Lancashire vs Surrey – (match 19) – at Southport, Birkdale (Trafalgar Road) on Wednesday 7 May 2025 (10h30)
Lancashire chalked-up their first home win and third win overall, when compared to ‘much fancied’ Surrey who’d won only one match (on 30 April.) Winning skipper Ellie Threlkeld accurately predicted the outcome before a single ball was bowled, expecting to ‘take a few wickets’ on a good (used) pitch and ‘chase down’ (the score.) Post-match, commentators said it was a ‘big ask’ made possible by the key partnership between Katie MacK and Fi Morris that banked 84 runs. That placed the hosts in a winning position – a ‘famous’ victory and a ‘very very’ great game of cricket. Introduced pitch-side by presenter Fraser Danson. Commentator was Mike Perkins with Faith Lawrence (for Lancs TV.) Weather was warm and sunny 14C.
Surrey women wearing black with white county logos and light blue neck-trim; *Skipper Bryony Smith; *[Ellie Threlkeld keeping wicket for Lancashire]; *Surrey without Phoebe Franklin (injured); *After 10 overs ‘power-play’ 50/2; *Cursed by commentators for ‘really going hard,’ Bryony Smith was caught ‘from a leading edge’ by tumbling Emma Lamb at ’short extra cover,’ from Kate Cross ‘who had best economy (to date); *Alice Capsey played-on from her pads, bowled by Kate Cross; *Attempting a ‘leg-bye,’ Alice Monaghan went ‘leg before’ to Emma Lamb; *By mid-way (25overs) 133/3; *Kira Chathli caught at ‘mid-on’ by Tara Norris, from Kate Cross; *Kalea Moore was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Eve Jones, from Fi Morris ; *’Crucial wicket’ of Alice Davidson-Richards was bowled by Tara Norris’s in-swing; *Ryana Macdonald-Gay was ‘not out’; Surrey women batting: Alice Davidson-Richards100(102), Paige Scholfield87(82), Kalea Moore 24(16), Ryana Macdonald-Gay22*not out(20), Danni Wyatt-Hodge21(31), Kira Chathli10(16); Lancashire women bowling: Kate Cross 3/55, Emma Lamb 2/40, Fi Morris 1/32, Tara Norris 1/55, Sophie Morris 1/56;
Lancashire women wearing rose-red *Skipper Ellie Threlkeld; * [Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey] *International player Katie MacK (Australia); Changes: Eilsa Lister for Danni Collins & Sophie Morris for Grace Potts; *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 49/0 (vs50/2); *Emma Lamb was caught from a fine edge by keeper Kira Chathli, from Alice Monaghan 20(28); *Eve Jones went aerial, was caught at ‘cover’ by Ryana MacDonald-Gay, from Alice Monaghan 52(64); *By mid-way (25overs) 128/3 (vs 133/3); *Cursed by commentators with a ’settled partnership’ Seren Smale was then bowled with bails sent flying by Dani Gregory 10(15); *Cursed by commentators for ’leading her team to victory’ Katie MacK was ‘brilliantly’ caught ‘one-handed from a leading edge’ by Alice Monaghan, from Alice Davidson-Richards 84(64); *Ailsa Lister went ‘leg before’ to Dani Gregory, for a third-ball ‘duck’; *Fi Morris was 90*not out(76); *Skipper Ellie Threlkeld 25*not out(39) hit the winning ‘four’; Lancashire women batting: Fi Morris 90*not out(76), Katie MacK84(64), Eve Jones 52(64),Ellie Threlkeld25*not out(39), Emma Lamb 20(28), Seren Smale10(15); Surrey women bowling: Davidson-Richards 1/17, Alice Monaghan 2/47, Dani Gregory 2/48;
*Match result: Lancashire women 299/5 (@6.2 runs-per-over, target 297 from 48/50 overs) beat Surrey women 296/8 (@5.9 r-p-o from 50/50 overs) by five wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m6bfe1c0e-d1d8-478b-b567-59686050b03a
BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225535 & SKY Sports@url:https://www.skysports.com/cricket/lancashire-women-v-surrey-women/scorecard/10a2abe6-458c-569b-b679-229ea8788926
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Lancs TV (nv play) [07h33m31s] via YouTube @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtvxeMV1fkY
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