Women’s T20 Blast: Hampshire, The Blaze, Surrey and Warwickshire win

Bouchier dominated and scored 63 with seven fours and two sixes HampshireThen chased 129 runs Durham Utilita bowled a score of 128-7.

After dismissing skipper Georgia Adams (22), Bouchier’s 86-run partnership with Naomi Datani ensured it was an easy ride, although the opener still needed nine runs to lose her wicket.

Datani scored 33 to ensure the target was met.

Emily Windsor top scored with 30 for the visitors, but no one else reached 20, as Bex Tyson (2-24) and Poppy Tulloch (2-28) took two wickets each.

Durham dropped to fourth with defeat and wins against The Blaze and Surrey.

At Chelmsford, Knott starred with bat and ball The Blaze Cruise past Essex 4.1 overs left to claim third straight win.

The Australian all-rounder took 2-24, partnering with fellow spinners Lucy Higham (3-24) and Maria Andrews (1-20) to restrict the home side to 136-9.

He then scored an unbeaten 54 off 35 balls, forming an unbroken partnership of 95 with Kelly, who scored an unbeaten 55 – his first half-century of the tournament.

Coming in to bat, Essex lost three wickets in the first four overs, and although Liberty Heap equaled his career T20 score of 46, it was not enough to deny The Blaze.

in surrey Captain Smith guided his side to a hard-earned victory at the Cooper Associates ground Somerset Nerveless half-century.

Chasing 149, Surrey reached their target with four balls to spare, Smith hitting 63 off 51 deliveries with 10 fours.

Sophie Loof hit 52 off 39 balls as Somerset totaled 148-7, Surrey’s overseas star Laura Harris returning figures of 3-16.

Somerset’s 16-year-old debutant Maddie Russell took a wicket with figures of 2-22 from her first over, while Niamh Holland impressed with 3-22, but Phoebe Franklin (19 not out) got the visitors over the line.

In a dramatic match at Blackpool, Raith’s brilliant 83 with ten fours and two sixes helped Warwickshire As they achieved a narrow victory Lancashire.

Set a target of 161, Tilley Kesteven’s 73 looked to have kept the home side well in check as Sophie Morris and some fine spin bowling by Vinali Werapuli, who took three wickets, restricted the Bears to 160-9.

But Lancashire lost two wickets in the last over, including Kestven, and needed three runs off the last ball, but Mary Taylor (2-34) held her nerve to deny the hosts and set off the Bears’ celebrations.

Match report details provided by the ECB Reporters Network.