Glamorgan Women vs Middlesex Women at Spytty Park Newport (Wales) – on Sunday 27 April 2025 (10h30)
Middlesex women narrowly beat Glamorgan women by eleven runs, leaving the hosts appreciative of an exciting match that went down to the final over. By mid-way, the visitors looked certain of winning comfortably, boosted by Fifty Trussler’s inaugural ‘fifty,’ that made visitor’s top-score [66 runs from 85 balls.] That gave Middlesex 44 runs with two wickets advantage by mid-way (113/4 vs 157/2.) Tables were turned unexpectedly when ‘All-Rounder’ Emma Jones (who signed for Surrey during 2024 and played her first match for ‘England A’ earlier this year) chalked-up her top-score of 147*not out (from 101 balls.) The ‘England hopeful’ brought Glamorgan women within a whisker of winning the match. Instead, the hosts remained tantalisingly, eleven runs short of victory still with five balls remaining (mis-reported by some sources as ‘four.’) Confounded by their No.11 unable to bat, Emma Jones consolation was scoring a record 147 on Welsh soil, a score that will undoubtedly stay unchallenged for some time. Separately, it should not go unnoticed that Emma Jones had already turned in Glamorgan’s best bowling figures before she went in to bat, earlier taking a 3-fer (3 wickets, conceding 80 runs.)
Middlesex women wearing navy-blue with pink underarm splash *Skipper Saskia Horley *[Georgia Parfitt keeping wicket for Glamorgan] *After ten overs power-play 72/0; *Issy Routledge was bowled ‘top-of-middle’ by spinner Katy Cobb;*Pippa Sproul was caught at ‘point’ by Bethan ‘Beth’ Ellis from Sara Phillips;) *Mid-way (25 overs) 157/2; *Saskia Horley was bowled, leg-stump skittled by seamer Emma Jones; *Finty Trussler was caught at ‘cover’ by Daisy Jeanes, from Emma Jones; *Mistiming a square-cut, Georgia Irving went ‘leg before’ to Phillips; *Gayatri Gole was stumped by keeper Georgia Parfitt, from Katy Cobb; *Sonali Patel was ‘run out’ by Gemma Porter’s direct-hit from ‘mid-wicket’ to the non-striker’s end, for a golden ‘duck;’ *Mis-timing across-the-line, Hannah Davis was bowled ‘middle-and-off stump’ by Emma Jones; *Riva Pindoria was bowled by ‘top-of-middle’ by seamer Erin Vukusic; *With fatal hesitation, Rachana Cambampaty was ‘run out’ by No.85 at the non-striker’s end, leaving Katie Wolfe ‘not out’ on double-figures; Middlesex women batting: Finty Trussler66(85), Pippa Sproul45(60), Riva Pindoria32(37), Georgia Irving18(23), Issy Routledge18(34), Katie Wolfe17*not out(18), Saskia Horley11(13); Glamorgan women bowling: Emma Jones 3/80, Sara Phillips 2/40, Katy Cobb 2/42, Erin Vukusic 1/51;
Glamorgan women daffodil yellow over dark-blue *Stand-in skipper Bethan ‘Beth’ Gammon (for Laura Parfitt) *[Pippa Sproul keeping wicket for Middx]; with Emma Jones loaned from Surrey; Erin Vukusic extended loan from Somerset; *Daisy Jeanes was caught by Hannah Davis from Sonali Patel; *After ten overs power-play 39/1 (vs72/0); *Three wickets fell inside 3 overs; *Firstly Isla Thomson was bowled by Sonali Patel; *Secondly, Bea Ellis was stumped by keeper Pippa Sproul, from Hannah Davis; *Thirdly Bethan ‘Beth’ Gammon went ‘leg before’ to Katie Wolfe; *Mid-way (25 overs) 113/4 (vs 157/2); *Gemma Porter was bowled by Saskia Horley; *Georgia Parfitt was stumped by keeper Pippa Sproul, from Issy Routledge; *Sara Phillips went ‘leg before’ to Issy Routledge; *Erin Vukusic was bowled by Hannah Davis; *Finally, Katy Cobb was ‘run out’ by Riva Pindora’s throw to Saskia Horley receiving at the non-striker’s end; *Glamorgan conceded in Nicole Reid absence, unable to bat at No11. *As mentioned above, Emma Jones was undefeated three runs short of 150; Glamorgan women batting: Emma Jones 147*not out(101), Gemma Porter25(42), Daisy Jeanes18(31), Bea Ellis16(37), Georgia Parfitt 13(28); Middx women bowling: Issy Routledge 2/33, Hannah Davis 2/40, Sonali Patel 2/40, Katie Wolfe 1/38, Saskia Horley 1/67.
*Match result: Middlesex women 289/10 (@5.8 runs-per-over from 49.2/50 overs); beat Glamorgan women 278/9 (@5.7 r-p-o, from 49.1/50 overs target 290); by 11 runs (with 5 balls remaining)
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*Edited highlights free-to-air without commentary, courtesy of Middlesex Cricket TV (nv play) via YouTube [06m27s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoJPqHBa3ZM
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