Maia Bouchier and Mady Villiers centuries drive big wins

WOMEN'S ONE DAY CUP ROUNDUP: Essex, Hampshire and Durham all won by five wickets on a run-heavy afternoon of 50-over action

Chelmsford: Lancashire 251-7, Essex 252-5 - Essex won by five wickets

Grace Scrivens and Cordelia Griffith continued Essex's resurgence with a county record Metro Bank One Day Cup stand of 128 from 153 balls to overcome holders Lancashire and secure a third straight win in the competition.

Skipper Scrivens (74) and Griffith (61) bettered their opening partnership of 95 against Yorkshire last time out with another vital contribution to lay the foundations for a resounding victory at Chelmsford.

Lancashire needed a century partnership of their own to recover from a sluggish start, with opener Eve Jones (98) and skipper Ellie Threlkeld (51) adding 127 for the third wicket.

That enabled them to post 251 for 7, with Sophie Munro and Scrivens taking two wickets apiece, but it was not enough and the in-form Jodi Grewcock hit 58 from 57 as Essex cruised home with three overs to spare.

^{Maia Bouchier's century saw Hampshire to victory over Somerset (Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images)}

Southampton: Somerset 281-6, Hampshire 282-5 - Hampshire won by five wickets

Maia Bouchier howitzered a personal-best 143 to trump Bex Odgers' exquisite 133 as Hampshire beat Somerset by five wickets in the Metro Bank One Day Cup women's competition.

Odgers' first professional ton tied with an unbroken 150 run partnership with Chole Skelton, had given Hampshire a tricky 282 to chase.

But Bouchier and international teammate Freya Kemp hammered the bowling in a captivating 149-run partnership in front of England head coach Charlotte Edwards, as Hampshire strode to a fourth win in six.

^{Essex secured a third win of the season (Ben Hoskins/Getty Images)}

Edgbaston: Warwickshire 289-6, Durham 290-5 - Durham won by five wickets

A brilliant all-round display by Mady Villiers lifted Durham to a five-wicket victory over Warwickshire in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup at Edgbaston.

Warwickshire totalled an imposing 289 for six thanks to Davina Perrina (69), Charis Pavely (55) and Nat Wraith (54). Villiers led the bowling attack with three for 38 - and then unfurled a glorious first century for Durham with the bat.

The 27-year-old struck 106 from 86 balls to underpin Durham’s progress to 290 for 5 with 25 balls to spare. Villiers laid a spectacular victory foundation on which Emily Windsor built skilfully to see her side home with an unbeaten 85.