Hampshire beat Bears in Women's One-Day Cup

Hampshire overcame the shock of having both openers run out inside the first five overs as they beat Warwickshire by 71 runs in the Women's One-Day Cup.

Despite the early loss of Georgia Adams and England's Maia Bouchier, the home side posted a score of 265-7 at the Utilita Bowl, thanks chiefly to 90 not out off 91 balls by Rhianna Southby along with Abi Norgrove's 64.

The Bears struggled to 40-3 at the start of their reply before Georgia Redmayne (53) and Abi Freeborn put on 88, but their chances faded when Freeborn (54) fell to an instinctive one-handed caught and bowled by Adams (3-30) in the 39th over.

They were eventually all out for 194 as second-placed Hampshire secured their eighth win in 11 games and are now four points behind leaders The Blaze, while Warwickshire remain fifth in the table.

Having won the toss and chosen to bat first, the match was only eight balls old when Hawks skipper Adams hesitated momentarily at the non-striker's end and was beaten by Chloe Brewer's throw to the keeper.

In-form Bouchier hit three fours to take her total to 479 runs in the competition but having taken on Hannah Baker's arm at mid-on, a direct hit by the fielder sent her on her way and left the home side on 31-2.

Dead-eye Baker also ran out Naomi Dattani but stands of 81 between Norgrove and Southby, who hit seven fours, and 74 by Southby and Amanda-Jade Wellington (42) enabled them to post what proved to be a defendable total.

Warwickshire's chase began badly with left-arm spinner Bex Tyson bowling Amu Surenkumar and Sophie Beech, while Adams claimed the key wicket of Davina Perrin, who miscued to cover on 16.

Following Freeborn's dismissal, they needed 79 from their final 10 overs to win but lost their final three wickets for six runs in the space of 10 balls and were all out with 48 deliveries unused.

Taunton: Somerset v Durham (14:30 BST)

Utilita Bowl: Hampshire Hawks v Yorkshire (15:00)

Edgbaston: Warwickshire Bears v Surrey (15:00)

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