Hampshire's Freya Kemp hit 11 fours and two sixes in her maiden century
Hampshire went to the top of the Women's One-Day Cup table as they eased to an 80-run win over previous leaders The Blaze in an action-packed round of games which included four centuries.
Freya Kemp's maiden hundred helped Hants recover from a poor start to post 291-7 before Daisy Gibb and Australia's Ellyse Perry shone with the ball as Blaze were bowled out for 211.
Lancashire moved above The Blaze into second place as in-form Emma Lamb's 142 inspired the Red Rose to a crushing 138-run win over bottom side Essex.
Surrey made it four wins from their past five games after being given a scare by Warwickshire – and Davina Perrin's first century – before sealing a three-wicket victory in Birmingham.
Durham also stayed in the hunt for a top-four finish, and a semi-final spot, with a big win at Somerset.
New Zealand star Suzie Bates' pummelling 163 set the visitors up for a commanding victory by 105 runs to sit a point behind Surrey in fifth with four games left.
Women's One-Day Cup table
In the game of the day at the Utilita Bowl in Southampton, Cassidy McCarthy (3-51) had Hampshire in early trouble after removing Rhianna Southby, Maia Bouchier and Perry with only 34 on the board.
Captain Geogia Adams (40) steadied the ship but Hants were soon 119-5 and back in trouble.
Step forward England all-rounder Kemp.
Her career-best knock came off 92 balls and with excellent support from Nancy Harman (77), 172 runs were added for the last two wickets.
The Blaze's reply never generated any sustained momentum and, despite a determined 87 from captain Georgia Elwiss, they succumbed to the disciplined home attack and finished well short of their target of 292.
At Sedbergh School, England opener Lamb continued her fine form with an imperious century.
The competition's leading scorer struck a sensational 142 off only 109 balls – peppering the boundary 15 times and clearing it for six on three occasions.
Her opening stand of 162 with Eve Jones (71) set the platform for Lancashire's intimidating 306-4 which struggling Essex, despite a half-century from Jodi Grewcock, got nowhere near as Australia leg-spinner Alana King (4-36) and England seamer Mahika Gaur (3-25) proved too much.
At the Edgbaston Community Sports Ground, considering their start with the bat, Warwickshire's recovery to post 239 all out was a very decent effort.
Perrin was almost single-handedly responsible for that with a superb maiden century that led the Bears from the carnage of 32-5 after 35 balls of their innings to at least give their bowlers something to defend.
She put on 118 with wicketkeeper Nat Wraith (47) for the sixth wicket, but when Perrin perished at 236-8, the end came quickly with more than seven overs to go with Ryana MacDonald-Gay (4-47) and Alice Monaghan (3-48) sharing the bulk of the wickets.
Although Issy Wong struck with the fifth ball of the Surrey chase, the visitors went about their target confidently with England all-rounder Alice Capsey's excellent 79 off 73 balls taking them to a commanding 181-3.
However, her dismissal triggered a wobble as Surrey slipped to 218-7, but England's Danni Wyatt-Hodge kept her cool to finish on 43 not out to get the visitors over the line.
Suzie Bates has played more than 300 international matches for New Zealand
New Zealand star Suzie Bates dominated proceedings at Taunton as her majestic 163 off 140 balls enabled Durham to pile up 315-9.
The 37-year-old scored nearly half her team's runs with wicketkeeper Bess Heath's 31 the next highest effort.
The pressure of the chase did for Somerset as they stumbled to 88-4 and, despite Bex Odgers' 47 at the top of the order together with a combative half-century from wicketkeeper Jess Hazell, they finished well short on 210 all out with Phoebe Turner, Katie Levick and Mady Villiers all taking three wickets.
The competition now breaks until September when the final four rounds of matches begin.
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Women's One-Day Cup: Hampshire beat The Blaze to go top as Lancashire, Durham and Surrey all win – BBC
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