Bouchier Blitz Trumps Odgers Fifty as Hampshire Rout Somerset

Odgers Ton Sets Platform: 281/6 Rebecca Odgers 133_ off 150 balls, 15 fours, 1 six. Anchored the innings after 131/6. Chloe Skelton 77_ off 67 balls. Unbroken 150-run 7th wicket stand with Odgers rescued Somerset from 131/6. Collapse: Somerset lost 5 wickets for 29 runs from 102/1 to 131/6. Amanda-Jade Wellington 2/31, Naomi Dattani 2/73. Odgers' first professional ton came as part of an unbroken 150-run partnership with Chloe Skelton - the highest seventh-wicket partnership in this country and the third largest of all time - had given Hampshire a tricky 282 to chase. But Bouchier and international team-mate Freya Kemp hammered the bowling in a captivating 149-run partnership in front of England head coach Charlotte Edwards, as Hampshire strode to a fourth win in six. Maia Bouchier 143 off 111 balls, 21 fours, SR 128.8. “Rushed to 43 from 26 balls. ”Key stand: 149-run 3rd wicket partnership with Freya Kemp 64 off 69 Finish: Naomi Dattani 22_ off 14 + Megan Sturge 1_ saw Hampshire home at 282/5. Chase: Overhauled 282 with 9.2 overs to spare. CRR 6.93 vs required 5.64. Sometimes that was a stutter, as when opening partner Ruby Davis was bowled by a Naomi Dattani nip-backer, or when five wickets fell inside 10 overs as Hampshire blazed through the middle order. Much of that work had been done by the tight spinners, with Amanda-Jade Wellington picking up two for 31, although mistimed reverses and scoops were also to blame for the collapse, in which Somerset went from 102 for one to 131 for six. Either side of that, Odgers was at the centre of two sizeable partnerships. Contrasting tons: Odgers 133* off 150 balls, SR 88.67. Bouchier 143 off 111 balls, SR 128.8. Impact: Odgers’ century was in a losing cause. Bouchier’s blitz took Hampshire to a dominant 5-wicket win. Strike rate gap: Bouchier scored 40 more runs in 39 fewer balls. Game state: Somerset 281 was competitive, but Bouchier + Kemp’s 149 stand broke it. Hampshire were 256/3 when Bouchier fell. Having been left smarting after she was left out of the T20 World Cup squad, and only placed in the New Zealand series squad after Nat Sciver-Brunt pulled out, this was a reminder to Edwards of her masterful talents. Kemp, who had largely struck with Bouchier's ferocious pace, was caught behind with 86 runs still required, but that didn't hinder the hosts. Bouchier only fell when captain for the day, Niamh Holland pulled off a great catch at long-on, but it didn't stop Rhianna Southby, Naomi Dattani and Megan Sturge from ticking off the remaining 26 runs with more than nine overs to spare.