Surrey Women vs Sussex Women

Surrey Women vs Sussex Women: Match Report

Sussex Women edged out Surrey Women by 14 runs in a tightly fought contest yesterday at Guildford to maintain their spot in in second place of Group 4 in the ECB Women’s 50 Over competition.  

Going into the game, Sussex knew a win would be some daylight between their opponents, who sat just behind them in the group in third place.

Hosts Surrey won the toss and elected to field and when they managed to bowl Sussex out for just 156 runs in 41.4 overs, they would have forgiven for thinking a win would be a formality. 

The Sussex top order was unable to strike up any significant partnerships, with the Surrey bowling attack restricting the run rate throughout the early overs of the innings. 

Wicket-keeper-batter Mollie Adams, the only batter to score over 10 runs from Sussex’s top five, meant work was needed from the middle-order to put together a defendable total.

Phoebe Wilkinson (46) had to work hard for her runs, but she had support from allrounder Regina Suddahazai, who contributed 20 runs. 

Surrey’s run chase almost mirrored that of the visitors, with only opener Daisy Feast (25) making runs. 

Sussex’s varied bowling attack, which has seen contributions from a number of different bowlers this season, did well to prevent Surrey’s chase from picking up momentum.

Surrey captain, Amy Gordon, made a brisk 36 from 27 deliveries to give them hope of victory, but she was eventually dismissed by the in-form Millie Taylor.

Taylor would go on to return figures of 4-32 from her 10 overs as she cleaned up the Surrey tail. 

There was also wickets for Daisy Gibb, Reinga Suddahazai, Tia Joseph and Indigo Gentry, who ensured Surrey were bowled out for 142, 14 runs shy of the Sussex total.

To view the scorecard, plus all of the Sussex Women’s fixtures and results, please visit: https://sussexwomen.play-cricket.com/home

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