Somerset
Women's Metrobank 50 Surrey - Next 'Must Win'
By Grockles
September 12 2026
The path to silverware comes like this. Beat Surrey today at the Oval. The beat Hampshire at Southamptonin the 'Eliminator' next Wednesday. Then beat Notts at the same place in the Final. Simples. The path starts today with a game in London. Win and we go on, lose and an excellent season ends at that point. Hope Springs eternal. Liv Barnes returns in stead of Jazz Westley today.
Women's Metrobank50 - v Surrey @The Oval Saturday 12 September 2026
Somerset continue in the 50 over tournament with all the games now being 'must win' ones. There are three left and then silver if they win but each ends the season if they lose. It's been a real progression for the side this year and topping it off with their first trophy would be amazing. Surrey stand in their way today. They won the toss and put the visitors in'
Somerset go into this one with one change in the side from the Lancashire win in Taunton mid week;
Odgers, Luff (c), Corney, Holland, Hazell, Jones (wk), Griffiths, Skelton, Anderson, Harris, Barnes
So Liv Barnes replaces Jazz Westley for this game but otherwise the side is the same. The Blaze reached the final yesterday but there is all to play for in this game for both sides. The winners meet Hampshire in Southampton on Wednesday.
The one question here is that without an England game pending, Sophia Dunkley is in the Surrey line-up after her return from England dutiy. We see no sign of either Charlie Dean or Dani Gibson ioin our squad for the same game. The debate is whether England have been selective in who they have allowed to be considered or whether Somerset have gone with the side that got them here. Heather Knight has been in this side during the campaign but seems to be considering her future involvement in cricket after her international retirement. No news on which was the position as of yet. Sad if it is the first but I'd be supportive if it was the second because the logic of that and the loayalty to the players is in that.
Odgers and Luff come to the middle to face overseas signing Sune Luus and Kate Coppack as Surrey's new ball opening pair. They have 9 all from Bex from the first two overs against very competent and tight bowling. In fact Luff does not get off the mark until the last ball of the 5th over when she takes a four off Coppack to move the score to 24 for no wicket. The opening partnership ends 3 balls later as Bex tries to move one through midwicket which goes on and she is bowled by Luus for 19 from 22. In comes Emma Corney off her half ton in the middle of the week.
With no further loss against very good bowling from bioith ends, the New Somerset pair see out the 'Powerplay' at 41 for 1 with Luff moving to 14 from 23 and Corney 6 from 14. It shows the speed at which Odgers score at the front of the innings that these two have only just passed her individiaul score after 10.
Alice Monaghan replaces Coppack for the 11th and she is a thorn in our side again as her third ball beats Corney all ends up and takes out the off stump to send Emma on her way for 7 at 45 for 2. In comes Niamh Holland at number 4 and she sees out the 11th adding a single. Luus is also reseted as Ryana MacDonald-Gay takes the ball. Her first ball sees Niamh guide it down to the boundary to bring up the Somerset 50 from 67 balls.
By the 15th over, the pair have moved to 70 for 2 without too many issues (a couple of LBW appeals that came to nothing) . They move past 3 figures in the 20th over with a four from Holland off the bowling of the returning Coppack. It moves the Somerset bat to 22 from 23 with her captain on 43 from 55.
Sophie does what she has done all season, she leads from the front and passes 50 off Gregroy in the 21st with a four from a full toss. It took her 58 balls with 7 fours and the score moves on to 110 for 2.
Surrey look to get a breakthrough so they bring on Kalea Moore for the 24th at 130 for 2 with the 3rd wicket partnership knocking on the door of 100. The players take drinks at the end of the 25th with Somerset on 139 for 2 (a partnership of 94) with Holland on 38 from 40 and Luff on 64 from 71 so they are both keeping the rate going well.
They reach the 100 partnership off Monaghan in the 27th at 39 and 69 respectively. Luff gets a life as she uppercuts a short ball from Alice which sends it in the air to Dani Gregory who drops it on 69. Instead they move to 147 for 2 with 23 overs left.
Holland takes two off Moore halfway through the 28th to bring up the visitors 150, moving herself into the 40s. The base at the 30 over stage is 161 for 2. Over 300 ought to be the target. How far over depends on these two really but there is a lot of batting to come.
Macdonald - Gay rotates in for the 31st and Luffy may have her second 'life' with the second ball which is dropped on the leg side by Monaghan with the skipper on 75 in and out of the bread basket as she dived forward. Sune Luus rotates in as well for the 32nd to produce a full change of bowling. Niamh gets four off a loopy full toss to take her to 53 from 63 at 169 for 2. Surrey are pressing though and have shut the run rate down a bit with their bowling. They do need to get rid of these two though to really shut the 'over 300' plan down.
With 15 remaining it is 179 for 2, Holland has moved to 59 from 73 and Luff has a 98 balll 80. The strike rate has slowed a little but with this platform given the overs left they must expect to add over 100 to this total. However, Somerset have seen such bases underused at the end of an innings this season so they have to keep the focus and an eye firmly on the prize.
Surrey Skipper Chathli looks to keep the rotation going as she re-introduces Monaghan for the 35th. In her second innings, Niamh shows the strength of her technique as she top edges a six to the longer leg side boundary with total ease. The rate is starting to move up again towards the 5.5 per over level as a misfield brings up the 150 partnership with a boundary at 197 for 2 with 13 overs left.
Moore is back for the 38th and a second single in it brings up the 200 with Holland on 70 and Luff on 90. By the 40th Niamh is chasing her skipper to 3 figures at 219 for 2 she has moved to 82 from 93 while Sophie is a little becalmed at 93 from 107. The run rate has moved up to 5.4 as they reach 216 with 10 overs to go.
Luus takes the 42nd and makes the bats stay sensible though they are batting like cats on hot bricks at the moment trying to push the score along. Holland moves into the 90's while Luff is still there on 98. Monaghan changes ends for the 43rd. Sophie takes a single to move to 99. Holland puts her back on strike with a single and she takes a quick one to got to 100 (her second of the season) from 113 balls with 10 fours - what a great knock that is taking into account that she was on zero for about the first 13 balls of the game.
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Surrey and Somerset meet tomorrow and the winner will go to the semi (also at Southampton v second placed Hampshire) - though a tie would see Surrey progressing.
So it's a win or finish game for us.
There seemes to have been some errattic decisions about whether England internationals will or won't be available but we know Dani Gibson and Charlie Dean will not be in our squad (Heather Knight has been available but not present either.
The squad for tomorrow is;
Odgers, Luff, Corney, Holland, Davis, Jones, Hazell, Griffiths, Skelton, Anderson, Westley, Harris, Barnes
We are now in the realm of every game will be our last unless we win it. There are 3 games left ion this excellent season and we continue on if we are succesful and end the summer if we are not. At least we know excatly what we need to do andwe are doing it with the players who got us this far.
The game will be livestreamed by Surrey and we'll cover it here as well.
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Anyway we go with what we have.
Anyway, we've already done much better than Warwickshire!
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