Lancashire Thunder dump Glamorgan out of cup

T20 County Cup, Brecon

Lancashire Thunder 167-4 (20 overs): E Jones 60, Lamb 52

Glamorgan 86 (17.1 overs): Burke 49*; Johnson 3-2

Lancashire Thunder won by 81 runs

Lancashire Thunder ended Glamorgan's progress in the T20 County Cup with a convincing 81-run victory in Brecon, as the Tier One visitors showed the difference between the fully professional level and Tier Two.

Thunder chose to bat first with Emma Lamb hitting 52 off 36 balls and Eve Jones 60 off 46, the pair opening up with a stand of 93.

Welsh batter Seren Smale was 23 not out as England's Sophie Ecclestone chipped in with a cameo of 17 off nine in their 167-4.

Two early wickets for Grace Johnson (3-2) stifled Glamorgan's chances, with Surrey loanee Emily Burke (49 not out) top-scoring in the modest home total of 86.

Burke hit four fours and two sixes, facing just 45 balls, but her last two partners were run out to leave her stranded one short of the half-century.

Daisy Jeanes' brief early flurry earned her 17 from seven balls as the only other player to reach double figures, while Ecclestone also showed her international class with one for 13 in four overs.

Eve Jackson, 17, was among the Glamorgan wicket-takers on her own school's ground at Christ College.