Surrey v Essex | Buckinghamshire v Essex
Vitality Women’s County T20
St George’s College, Weybridge
Sunday 11 August, 10:30am | 1:30pm
Surrey v Essex
Team News
Surrey: Amy Gordon*, Madeleine Blinkhorn-Jones, Laxmi Johal, Robyn Bentley, Bethan Miles, Charlotte Stubbs, Hannah Burridge, Rebecca Denman, Anna Lewis, Shimako Kato, Anjali Ketan
Essex: Grace Poole, Jasmine Westley, Amu Surenkumar, Tilly Callaghan, Kelly Castle*, Scarlett Hughes+, Bella Johnson, Yasmin Daswani, Hannah Davis, Cara Castleman, Ashmitaa Surenkumar
Match Details
Umpires: R Chandaria & G Taylor
Scorers: J Johnson & S Robinson
Toss: Surrey won the toss and elected to bat first
Result: Surrey won by 38 runs
Scorecard: View here
Match Report
Amu Surenkumar’s well-paced 44 was not enough to prevent Essex slipping to a 38-run defeat against Surrey in the first match of a Vitality Women’s County T20 double-header in Weybridge.
Surenkumar’s knock came off 43 balls and featured four fours, but despite receiving support in captain Kelly Castle’s 22 from 18, the Eagles finished on 119-7, short of the hosts’ 157-5.
Wickets had been shared around, with Hannah Davis’ 1/17 from four overs especially economical, while there were also scalps for Jasmine Westley, Cara Castleman, Surenkumar, and her sister Ashmitaa.
However, home skipper Amy Gordon blasted 36 off just 19 deliveries to lay a platform, and the score was added to by Laxmi Johal’s 43, as well as an unbeaten 24 from Bethan Miles.
It added up to prove beyond Essex’s capabilities, as although Surenkumar aimed to underpin the chase, her dismissal at 80-4 in the 15th over saw the Eagles end up falling short.
Buckinghamshire v Essex
Team News
Buckinghamshire: Annie Townsend, Holly Wilson, Pip Lloyd-Williams, Amelia Ridgway, Sophie Midwinter, Lucy Warren, Tegan Stockdale, Rosie Burton-Pye, Natasha MacBean, Megs Woodward, Bella Mason, Carys Gerber
Essex: Yasmin Daswani, Grace Poole, Amu Surenkumar, Tilly Callaghan, Kelly Castle*, Bella Johnson, Scarlett Hughes+, Hannah Davis, Cara Castleman, Ashmitaa Surenkumar, Jasmine Westley, Alice Luscombe
Match Details
Scorers: J Johnson & L Wiles
Toss: Buckinghamshire won the toss and elected to bowl first
Result: Essex won by 68 runs
Scorecard: View here
Match Report
Two successive fifty partnerships involving the returning Yasmin Daswani saw Essex bounce back from earlier disappointment with a crushing 68-run victory over Buckinghamshire.
Daswani, who top-scored with 42 opening the batting, first put on 54 with Grace Poole, who made 27, before adding a further 64 with Amu Surenkumar, who continued her fine day with the bat to hit 35.
The platform laid at the top of the order helped the Eagles to an imposing 148-5, before Ashmitaa Surenkumar backed up her sister by taking sparkling figures of 4/16 from four overs.
That return, coupled with two further wickets for Hannah Davis and one apiece claimed by Tilly Callaghan and Alice Luscombe, saw Buckinghamshire bowled out for just 80.
Only Lucy Warren, who made a top-score of 18, and Tegan Stockdale, who battled hard for 10, made it to double figures for Natasha MacBean’s side, as they were dismissed in 17.2 overs.
School’s out, cricket’s in: 50-over cricket in Chelmsford this summer
White-ball action in Chelmsford is not finished for 2024, with The Cloud County Ground set to host one more Women’s London Championship match during the summer holidays.
Don’t miss out on a family day out in the middle of the city by securing your seats to this week’s clash.
Wednesday 14 August, 11:00am: Essex Women v Sussex – buy here
