Surrey vs Durham report- Hosts edge low-scoring thriller despite Graham heroics

The Surrey speedster in only her third game back following a spinal lumber injury was on a hat-trick three times in her 6-11 as the visitors were bundled out for 102, Bethan Miles taking 2-10 on her Blast debut. Bess Heath top scored for Durham with 28.

Durham fought magnificently to defend the total, Heather Graham taking 3-19 and Trudy Johnson 2-20, helped by some frenetic batting from the hosts, but Alice Monaghan (20 not out) kept her head to see Surrey home.

Durham head coach Dani Hazell said: "The first innings is not where we want to be. There were a few mistakes in how we executed, but equally you can't take away from someone getting 6-11. It was a pretty special performance from Macca (MacDonald-Gay). She kept the game really simple. The stumps don't move, so you make sure you are hitting them more often than not.

"For us to come back and fight like that, it is one of those games where you spend your time thinking if we had 20 more. We can take positives away, but at the end of the day you want to be on the winning side.

"You can't knock the heart that they showed going out with an under par score. You can easily roll over in games like that. We've got to take positives from those bowlers standing up in those moments on a test ground. But at the end of the day cricket is about scoring one more run than the opposition and getting points on the board. It's a tough one to take when you've fought so hard, but we've got to take some momentum into the game on Friday as games come thick and fast now."