Surrey 103 for 8 (Spence 24, Graham 3-19) beat Durham 102 (MacDonald-Homosexual 6-11) by two wickets
The Surrey speedster in solely her third recreation again following a spinal lumber damage was on a hat-trick 3 times in her 6 for 11 because the guests have been bundled out for 102, Bethan Miles taking 2 for 10 on her Blast debut. Bess Heath prime scored for Durham with 28.
Durham fought magnificently to defend the full, Heather Graham taking 3 for 19 and Trudy Johnson 2 for 20, helped by some frenetic batting from the hosts, however Alice Monaghan (20 not out) saved her head to see Surrey house.
Though Hollie Armitage fell early there was little signal of what was to come back as Emily Windsor and Mady Villiers, the latter with the help of a six, took Durham to 37 for 1.
Nevertheless, Monaghan’s sharp fielding to expire Villiers was MacDonald’s Homosexual cue to wreak havoc, Windsor edging behind earlier than Graham was bowled between bat and pad.
Mia Rogers saved the primary of the hat-trick balls earlier than MacDonald-Homosexual returned to have her caught by Kira Chathli off a mistimed pull shot. Grace Thompson was plumb lbw and MacDonald-Homosexual was inside inches of the hat-trick with a ball that missed each Sophia Turner’s bat and the stumps by a whisker.
Heath swept Alice Davidson-Richards for six in a present of defiance, however MacDonald-Homosexual could not be saved out of the motion for lengthy, seeing off Turner courtesy of a terrific seize within the discipline by Laura Harris earlier than spreadeagling Johnson’s stumps. For the third time, the batter survived the hat-trick bid.
Miles tidied up the remainder, together with Heath with the assistance of a catch from skipper Bryony Smith.
Surrey misplaced Smith and Davidson-Richards inside three overs as they started the chase, the latter’s stumps rearranged by a corker of a supply from Lauren Filer.
Spence, although, performed positively from the get-go, plundering three fours from one Katie Levick over earlier than clubbing Filer over midwicket for a fourth boundary.
Kira Chathli dispatched a full toss from Filer, however her considerably skittish effort ended when she holed out at mid-off from the ultimate ball of the powerplay.
Spence was dropped on 18 at fly slip from the very subsequent supply bowled by Filer who gained recompense later within the over when castling Paige Scholfield.
Spence then spooned Trudy Johnson into the palms of level and Harris, regardless of getting off the mark with a six, by no means seemed snug earlier than falling for 11.
At 68 for six however effectively forward of the speed, Surrey wanted cool heads, however Moore was stumped to crank up the strain additional.
MacDonald-Homosexual, who would not have anticipated to bat, was yorked by Graham with 9 nonetheless wanted however Monaghan, whose 29 had been essential in victory over Yorkshire three days earlier, noticed them over the road with 20 balls to spare.
