One Day Cup: Glamorgan women cruise to big win over Derbyshire

Bethan Ellis starred with bat and ball as Glamorgan crushed Derbyshire by 106 runs to record their third win in three games in the One Day Cup.

Ellis hit 75 and captain Lauren Parfitt 71 in Glamorgan’s total of 238 for eight in 50 overs. Rhiannon Knowling-Davies took 5-36 to peg back the Glamorgan innings.

But Derbyshire were restricted to 132 all out in reply with Gemma Porter taking 4-19 and Ellis 3-30.

The hosts always looked in trouble once Parfitt and Warwickshire loanee Ellis had put on 153 in 31 overs for Glamorgan’s second wicket, Parfitt striking the only two sixes of the match.

Her dismissal sparked a collapse, mainly at the hands of 21-year-old seamer Knowling-Davies, with seven wickets falling for just 39 runs.

Charlotte Lambert’s 20 not out at the end was the third highest score.

But Derbyshire made an ultra-cautious start against Lambert and Eve Jackson, who bowled five maidens in her first six overs.

They reached 49 before the second wicket went but the economical spin of Porter and the seam of Ellis made sure Glamorgan kept a firm grip on the game, with Frances Lonsdale’s 17 the highest score apart from extras.

Scotland’s Megan McColl also claimed her first wicket on debut for Glamorgan.