Durham suffered a fourth defeat in 5 outings regardless of a T20 career-best 85 not out from England all-rounder Mady Villiers.
After profitable the toss and selecting to bat the house aspect have been quickly in hassle after they misplaced former New Zealand skipper Suzie Bates to the third ball of the innings – clear bowled by England’s Issy Wong with out scoring.
Leah Dobson (8) rapidly grew to become Wong’s second scalp however Villiers, who was dropped early in her innings, crashed 11 fours and one six whereas discovering helpful assist from skipper Hollie Armitage (15) and Bess Heath (27) to maintain the scoreboard ticking over and set a difficult whole.
Wong’s return of 2-19 was properly backed up by Hannah Baker’s 2-22 from her 4 overs with the Bears bowling assault standing up properly to Villiers’ onslaught.
The guests made mild work of their victory goal with openers Meg Austin and Davina Perrin sharing a stand of 62 from the opening six overs to set a platform for them to ease dwelling with 10 balls to spare.
Perrin finally perished for 49 from 31 deliveries just for wicketkeeper Nat Wraith to take the Bears to the brink of victory, along with her 56 containing seven fours earlier than she grew to become Villiers’ sole sufferer with the ball.
“I do not assume we should always go away from how properly Mady [Villiers] performed first half – it was a fantastic innings and when you’re doing issues like that, you should not be shedding video games of cricket,” stated Durham head coach Dani Hazell.
The Bears stay in third place whereas Durham are second from backside.
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