Essex v Sussex
Women’s London Championship
The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford
Wednesday 14 August, 11:00am
Team News
Essex: Tilly Callaghan, Jasmine Westley, Bella Howarth, Kelly Castle*, Yasmin Daswani+, Sally Chapman, Grace Poole, Hannah Davis, Afra Rose Mohamed, Cara Castleman, Jessica Pugh
Sussex: Lucy Western, Regina Suddahazai, Chiara Green, Indigo Gentry, Carla Rudd, Hope Mullins, Lottie Jeffreys, Alice Noakes, Maisie Taylor, Zanzibar Menzies, Faye Mullins
Match Details
Scorer: Will Cosham
Toss: Sussex won the toss and elected to bat
Scorecard: View here
Match Report
Tilly Callaghan’s 97 teed up Essex Women for a crushing 96-run victory over Sussex at The Cloud County Ground in the Eagles’ final London Championship fixture of the summer.
Callaghan’s knock, which came off 136 balls and featured ten fours, underpinned the hosts’ eventual total of 240-9, posted after they had been asked to bat first.
Her opening partner Jasmine Westley struck a fluent 30 as the duo added exactly 100 for the first wicket, while Grace Poole and Bella Howarth both contributed, hitting 22 and 20, respectively.
Callaghan was run out by Hope Mullins while three shy of her century, but her innings proved the glue that held Essex together and helped to combat Chiara Green’s standout bowling of 4/19.
In response, Jessica Pugh led the way in bowling Sussex out for 144 by taking figures of 3/25, combining well with the six split evenly between Poole, Sally Chapman, and Cara Castleman.
Hannah Davis claimed the remaining scalp, with only opener Lucy Western able to pass 25 for the visitors as they crumbled to defeat in the 39th over.
With Essex’s final scheduled London Championship match against Surrey confirmed as cancelled, this was the Eagles’ final match in this season’s competition.
They currently sit second, 12 points behind Middlesex and 15 ahead of Sussex, pending the shared points from the cancelled Surrey game, as well as the outcome of other teams’ remaining matches.
