Essex 235 for 7 (Gardner 47, Davis 4-35) beat Warwickshire 204 for 8 (Surenkumar 56, Maqsood 3-34, MacGregor 3-38) by 27 runs (DLS)

Essex secured some belated joy from their disappointing Metro Bank Women's One-Day Cup campaign with a 31-run (DLS) victory over Warwickshire at the Edgbaston Community Sports Ground.

Put in, the visitors totalled 235 for seven from 32 overs either side of a long rainstorm which arrived in the 13th over. Jo Gardner top-scored with 47 (34 balls) while Bears captain Georgia Davis took four for 35.

Facing a revised DLS target of 232 from 32 overs, Warwickshire mustered only 204 for eight in murky light despite an accomplished maiden half-century from 18-year-old Amu Surenkumar (56, 54). Her team-mates were unpicked by an attack led by Abtaha Maqsood

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