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Wyatt-Hodge 96 trumps Armitage 106 as Surrey make it three from three

Danni Wyatt-Hodge's 96 was key to victory Philip Brown / © Getty Images for Surrey CCC

Surrey 258 for 7 (Wyatt-Hodge 96, Chathli 58, Filer 5-59) beat Durham 256 for 8 (Armitage 106, Villiers 55) by three wickets

Danni Wyatt-Hodge defied Durham heroics as Surrey made it three wins from three in the Metro-Bank One-Day Cup at the Kia Oval.

The England international hit 96 off 83 balls as the hosts won by three wickets with 80 balls to spare, this despite a List A best 5 for 59 from speedster Lauren Filer.

Earlier, Hollie Armitage recorded her sixth List A hundred, making 106 off 123 balls as the visitors posted 256 for 8, a total which looked likely to be enough until Wyatt-Hodge's rescue act.

Armitage was soon at the crease after Emma Marlow fell cheaply and she survived an early scare when inside-edging one from Tilly Corteen-Coleman (2-38) past leg stump. Three fours from one Maitlin Brown over brought momentum, but Wednesday's centurion Tahlia Wilson departed, undone by extra bounce from Alice Monaghan.

Armitage and Mady Villiers played beautifully, the former racing to 50 in 60 balls with eight fours, while a wristy cut to third got the latter motoring. One over in particular from Monaghan got the treatment as Villiers reached 50 in only four more balls than her skipper and the hundred stand was raised.

Durham looked set for a final push, but Villiers was smartly caught on the long-on boundary by Alice Capsey for 55, and while Armitage completed a fine hundred she became becalmed, surviving a missed stumping off Dani Gregory, before tamely driving to Paige Scholfield at cover.

Filer speared the first ball of Surrey's reply so far down leg-side it missed the cut strip, racing away for four byes. However radar was swiftly adjusted to spreadeagle Scholfield's stumps later in the over. Filer then struck again, sending Capsey packing courtesy of a stunning grab by wicketkeeper Wilson low to her right and with the bit between her teeth the speedster ripped out Alice Davidson-Richards' middle stump to claim a third wicket in nine balls.

Skipper Kira Chathli, no form behind her, took the attack to Filer, cracking three boundaries in the quick's fourth over, but Villiers' fine match continued when she trapped Monaghan in front.

Ahead of the rate but four down, Surrey needed a partnership and Wyatt-Hodge joined her skipper to help provide it. Wyatt-Hodge employed the cut and lofted drive to good effect and Chathli cleared the ropes as she moved to 50 at a run a ball.

Chathli was bounced out by Filer, but Wyatt-Hodge moved smoothly to her own half century while Jemima Spence plundered three fours from one Sophia Turner over as another 50-stand came in 31 balls. Filer returned to complete a five-for by castling Spence, but Wyatt-Hodge saw her side to the brink of victory before being caught in the deep.

SUR Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9PJ ScholfieldAZ Monaghan
2nd17AZ MonaghanA Capsey
3rd9AN Davidson-RichardsAZ Monaghan
4th27KM ChathliAZ Monaghan
5th83DN WyattKM Chathli
6th50DN WyattJ Spence
7th59DN WyattM Brown
8th4M BrownK Moore