Surrey squeezed previous Somerset by one wicket with solely three balls to spare to say the ultimate spot within the One-Day Cup knockout levels.
In a match between third and fourth at The Oval, the house facet wanted seven off the ultimate over to chase down Somerset’s 295-7 off their 50 overs.
Because it was, a large from Ellie Anderson, a 4 from Kate Coppack and two scrambled leg-byes helped Surrey house to arrange a match away to Hampshire on Wednesday, with the winner assembly The Blaze within the last at Utilita Bowl on Saturday.
It was despair for Somerset, whose whole had been arrange by 108 from captain Sophie Luff and an excellent unbeaten 130 from Niamh Holland.
Former England participant Kate Cross took 2-54 in her last match earlier than retirement as Lancashire beat Yorkshire by seven wickets at Headingley, whereas Durham beat Warwickshire by 4 wickets within the day’s different recreation.
With The Blaze and Hampshire having completed their group matches and locked into the highest two spots, it was all eyes on the match at The Oval.
Surrey opted to bowl and had been made to undergo by a partnership of 196 for Somerset’s third wicket between Luff and Holland.
Luff fell for 108 however Holland carried on to succeed in her century off 113 balls and added 30 extra in solely 15 balls in a late blitz to set a difficult goal.
Sune Luus scored 54 in Surrey’s reply, however when the South Africa all-rounder was out, the hosts had been wobbling at 142-5. Captain Kira Chathli added 51 and Phoebe Franklin made 46 as they remained in rivalry, however when Franklin fell, the rating was 257-8 within the forty fifth over.
Kalea Moore contributed a useful 23 at quantity 9, till she was lbw within the penultimate over, one ball after having to name for a runner, with Alex Griffiths taking 5-54.
The goal was seven as Anderson bowled the final over, however she began badly with a large after which a low full toss was misfielded at mid-off to run away for 4 to Coppack (16 not out).
A leg-bye introduced the scores degree, which was sufficient for Surrey having began the day one level forward, earlier than one other scramble from Coppack and final batter Dani Gregory secured a outstanding victory and a visit to Southampton on Wednesday.
