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Turner, Jonassen centuries highlight thrilling tie

Phoebe Turner celebrates her century Allan McKenzie / © Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com/Yorkshire Cricket

Yorkshire 290 (Jonassen 104, Kalis 79) tied with Durham 290-8 (Turner 110*, Heath 70, Blackwell 4-61)

Phoebe Turner and Jess Jonassen scored brilliant centuries for Durham and Yorkshire as both teams played out a thrilling Metro Bank One-Day Cup tie at Scarborough, with the White Rose losing four late wickets, all run out, as they attempted to chase 291.

England A all-rounder Turner helped inserted Durham recover from 53 for 4 in the East Coast sunshine to post 290 for 8, a total also including Bess Heath's Durham-best of 70 off 52 balls. Turner's 100 not out off 82 balls represented her maiden competitive century.

Australian all-rounder Jonassen then posted 104 off 109 balls and looked to have put the White Rose in a great position at 207 for 4 in the 37th over. It was her second ton in ton in as many games.

But four run outs, including Rachel Slater trying to sramble a single through to wicketkeeper Tahlia Wilson off the last ball from Turner, left Yorkshire 290 all out. Yorkshire have won two, lost two and tied one. Durham have won one, lost three and tied one.

Yorkshire's 16-year-old all-rounder Ines Blackwell struck three early blows with her seam, getting Australian Wilson, Mady Villiers and captain Hollie Armitage. She finished with a career-best 4 for 61 from 10 overs.

Both 22-year-old Turner, who also struck once with the ball, and Heath played county cricket for Yorkshire and the Headingley-based Northern Diamonds before joining Durham ahead of 2025.

Both benefitted from Yorkshire's profligacy in the field.

Heath set the ball rolling on the visiting recovery, though she was dropped twice in the deep en-route to a 37-ball fifty.

Turner was later dropped on 93 reaching her century with a two to long-on off the last ball of the innings.

Durham fell from 41 without loss after nine overs to 53 for 4 in the 12th.

Blackwell's in-swing had Wilson chipping to midwicket in the 10th, Villiers bowled next ball and, in the 12th, Armitage trapped lbw playing back.

Heath shared 71 for the fifth wicket with Emily Windsor and then 56 for the sixth with Turner before falling to a superb one-handed catch at cover from Jess Woolston having cut Maddie Ward's spin.

At that stage, Durham were 180 for 6 in the 31st over before Turner, who shared 61 for the seventh wicket with Katherine Fraser, led late acceleration towards 300 and punched the air in delight as she reached three figures for the first time in a competitive match.

Lauren Filer then forced home captain Lauren Winfield-Hill to play on with the first legitimate ball of the chase - following a wide - before Rebecca Duckworth was trapped lbw by a Trudy Johnson in-swinger in the second over, leaving the score at 4 for 2.

But Jonassen and Dutch international Sterre Kalis, who posted 79, turned things around with a fourth-wicket 121 stand from 86 for 3.

But when Jonassen top-edged a sweep at Katie Levick's leg-spin and was caught at short fine-leg, followed by Kalis bowled by Turner - 229 for five in the 40th over, it set the wheels in motion on a damaging collapse.

Jonassen had reached her hundred off 104 balls, but it was in vain as Blackwell, Beth Langston and Claudie Cooper were all run out.

That left 10 needed off the last over from Turner.

Slater struck a leg-side six before striker Woolston missed the last ball with a single needed, Slater ran and Wilson threw down the striker's stumps to cap an incredible game of cricket.

Yorks Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1L Winfield-HillGEB Boyce
2nd3GEB BoyceRE Duckworth
3rd82JL JonassenGEB Boyce
4th121JL JonassenSL Kalis
5th22SL KalisM Ward
6th10M WardIL Blackwell
7th12BA LangstonIL Blackwell
8th16BA LangstonRE Slater
9th2RE SlaterCAR Cooper
10th21JA WoolstonRE Slater