Priyanaz Chatterji led Surrey to an unlikely One-Day Cup win in a nervous run chase towards Essex on the Kia Oval.
The hosts appeared out of it when regardless of 49 from Alice Monaghan they slumped to 150-7 in pursuit of 228 to win, however Scotland worldwide Chatterji made an unbeaten 37 sharing an eighth wicket stand of 79 off 68 balls with Aylish Cranstone (31 not out) because the hosts received house by three wickets with 47 balls to spare.
Earlier, contrasting half-centuries from Flo Miller (74 not out) and 69 from Ariana Dowse rescued Essex from 39-3 and 157-7 as they posted 227 all out, Chatterji taking 2-37 whereas spinner Dani Gregory returned 3-51.
Maitlan Brown gave Surrey a dream begin, hanging with the primary ball of the sport, Essex skipper Grace Scrivens bowled off the within edge, her third duck of the competitors. Brown ought to have a second wicket in her subsequent over when Dowse was spilt at slip by Bryony Smith, a drop which might show expensive.
Dowse made probably the most of her reprieve, pulling Monaghan over backward sq. for six and lofting Gregory again over her head, however wickets continued to fall on the different finish till Miller joined her teammate to regular the ship.
Skipper Alice Davidson-Richards was banned from the assault after two head-high full tosses, Dowse dispatching the second ensuing free-hit to succeed in 50 in 85 balls and when she finally holed out Miller took on the mantle using the sweep to good impact towards the spinners.
A sixth 4 off a uncommon brief one from Brown took her previous 50, earlier than she ran out of companions because the guests nearly batted out their overs.
Monaghan would have been run out for nought save for an errant throw, however Paige Scholfield drilled three superb straight drives to the fence to provide the chase early impetus earlier than she was bowled by means of the gate by Eva Grey.
Sophia Smale (2-35) shortly accounted for Smith and Sophie Munro then returned to see the again of an unusually fretful Davidson-Richards.
Monaghan and Brown, the latter promoted to quantity 5 resulting from England absences each employed the straight drive to good impact, however the mid-innings drinks break did the trick for Essex with the latter hooking one from Kate Coppack down the throat of Smale at lengthy leg third ball after the resumption.
Essex have been within the field seat when the in-form Danni Wyatt-Hodge drove loosely at Smale to depart for one and Surrey’s plight deepened when Monaghan who had earlier hooked Coppack for six was dismissed in related style one in need of 50.
The guests misplaced from a equally affluent place towards The Blaze earlier within the competitors and forward of the speed Cranstone and Chatterji initially nudged and nurdled Surrey nearer.
Munro dropped a caught and bowled probability provided by Chatterji on 9 to lift the stress additional and the all-rounder made them pay as she belatedly opened her shoulders to seal victory.
