Knight and Gibson steer Somerset to win at Lancs

Knight and Gibson steer Somerset to win at LancsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Heather Knight top-scored for Somerset with 63Published15 minutes agoCommentsMetro Bank One-Day Cup, SouthportLancashire 259-8 (50 overs): Threlkeld 71, Morris 52; Griffiths 3-51Somerset 260-6 (47.5 overs): Knight 63, Gibson 60; Ecclestone 3-46Somerset beat Lancashire by four wicketsMatch scorecardHalf-centuries from Heather Knight and Dani Gibson helped Somerset beat Lancashire by four wickets at Southport.Lancashire had set a competitive target thanks to half-centuries of their own from skipper Ellie Threlkeld (71) and Fi Morris (52) but despite three wickets from England spinner Sophie Ecclestone, the visitors reached the winning total with 13 balls remaining.Lancashire, who were put into bat, lost opener Emma Lamb to injury late on and her replacement, Alice Clarke, became the first batter out when she was dismissed for six in the third over, caught behind off Alex Griffiths.Eve Jones and Seren Smale were progressing nicely until Smale fell victim to a brilliant piece of wicketkeeping from Jess Hazell and was out stumped off Charlie Dean for 18.Jones (38) was next to go caught at long-on off a full toss from Lola Harris and with Lancashire 90-3 a partnership was needed.Threlkeld and Morris obliged, with the captain especially fluent as she targeted the spinners and moved to her half-century as the pair put on 88 for the fourth wicket.Threlkeld eventually fell for 71, bowled by Harris but Morris kept going and brought up her own half-century only to get out the very next ball caught by Gibson off Griffiths.The hosts had a platform to accelerate and Ailsa Lister (20) and Kate Cross (21) supplied quick runs before Griffiths took the last two wickets to fall as she finished with 3-51.Somerset set about the target in serene fashion and it took a brilliant catch from Morris at mid-wicket to dismiss opener Bex Odgers for 17 off Mahika Gaur.Ecclestone entered the fray early to bowl...