Essex celebrated a rare victory in their Metro Bank Women’s One-Day Cup campaign, defeating Warwickshire by 27 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method at Edgbaston Community Sports Ground. Essex posted 235 for 7 in 32 overs, with Jo Gardner top-scoring with 47, while Georgia Davis impressed with a four-wicket haul (4-35).
Strong Opening and Rain Interruption
Essex started aggressively, with openers Ariana Dowse (36) and Grace Scrivens putting on 67 runs before falling in successive overs just before a lengthy rain delay. Scrivens was caught at mid-off, while Dowse was dismissed by Davis. After the rain break, Essex resumed with only 32 overs, losing early wickets but regaining momentum through Jodi Grewcock (39) and Gardner, who added 69 runs together.
Sophie Munro (36*) and Amara Carr (17*) provided a late boost, contributing an unbroken 55-run partnership to help Essex reach their revised total.
Maqsood and MacGregor Dominate Bowling
In response, Warwickshire faced a challenging chase of 232 from 32 overs. Early breakthroughs from Abtaha Maqsood (3-34) and Esmae MacGregor (3-38) put the visitors on the back foot. Despite an impressive 56-run innings from 18-year-old Amu Surenkumar, Warwickshire could only manage 204 for 8 under difficult light conditions.
Davis highlighted the importance of discipline in the bowling:
“𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅,” 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.
Maqsood added:
“𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏.”
Essex’s late flourish, combined with disciplined bowling, secured their second win of the season in 12 matches, giving the team a morale boost despite an otherwise disappointing campaign.
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