Lancashire Women v Yorkshire Women, Metro Bank One-Day Cup

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Jonassen’s fine 108 underpinned the Yorkshire innings with the visitors making 241 all out after being asked to bat. Jonassen and Sterre Kalis (46) rebuilt with 109 for the third wicket after Kate Cross had struck two early blows, and Cross (4-38) enjoyed further success as Yorkshire lost their last six wickets for 45.

After Rachel Slater struck in the opening over to dismiss Eve Jones, a 61-run partnership between Darcey Carter and Seren Smale looked to be the foundation for Lancashire to build on.

Jonassen (4-30) had other ideas, dramatically swinging the game Yorkshire’s way with three wickets in three overs to reduce Lancashire to 74-4 in the 19th over. That proved to be decisive as the hosts failed to recover, ending well short on 158 all out.

Chris Read, Lancashire Women Head Coach said: “I thought, from a first-half perspective, our bowling performance was really, really good. The pitch was a lovely pitch to bat on and given where they were at one point, with Jess Jonassen going so well, I thought we did well to restrict them to 241.

“I'm happy with that at half-time, thinking that was probably below par on a good wicket and a fast outfield.

“I was really impressed by the way Jonassen batted. Obviously, she's a class act, she's been around a long time, and we just needed someone to match that, really, to get in, stay in, put a big score on the board.

“Clearly, we batted exceptionally poorly. Ultimately, losing Eve Jones at the top of the order wasn't ideal, but then players proceeded to get in and get themselves out, really. That was a disappointing thing. I don't think we were under a huge amount of pressure.

“It was a really good pitch to bat on, and the batters all came back and said as much. So, (it was) just disappointing that no-one managed to get in, stay in and win the game for us.”