Odgers hits half-century

Somerset Women are certainly finding their feet in the revamped Metro Bank One Day Cup as two wins this week has left them on the coattails of early leaders The Blaze before their match last night (Wednesday) at Warwickshire.

- Simon Sinclair & Andrew Stockhausen

On Friday, Heather Knight staged an outstanding all-round performance to propel Somerset to a comfortable five-wicket victory over Essex at Taunton Vale.

The England international claimed 3-7 with the ball and then added 45 crucial runs with the bat as the cider county ultimately made light work of chasing beneath blue skies and sunshine to register a second win in three games and send a crowd of several hundred home happy.

Put into bat on a worn pitch, Essex slipped to 2-3 and 50-5 in the face of accurate seam bowling from Laura Jackson and Ellie Anderson, who took 2-12 and 2-44 respectively. Amara Carr redressed the balance with a defiant innings of 67 from 92 balls with five fours, only for Knight to mop up the tail with her off breaks as Essex were dismissed for an inadequate 184 in 42.5 overs.