Wilson century leads Durham to One-Day Cup win

Q: What was Tahlia Wilson's score in the One-Day Cup match against Essex?

Tahlia Wilson scored 152 runs off 163 balls in the match against Essex.

Q: How did Durham perform in the 2026 Women's One-Day Cup?

Durham registered their first win in the 2026 Women's One-Day Cup by defeating Essex by 23 runs.

Q: What was the final score of the Essex team in the match against Durham?

Essex finished their innings with a score of 288-5 while chasing Durham's total of 311-3.

Q: Who were the key contributors to Durham's innings in the One-Day Cup?

Key contributors to Durham's innings included Emma Marlow with 53 runs and Hollie Armitage with 81 runs.

Tahlia Wilson made her one-day debut for Australia against West Indies last month [Getty Images]

Australian Tahlia Wilson hit 152 off 163 balls as Durham beat Essex by 23 runs to register their first win in the 2026 Women's One-Day Cup.

Wilson put on 137 with Emma Marlow (53) and 163 with Hollie Armitage (81) in their 311-3 at the Riverside, and Essex's gallant chase took them only to 288-5.

Paige Scholfield smashed 89 off 42 balls as Surrey defeated Yorkshire by three wickets via the DLS method following a rain interruption - a match also marked by controversy over the dismissal of White Rose opener Lauren Winfield-Hill.

Defending champions Lancashire lost by six runs to The Blaze in another weather-affected game, while at Edgbaston, Warwickshire piled up 354-7, their highest 50-over score, only for the match to end as a no-result with Hampshire unable to start their reply because of rain.

Durham were looking for an improved batting display after being bowled out for 198 by Lancashire when chasing on Saturday and Wilson provided it, leading from the front against Essex with some glorious shots.

She was dropped on 68, a difficult diving chance for Grace Scrivens, and collected 15 fours before being bowled by Eva Gray with the final ball of the innings.

Conditions, though, remained good for batting and Scrivens and Cordelia Griffith began Essex's reply with a stand of 113 in 24 overs.

Scrivens was stumped by Wilson, now behind the stumps, after being lured down the track by Mady Villiers on 47, but Griffith did reach 50 from 75 balls, only to then be trapped lbw by Grace Thompson.

Jodi Grewcock kept them in contention with 77 off 69 balls, but she was caught off Katie Levick's leg-spin and the task of scoring 120 off the final 10 overs proved beyond them despite an unbeaten 49 off 37 balls by Florence Miller.

Women's One-Day Cup - Wednesday scorecards

Yorkshire, playing their second game at tier one level following a narrow defeat by Somerset at the weekend, lost two early wickets at The Oval after being put in by 2025 semi-finalists Surrey.

Winfield-Hill hit eight eight fours in a well-played 60 off 70 balls, adding 74 with Sterre Kalis (38), but both fell to Maitlan Brown in the space of three balls and from 132-2, the innings went into sharp decline.

Winfield-Hill was given out caught behind even though the ball appeared to hit her helmet - and a five-run penalty was imposed for her reluctance to leave the crease.

"It changed the game completely. It wasn't out, and then the management around it was pretty poor and knocked us back. It definitely affected us and I've spoken about the emotional control we are probably lacking in key moments," coach Richard Pyrah said afterwards.

They were all out for 185 at the start of the 41st over, losing their last four for no runs, and after rain left Surrey with a revised target of 193 from 44 overs, they were in a hurry from the start as Scholfield hit two sixes and 17 fours.

The home side also suffered a collapse with six wickets going down for 35 runs, but Alice Davidson-Richards kept her head and stroked Beth Langston to the cover boundary in the 24th over to finish 35 not out and see them home by three wickets on 193-7.

Davina Perrin hit three sixes and eight fours in her innings for Warwickshire [Getty Images]

Warwickshire were looking to bounce back from defeat by Surrey in their home game against Hampshire and their top five all passed 50 as they achieved the competition's second highest total.

Davina Perrin and Amu Surenkumar set them on their way by putting on 147 for the first wicket - 19-year-old Perrin top scoring with 81 and her partner making 51 - as Hampshire gave up far too many boundaries.

Once they had gone, Meg Austin (51 off 53) and Katie George (56) added 97 in 14 overs but the final impetus was provided by Charis Pavely, who raced to her half-century from just 28 balls with a perfect ramp for four off Naomi Dattani.

She hammered a Megan Sturge full toss over mid-wicket for six and also collected eight boundaries in her unbeaten 63 off 38 deliveries, but it was all in vain as rain had the final word.

Behind the scenes with Ballinger at The Blaze

At Trent Bridge, The Blaze made their entry into this summer's competition with an excellent bowling performance as Lancashire were all out for 223 in the 49th over.

The visitors lost three wickets before they had 100 on the board but Emma Lamb made 77 off 98 balls before she was caught at mid-off to give Blaze skipper Kirstie Gordon her second wicket.

Left-arm seamer Grace Ballinger had Ellie Threlkeld (37) caught at square leg in her second spell and then bowled Kate Cross and Tara Norris for figures of 3-30.

But The Blaze got only as far as the 21st over of their chase when rain resulted in a prolonged stoppage with their score on 91-3 - and when play eventually resumed at 17:20 BST, their target became 171 from 32.

Marie Kelly was caught at long-on for 44 and Orla Prendergast was stumped off Lamb on 40, leaving The Blaze, on 148-5, needing 28 from the final 24 balls.

That had come down to 23 off 21 when the rain and lightning forced the players off and the home side were declared the winners via DLS.