Surrey 258 for 7 (Wyatt-Hodge 96, Chathli 58, Filer 5-59) beat Durham 256 for 8 (Armitage 106, Villiers 55) by three wickets
Armitage was soon at the crease after Emma Marlow fell cheaply and she survived an early scare when inside-edging one from Tilly Corteen-Coleman (2-38) past leg stump. Three fours from one Maitlin Brown over brought momentum, but Wednesday’s centurion Tahlia Wilson departed, undone by extra bounce from Alice Monaghan.
Durham looked set for a final push, but Villiers was smartly caught on the long-on boundary by Alice Capsey for 55, and while Armitage completed a fine hundred she became becalmed, surviving a missed stumping off Dani Gregory, before tamely driving to Paige Scholfield at cover.
Filer speared the first ball of Surrey’s reply so far down leg-side it missed the cut strip, racing away for four byes. However radar was swiftly adjusted to spreadeagle Scholfield’s stumps later in the over. Filer then struck again, sending Capsey packing courtesy of a stunning grab by wicketkeeper Wilson low to her right and with the bit between her teeth the speedster ripped out Alice Davidson-Richards’ middle stump to claim a third wicket in nine balls.
Ahead of the rate but four down, Surrey needed a partnership and Wyatt-Hodge joined her skipper to help provide it. Wyatt-Hodge employed the cut and lofted drive to good effect and Chathli cleared the ropes as she moved to 50 at a run a ball.
Chathli was bounced out by Filer, but Wyatt-Hodge moved smoothly to her own half century while Jemima Spence plundered three fours from one Sophia Turner over as another 50-stand came in 31 balls. Filer returned to complete a five-for by castling Spence, but Wyatt-Hodge saw her side to the brink of victory before being caught in the deep.