Essex captain Scrivens eyes upturn after T20 win

Grace Scrivens scored 48 to help Essex to a T20 Blast win against Durham

Essex captain Grace Scrivens is hoping improved performances in the One-Day Cup will follow a long-awaited win in their final T20 Blast game of the season.

Essex Eagles rounded off a disappointing Blast campaign, in which they finished second-bottom of the table, by overcoming Durham on Friday by nine runs to claim a first victory in six attempts.

They now face Somerset on Thursday, and Lancashire on 30 July in the One-Day Cup before a month-long break for some of the players while The Hundred takes centre stage in August.

Scriven told BBC Radio Essex: "The Blast hasn't gone quite how we planned. I felt like we're a better team than the results have shown."

She continued: "It's obviously a bit disappointing but I feel like we've won a few games and we're looking to build on that for next year.

"We've got a young side so we're still learning but I think we're looking in the better position for next year and we're really finding the way we want to play our T20 cricket which is really pleasing."

Essex need an upturn in form in the One-Day Cup as they are currently bottom of the table after winning just one of their eight group-stage matches so far, with six still to play.

"The two 50-over games before the Hundred are going to be vital for us," said Scriven.

"We need to win them so it's nice having a bit of momentum leading into that with the win [against Durham] and hopefully we can get on a bit of a run."