Essex vs Lancashire – (match 15) – at Chelmsford (Ambassador Cruise Line Ground) on Sunday 4 May 2025 (10h30)
Chalking-up their first win of the season as a professional side at Chelmsford, home team commentators lauded Essex leg-spinners who did ’superbly well’ on a ’slow wicket,’ to take a 5-fer between them. Abtaha Maqsood took ‘all three’ big wickets: 3/42; and Jody Grewcock took 2/36. Jodi Grewcock also made match-winning top-score with her bat (73*not out (from 91 balls.) Lancashire’s Emma Lamb just missed out by seven runs on what would have been her third back-t-back ‘fifty.’ Also, Hannah Jones was mentioned for taking a ‘3-fer’ for the visitors. Overall, the match proved a ‘real test’ not only for Essex, but also for the Umpires on a breezy day, fearing the bails could be dislodged at any moment. Commentators were Toby Reynolds (Sports Journalist, The Cricket Gazette) with Sophie Kent ?(London Cricket Trust.) Weather ‘cold’ with breezy wind-chill 11C
Lancashire women (pictured) wearing rose-red *Skipper Ellie Threlkeld; *[Amara Carr keeping wicket for Essex] *International player Katie MacK (Australia); *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 51/0; *Left-handed Eve Jones hooked to ‘deep mid-wicket,’ caught ‘on the fence’ by Flo Miller, from Abtaha Maqsood; *By mid-way 131/1 (vs 114/2); *’Big breakthrough’ when Emma Lamb top-edged, caught at ‘deep extra cover’ by Cordelia Griffith, from Kate Coppack; *Second big breakthrough two balls later, when Seren Smale went plumb ‘leg before’ for a second-ball duck, also from Kate Coppack; *Katie MacK went aerial, top-edged to Sophia Smale at ‘backward point, from Abtaha Maqsood’s ‘half-volley; *Danielle ‘Danni’ Collins lobbed a return dolly, caught-and-bowled by Jodi Grewcock; *Fi Morris went aerial, caught at ‘long-on’ by Cordelia Griffith, from Abtaha Maqsood; *Kate Cross ‘drilled’ a return dolly, caught-and-bowled by Sophia Smale; *Ellie Threlkeld ‘feathered-a-top-edge,’ caught by fellow keeper Amara Carr, from Jodi Grewcock; *Tara Norris was ‘not out’; Lancashire women batting: Eve Jones57(75), Emma Lamb43(53), Katie MacK39(56), Fi Morris17(38), Kate Cross13(22) Ellie Threlkeld11(20), Tara Norris15* not out(15); Essex women bowling: Abtaha Maqsood 3/42, Jodi Grewcock 2/36, Kate Coppack 2/39, Sophia Smale 1/45;
Essex women wearing mauve splash over dark blue; Skipper Grace Scrivens (‘England ‘A’); *[Ellie Threlkeld keeping wicket for Lancashire]; *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 47/0 (vs 51/0); *Attempting ‘reverse-sweep,’ left-handed Grace Scrivens was bowled by left-armed Hannah Jones; *Lissy MacLeod went aerial, caught at ‘long-off’ by Tara Norris running round, from Hannah Jones; *By mid-way 114/2 (vs 131/1); *Cordelia Griffith also went aerial (carbon copy dismissal) was caught at ‘long-off’ by Tara Norris’ ’stunning one-handed grab,’ from Emma Lamb; *Flo Miller was caught expertly inside the ‘deep’ boundary by Katie MacK’s from Hannah Jones’ ‘full-toss’; *Cursed by commentators for ‘playing well’ but missing a l’eg-side swipe,’ Jo Gardner was bowled by Emma Lamb; *Leaving Jodi Grewcock (said to be ‘looking comfortable batting top-order’) ‘not out’; Essex women batting: Jodi Grewcock not out73*(91) Lissy MacLeod45(47), Flo Miller41(48) Grace Scrivens32(49), Cordelia Griffith24(38); Lancashire women bowling: Hannah Jones 3/39, Emma Lamb 2/39;
*Match result: Essex women 231/5 (@4.8 runs-per-over, target 231 from 47.2/50 overs) beat Lancashire women 230/8 (@4.6 r-p-o from 50overs/50 overs) by five wickets
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m02c2900a-c2f7-48cb-bde5-2bb1047c25fb
BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225530 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/essex-women-v-lancashire-women/scorecard/99e73019-30db-5a87-9dd0-9dda915c1247
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Essex Cricket TV (nv play) via YouTube [06h52m48s] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COFeLjX56SY
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