Women’s T20 Blast: Hampshire & Surrey tie thriller

May 29, 2026 No Comments

Women’s T20 Blast: Hampshire & Surrey tie thrillerImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Amanda-Jade Wellington (left) took three wickets in Hampshire’s tie with SurreyPublished7 minutes agoHampshire registered a second tie in four Women’s T20 Blast games as table-topping Surrey dramatically maintained their unbeaten start in the short format.Surrey all-rounder Alice Monaghan was tasked with defending six from the final over but six singles meant the scores ended level at 121 in a low-scoring thriller.Elsewhere, Meg Lanning made her second successive unbeaten fifty to guide Lancashire Thunder to their first victory in this year’s Blast.The Australian batter finished on 75 not out off 48 balls as Thunder defeated Somerset by seven wickets in a one-sided match at Emirates Old Trafford.Durham comfortably defended 141 against struggling Warwickshire to continue their own solid start.Women’s T20 Blast fixtures and results

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The biggest drama of the night occurred in Southampton, as Hampshire, who had already tied with Somerset this season, did so again to end Surrey’s 100% start.

Surrey struggled to tame a slow pitch, with only Alice Davidson-Richards thriving with a 40, while fellow birthday girl Amanda-Jade Wellington picked up 3-25.

The visitors had looked to have locked up the match before Nancy Harman whacked 43 in 26 balls to turn the game into a last-over nail-biter.

The first five balls all saw singles – whether off the bat, leg or bye – and the last ball ended up as a run out as Rhianna Southby failed to get back for a second run.

Elsewhere, Warwickshire suffered a fourth successive defeat after being bowled out for 113 inside 19 overs.

Durham earlier totalled a battling 140-5 including a T20 career best 61 off 39 balls for Bess Heath.

Mady Villiers and fellow spinner Katie Levick then struck twice for polished Durham, as did the seam of Australian Heather Graham and Sophia Turner.

In Manchester, meanwhile, Somerset suffered their first Blast loss of the summer.

Having posted a modest 137-6 in their 20 overs, a total in which skipper Sophie Luff made 42, they were powerless to prevent Lancashire reaching their target.

Lanning and Eve Jones shared nine boundaries during a powerplay that yielded 62 runs as the hosts cruised to victory inside 16 overs.