Sussex Women win back to back T20s

Sussex Women Triumph Over Essex and Hertfordshire

Sussex Women beat both Essex Women and Hertfordshire Women yesterday to cement their place at the top of Group 3 in the Women’s County T20 competition.

In the first match of the day, Sussex won the toss and elected to put Essex into the field but having lost openers Izzy Collis (4) and Lucy Western (2), hosts Essex would have been the happier of the two sides with the decision. 

Wicket-keeper Mollie Adams and batter Nancy Harman responded well, building a useful partnership of 27 runs to stem the flow of early wickets.

Harman scored quickly as she reached 43 from 35 balls, before skipper Chiara Green smashed her way to an unbeaten 48 to give Sussex a score to defend. 

Essex would need 136 to win but the Sussex bowlers managed to contain them by taking wickets at regular intervals. 

Anna Buckle and Beth Harvey picked up two wickets a piece and the final wicket of Essex’s Scarlett Hughes came by run-out from Lucy Western. Sussex eventually won by 19 runs.

In their second outing Sussex lost the toss and their opponents Hertfordshire elected to bat.

The Sussex bowling attack obliged by restricting Herts to just 66-6 from their 20 overs.

Beth Harvey was among the wickets once again, taking 3-9 from her 3 overs, including two maidens. 

Nancy Harman followed up her performance with the bat in the first game by taking two wickets in the second, with Daisy Gibb also picking up a wicket. 

Sussex went out to bat knowing they would need just 67 runs to make it two wins from two on the day, however the Hertfordshire bowlers ensured the task never looked a simple one.

The Sussex top-order found the chase difficult initially, as they fell to 24-4. It was left to the middle-order to secure the win, with Millie Taylor finishing on an unbeaten 19. 

She shared a fifth wicket stand of 38 with skipper Chiara Green to ensure Sussex won the game by 3 wickets. 

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