Women’s Vitality Blast League Two, Cardiff

Worcestershire 103-6 (20 overs): Griffiths 36, Bishop 20*; Walker 2-19

Glamorgan 104-2 (12.3 overs): Parfitt 72*, Gammon 23*; Griffiths 2-24

Glamorgan win by 8 wickets

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Women’s T20 Blast League Two champions Glamorgan beat Worcestershire to secure their seventh win in eight matches in the competition.

After winning the toss and electing to field, Glamorgan restricted the Rapids to 103-7, largely restricting them to singles, before overcoming an early wobble to seal an eight-wicket victory thanks to a superb 40-ball 72 from captain Lauren Parfitt.

Netherlands international Sanya Khurana survived an early scare when Katie Cobb squandered a chance off Gemma Porter as Worcestershire batted first, but Glamorgan quickly pressed harder.

Khurana and Amy Griffiths hit the only boundaries of the first five overs as the Rapids struggled to accelerate.

Porter made the breakthrough in the sixth over, claiming his 15th wicket of the campaign as Khurana departed for 14 off 18 deliveries.

Madison Windeatt fell victim to Bethan Gammon’s efficient running in the seventh over and wickets continued to fall when Gwennan Davies, fresh off an eight-boundary of 41 against Sussex, was trapped by Cobb for a duck, before spinner Sara Phillips removed Ebony Jade-Tweats for a solitary run.

Griffiths offered the only significant resistance, hitting 36 off 41 balls before being stumped by Megan Sturge off Walker.

Lucy Harris was also dismissed by Gammon after scoring just two off 13 deliveries, before a late partnership of 32 off 32 balls between captain Clare Boycott and Meg Bishop helped Worcestershire set Glamorgan a target of 104.

Daisy Jeanes, fresh off her 86 against Middlesex, was stumped by Neath-born Davies, and when Sturge immediately followed lbw as Griffiths claimed two wickets in her first over, the hosts were 20-2 after three overs.

But Parfitt quickly calmed nerves, hitting three boundaries, including two in a row, in the fifth over, before hitting the first six of the match in the seventh to take Glamorgan past fifty.

With Gammon providing constant support, Parfitt continued to dominate, reaching his half-century with his eighth boundary before opening the twelfth over with three consecutive fours.

She added an 11th boundary with a clever lofted shot behind the wicket and victory came in the 13th over, as Gammon’s only win sealed it for Glamorgan as they prepared for the T20 Women’s Blast final on Sunday, July 12.