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Women's Vitality Blast
Somerset Women at Stanley Park
The final round of the league stage of the Women’s Vitality Blast comes to Stanley Park tomorrow, Friday 18 July with a 2.30pm start. And it features two teams with contrasting fortunes as Lancashire entertain Somerset.
While Lancashire have everything to play for with a victory ensuring a place in Finals Day on 27 July, Somerset will be playing for pride in trying to obtain their second win of a disappointing campaign. Both sides have played 13 games, Lancashire having won seven and lost six while Somerset have just one victory to their name with 10 defeats and two games with no result.
Lancashire began with a defeat to The Blaze despite a fine 59 by Katie Mack but they bounced back in game two by defeating Durham Women by 18 runs with captain Ellie Threlkeld, 48, playing the significant innings of the match. Two defeats and two victories followed in the next four games before another two further defeats set Lancashire back somewhat. But three successive victories restored their hopes. And after an unexpected defeat by Durham Women at old Trafford, despite a fine 74 by Emma Lamb and Alana King’s 3-24, Mahika Gaur’s three wickets in eight balls at Chelmsford at the start of the Essex innings paved the way for a four-wicket victory with Eve Jones top scoring with 59. And so we come to the Somerset game in fourth place, four points ahead of Durham and with a better net run rate.
Meanwhile Somerset were going through a terrible patch with an abandoned fourth game leaving them with three defeats. And those losses continued with five in succession before a little relief came with a home four-wicket victory over Essex Women to which Fran Wilson contributed 41. But two further losses followed and with their final game being abandoned they have just the solitary victory to offset their 10 defeats.
For Lancashire Emma Lamb has the most runs, 336 in her eight games at the exceptional average of 133.33 with four half-centuries while Ailsa Lister has 264 runs, again at a most impressive average of 154.38. with Eve Jones, 203 also passing the 200-mark; in addition four others have more than 100 runs to their names, Ellie Threlkeld, 150, Seren Smale, 140, Tilly Kesterven, 126, and Fi Morris, 122.
In the bowling, Alana King and Tara Norris both have 15 wickets with Kate Cross and Sophie Morris have nine each. To show the strength and variety of the attack, seven other bowlers have also taken wickets.
Somerset’s batting has been led by Amanda Jane Wellington, 250 runs, Fran Wilson, 234 runs, and Bex Odgers, 218 runs, but to demonstrate the paucity of runs, only two other players have passed a total of 100. As for the bowling, Mollie Robbins leads the way with 13 wickets while all-rounder Wellington has 10. Off-spinner Charlie Dean’s 4-9 was their most impressive return of the season.
So, do come along to Stanley Park to see this final game of the league stage to see whether Lancashire will seal their place in final’s day, or Somerset will end their season on a high. It will undoubtedly be an interesting and entertaining day!
The final round of the league stage of the Women’s Vitality Blast comes to Stanley Park tomorrow, Friday 18 July with a 2.30pm start. And it features two teams with contrasting fortunes as Lancashire entertain Somerset.
While Lancashire have everything to play for with a victory ensuring a place in Finals Day on 27 July, Somerset will be playing for pride in trying to obtain their second win of a disappointing campaign. Both sides have played 13 games, Lancashire having won seven and lost six while Somerset have just one victory to their name with 10 defeats and two games with no result.
Lancashire began with a defeat to The Blaze despite a fine 59 by Katie Mack but they bounced back in game two by defeating Durham Women by 18 runs with captain Ellie Threlkeld, 48, playing the significant innings of the match. Two defeats and two victories followed in the next four games before another two further defeats set Lancashire back somewhat. But three successive victories restored their hopes. And after an unexpected defeat by Durham Women at old Trafford, despite a fine 74 by Emma Lamb and Alana King’s 3-24, Mahika Gaur’s three wickets in eight balls at Chelmsford at the start of the Essex innings paved the way for a four-wicket victory with Eve Jones top scoring with 59. And so we come to the Somerset game in fourth place, four points ahead of Durham and with a better net run rate.
Meanwhile Somerset were going through a terrible patch with an abandoned fourth game leaving them with three defeats. And those losses continued with five in succession before a little relief came with a home four-wicket victory over Essex Women to which Fran Wilson contributed 41. But two further losses followed and with their final game being abandoned they have just the solitary victory to offset their 10 defeats.
For Lancashire Emma Lamb has the most runs, 336 in her eight games at the exceptional average of 133.33 with four half-centuries while Ailsa Lister has 264 runs, again at a most impressive average of 154.38. with Eve Jones, 203 also passing the 200-mark; in addition four others have more than 100 runs to their names, Ellie Threlkeld, 150, Seren Smale, 140, Tilly Kesterven, 126, and Fi Morris, 122.
In the bowling, Alana King and Tara Norris both have 15 wickets with Kate Cross and Sophie Morris have nine each. To show the strength and variety of the attack, seven other bowlers have also taken wickets.
Somerset’s batting has been led by Amanda Jane Wellington, 250 runs, Fran Wilson, 234 runs, and Bex Odgers, 218 runs, but to demonstrate the paucity of runs, only two other players have passed a total of 100. As for the bowling, Mollie Robbins leads the way with 13 wickets while all-rounder Wellington has 10. Off-spinner Charlie Dean’s 4-9 was their most impressive return of the season.
So, do come along to Stanley Park to see this final game of the league stage to see whether Lancashire will seal their place in final’s day, or Somerset will end their season on a high. It will undoubtedly be an interesting and entertaining day!
