Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Jess Woolston bowls against Surrey at Ampleforth College today.
Jess Woolston believes another 30 runs on the board with the bat would have seen Yorkshire win today’s game against Surrey at Ampleforth College.
The White Rose slipped from 52-0 in 171 all out batting first, with only Lauren Winfield-Hill 48 and Sarah Glenn 32 making it beyond 20.
They then fought impressively with the ball to try and drag the game out of the fire, with Surrey falling from 106-3 to 148-8, only for captain Kira Chathli to see her side over the line with 10 overs to spare thanks to an unbeaten 66.
Woolston took the new ball, struck twice for Yorkshire and impressed, so too Hannah Rainey, who finished with three wickets.
Woolston said: “It was a close one in the end.
“We knew that we left quite a lot out there with the bat and obviously left a lot of balls out on the field that we would have liked to have used.
“If we got to 200, we would have been quite comfortable because we knew there was actually still a bit left in the pitch.
“We fought to the end, but sadly we didn’t have enough runs on the board.”
Spin worked well for Surrey through South African Sune Luus, who took three wickets with leg-spin. England left-armer Tilly Corteen-Coleman struck twice.
For Yorkshire, though, seam was more to the fore with Woolston and Rainey.
“Up top, it was really nice with the new ball,” said Woolston. “If you hit that hard length, it was nipping off the seam quite a bit and there was a bit of swing.
“Their two spinners bowled well, but Lauren came off after her innings and her messaging was, ‘There’s still a bit in it for the seamers’.
“That was quite a nice thing to hear.”
This was Yorkshire’s eighth defeat in 12 games, a statistic which in many ways doesn’t do the quality of their cricket justice.
They have played some impressive stuff this season but unfortunately not for long enough. They could have easily had three or four more wins.
“It has happened a couple of times,” added Woolston.
“We know what we can do, it’s just piecing it together. A couple of days we fall short the bat and then a couple with the ball or in the field.
“But we’re confident we can get that sort of perfect game and get on a run.”
