Women's T20 Blast round-up: Kemp brings Hampshire home as Surrey tie

Rhianna Southby top scored for Hampshire Hawks against Somerset

Hampshire Hawks held their nerve to win a tense battle against basement club Somerset and keep alive hopes of making the top three in the Women's T20 Blast.

Somerset put up one of their best displays of their winless campaign by posting a total of 153-8, with Fran Wilson's 32-ball 55 the standout contribution.

An excellent reply from Hawks openers Elysse Perry (40) and Rhianna Southby (57) looked to have put them on course for a comfortable victory.

But, with Southby falling in an excellent penultimate over to leave 11 needed off the last, Freya Kemp held her nerve against Alex Griffiths, hitting a six off the second ball and bringing home the victory by eight wickets with two balls to spare.

The win put Hampshire within seven points of Warwickshire Bears in third spot with four games to play, a gap which remained after Lancashire Thunder beat the Bears by seven wickets at Emirates Old Trafford.

Fifth-placed Thunder are a point behind Hampshire after chasing down the Bears' total of 123-7, Emma Lamb bringing home the win with an unbeaten 60.

But there will be some frustration that after being 105-1 with five overs to go they were unable to get home sufficiently quickly, winning with nine balls to spare, to earn a bonus point win which would have taken them level with the Hawks.

Surrey tie with Essex in last ball thriller

Jo Gardner was run out on the last ball of the match as Surrey and Essex tied

There was a thrilling conclusion to a rain-affected contest at The Kia Oval as Surrey and Essex tied their match on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method after the visitors' Jo Gardner was run out on the final ball of the match.

Surrey made 159-5 in 20 overs but after rain reduced the Eagles' target to 94 off 10 overs and Grace Harris removed the two set batters - Maddie Penna and Cordelia Griffith - in the final over, Essex were left needing two runs off the final delivery to win.

Gardner sent the ball out to the deep mid-wicket boundary and made the first run but Phoebe Franklin's arrow throw went straight into Kira Chathli's gloves at the striker's end with Gardner just short.

Two points for the tie took Surrey level at the top with The Blaze, whose match against Durham saw only 4.1 overs of action before rain forced an abandonment with the points shared.