Somerset 251 for 7 (Dean 76, Holland 70) beat Durham 248 for 9 (Marlow 71, Anderson 5-40) by three wickets.
Somerset received the toss and Anderson accounted for Mia Rogers, Hollie Armitage and Mady Villiers in a devastating new ball spell of three for 25. Marlow and Danielle Collins added 36 for the fourth wicket, however Chloe Skelton had Collins held at level and Harris induced Bess Heath to hit to mid-wicket.
Somerset would have been in an excellent stronger place had it not been for 2 unlucky incidents. Marlow was dropped on 27 by Holland on the sq. leg boundary off the bowling of Dani Gibson, whereas Thompson was afforded the advantage of the doubt by umpire Sue Redmond after apparently being run out by Dean.
Each cashed in on their success to impact a basic shift in momentum. Adopting a high-risk technique and using their luck now and again, these two had superior the rating to 163 by the point Harris persuaded Marlow to gap out to long-off.
There was no respite for the house facet as Larosa launched a fearsome assault, the South Australian placing the ball cleanly in elevating six fours and a six in a whirlwind knock of 44 from 31 deliveries. The Adelaide Strikers all-rounder had contributed 41 in a partnership of 51 in 6.2 overs with Thompson when she chopped on to the returning Anderson.
Sophie Luff ran out Thompson and Anderson then cleaned out Katherine Fraser to develop into the primary Somerset bowler to take a Listing-A five-for since Nicole Harvey’s 5 for 22 in opposition to Surrey at Taunton in 2017.
Somerset openers Luff and Bex Odgers fell to Larosa and Lauren Filer respectively as Durham made inroads with the brand new ball, whereas Katie Levick bowled Emma Corney for 22 and Villiers had Gibson held at further cowl as spin additional decreased the house facet to 84 for 4.
Holland and Dean dug in thereafter, discovering the gaps, operating onerous between the wickets and punishing the poor ball when it got here alongside to publish a 50 partnership by way of 48 deliveries. Holland went to a methodical half century from 68 balls, whereas the extra aggressive Dean confronted 19 deliveries fewer to succeed in the identical landmark because the partnership realised three figures.
Holland’s 90-ball innings was terminated within the act of slog-sweeping Fraser to mid-wicket, whereas Filer eliminated Jess Hazell for 17 with the rating 217 for six. However Dean remained at massive lengthy sufficient to place the end result past doubt, the England captain accruing 6 fours.