Unbeaten Blaze, Surrey & Somerset win in T20 Blast

Surrey, The Blaze and Somerset all maintained their unbeaten starts in the women's T20 Blast.

Surrey stay top of the group with three wins from three as Ryana MacDonald-Gay's record figures of 6-11 helped skittle Durham for 102 before they made hard work of the chase to win by two wickets.

The Blaze also preserved their 100% winning start with a four-wicket victory over struggling Warwickshire Bears.

Somerset picked up a second win to go with their tied game against Hampshire Hawks, beating winless Yorkshire by 39 runs.

MacDonald-Gay's 6-11 off her four overs were the best figures ever recorded in women's domestic T20 cricket

The Surrey speedster was on a hat-trick three times, while Bethan Miles took 2-10 on her Blast debut. Bess Heath top scored for Durham with 28.

Durham fought magnificently to defend the total, Heather Graham taking 3-19 and Trudy Johnson 2-20, helped by some frenetic batting from the hosts, but Alice Monaghan (20 not out) kept her head to see Surrey home on 103-8.

Surrey are a point ahead of second-placed Blaze, with Somerset two points behind in third.

The Blaze bowled with discipline to restrict the Bears to 158-8.

Openers Abi Freeborn (56) and Meg Austin (44) added 95 but wickets fell freely thereafter against an attack led by former Bears seamer Grace Ballinger (3- 24) and Lucy Higham (2-16).

The Blaze then reached 159-6 with four balls to spare thanks to Marie Kelly, another ex-Bear, who scored 45 at the start and a robust unbeaten 27 from Emma Jones at the end. Amu Surenkumar took 2-19.

The Blaze have started the Blast superbly but Warwickshire, finalists last season, are bottom of the table after three straight defeats sustained by a squad stretched to the limit by injuries and international calls.

Sophie Luff top-scored with 57 from 35 balls in Somerset's victory at the Cooper Associates Ground.

Their in-form captain struck eight fours and a six and shared in stands of 68 and 42 with Bex Odgers and Anika Learoyd for the first and second wickets respectively as the home side posted 177-5.

Niamh Holland weighed in with a hard-hitting 41, while Beth Langston bowled tidily for 1-23 and Marie Ward claimed 1-27.

Lola Harris then took 3-12 and Liv Barnes 3-19 as Yorkshire lost wickets to spin at regular intervals, only Sterre Kalis mustering meaningful opposition in a defiant innings of 51 in 35 balls as the reply came up short on 138-9.

Match information provided by ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay.

Riverside: Durham v Warwickshire Bears (14:30 BST)

Old Trafford: Lancashire Thunder v Somerset (14:30)

Utilita Bowl: Hampshire Hawks v Surrey (15:00)

Headingley: Yorkshire v Essex (18:30)