET Women's good start to the Metro Bank One Day Cup has suffered a snag after facing two defeats in their last two games.

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Last Wednesday, the Wyverns had continued their winning form with a successive victory with an emphatic 48-run win over Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

Somerset totalled a solid 297-6 thanks to captain Sophie Luff’s accomplished unbeaten century - 111 from 105 balls - which built on Heather Knight's punchy 70 (93 balls) up top. Em Arlott profited from late-innings profligacy to finish with 4-61.

Warwickshire’s reply came in short at 249 all out after early impetus from Sterre Kalis (60, 49) was followed by a middle-order implosion of five wickets for 14 runs in 30 balls. Alex Griffiths, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Chloe Skelton and Charlie Dean each took two wickets to squeeze the chase into submission.

After the game, Griffiths said: "It was a good team performance. We started pretty well with the bat. Heather and Corns started really well up top and then everyone else who came in built partnerships with each other.

"It wasn't an easy pitch to start on and Luffy put in a really good performance and scored a really good ton.