MATCH REPORT: Yorkshire Women beat Lancashire Women in Roses clash
A brilliant all-round performance by Jess Jonassen, who made her first century in professional cricket and followed that with four wickets, led Yorkshire to a second win in four games by 83 runs in the Women’s Metro Bank One Day Cup at Emirates Old Trafford with defending champions Lancashire now having lost three from four.
Jonassen’s fine 108 underpinned the Yorkshire innings with the visitors making 241 all out after being asked to bat. Jonassen and Sterre Kalis (46) rebuilt with 109 for the third wicket after Kate Cross had struck two early blows, and Cross (4-38) enjoyed further success as Yorkshire lost their last six wickets for 45.
After Rachel Slater struck in the opening over to dismiss Eve Jones, a 61-run partnership between Darcey Carter and Seren Smale looked to be the foundation for Lancashire to build on. Jonassen (4-30) had other ideas, dramatically swinging the game Yorkshire’s way with three wickets in three overs to reduce Lancashire to 74-4 in the 19th over. That proved to be decisive as the hosts failed to recover, ending well short on 158 all out.
There was little doubt about the player of the match with the introduction of Jonassen into the Yorkshire attack in the 13th over resulting in Lancashire losing three wickets for 13 runs in a dramatic four overs. The left arm spinner trapped both Carter (18) and Ellie Threlkeld (0) lbw and then had Smale caught at mid-off for 46.
Fi Morris was bowled by Beth Langston for 21 who then turned catcher when Ailsa Lister drove Maddie Ward straight to her at mid-off for 16 and the Yorkshire bowlers closed out a decisive victory in the 42nd over from that point.
Having put Yorkshire in to bat, Cross trapped Lauren Winfield-Hill lbw with the second ball of the match and then nipped one back in her next over to bowl the on-loan Georgie Boyce for 4 to have Yorkshire in early difficulties at 13-2.
Jonassen twice drove Mahika Gaur for four through cover in the second over and her partnership with Kalis began to blossom once the pair took ten runs off Gaur in the sixth over with their fifty partnership coming from 50 balls.
Jonassen pulled left arm spinner Hannah Jones for six on her way to a 66-ball fifty with the century partnership following from 115 balls before Kalis pulled Gaur to Lister at short midwicket for 46 to leave Yorkshire 123-3 in the 24th over.
Two maiden overs from Grace Potts built pressure but Jonasson broke the shackles with a series of powerful drives to push the visitors total along, the Australian reaching the nineties with her second six before going to her first century from 110 balls.
Ami Campbell helped add 54 for the fourth wicket, but once she and then Jonasson departed the innings fell away from the promising position of 196-4 as the home side fought back well over the closing overs, but Yorkshire’s total proved to be more than enough.
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