Warwickshire women vs Somerset women – (match 20) – at Birmingham, Edgbaston on Wednesday 7 May 2025 (10h30)
Warwickshire women’s skipper Georgia Davis had guided her side to two wins and a draw from their opening four games. On the day, Somerset women’s skipper Sophie Luff (pictured) posted a ‘magificent’ 111*not out. Together with former England skipper Heather Knight, the pair added eighty runs for Somerset women’s second wicket. Warwickshire women’s best bowler was Emily ‘Em’ Arlott who took two pairs of wickets with consecutive overs, taking a 4-fer (taking four wickets, conceding 61 runs): to close-out Somerset’s innings. By comparison, Warwickshire women started convincingly, with Dutch international Sterre Kalis partnered by Abbey Freeborn chalking-up a higher power-play score. The pair added 77 without loss. Sterre Kalis [60 runs (from 49 balls)] went on to make top-score for the hosts. The match reached an eventful conclusion as the hosts needed to score ’six’ from every ball. Georgia Davis posted a skipper’s ‘fifty,’ partnered by Issy Wong, until Charlie Dean took two wickets in three balls to ‘wrap things up.’ Commentators were Clare B Jenkins (Women’s cricket commentator & ex-Somerset Women) with Barbara B Daniels (women’s cricket World Cup winner 1993 & ex West Mids & Staffs) and Polly Starkie (Social media co-host ‘Noughtie Child Podcast’ and ‘HerGameToo’ cricket ambassador.) Weather was ‘cold’ with breezy wind-chill 11C
Somerset women wearing black with white logos and plum helmets *skipper Sophie Luff [Abbey Freeborn keeping wicket for Warwickshire]; *international player Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia); *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 53/0; *Emma Corney went aerial, caught at ‘mid-off’ by Georgia Davis, from Hannah Baker; *Midway (25overs) 109/1; *’Playing so nicely’ until attempting a ‘ramp’ shot, Heather Knight was bowled by Charis Pavely; *’Enterprising’ Fran Wilson went aerial, caught ‘in the covers’ by Bethan Ellis, from Emily ‘Em’ Arlott; *Amanda-Jade Wellington snicked a top-edge to keeper Abbey Freeborn, from Emily ‘Em’ Arlott for a ‘golden duck;’ *Two wickets fell during the final over; *’Swiping’ a inside-edge, Charlie Dean was caught behind by keeper Abbey Freeborn, from Emily ‘Em’ Arlott; *Alex Griffiths went aerial, caught ‘in the covers’ by Katie George, from Emily ‘Em’ Arlott; *Sophie Luff’s ‘magnificent’ innings scored 111 undefeated; Somerset women batting: Sophie Luff111*not out (105), Heather Knight 70(93), Fran Wilson37(37), Emma Corney 37(56), Charlie Dean10(6); Warwickshire women bowling: Emily‘Em’Arlott 4/61, Charis Pavely 1/36, Hannah Baker 1/43;
Warwickshire women wearing light blue splash over dark blue; Skipper Georgia Davis *[Katie Jones keeping wicket for Somerset] *international player Sterre Kalis (NL); *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 73/0 (vs 53/0); *Cursed by commentators for being ‘twenty runs ahead,’ Abbey Freeborn was caught at ‘square’ by Alex Griffiths, from Amanda-Jade Wellington; *Sterre Kalis chopped, losing her off-stump bail and was bowled by Amanda-Jade Wellington; Midway (25overs) 143/2 (vs 109/1); *Attempting a ‘slog-sweep’ Katie George went ‘leg before’ to Alex Griffiths ; *Davina Perrin was caught at ‘backward point’ by Ellie Anderson, from Chloe Skelton; *Natalie ‘Nat’ Wraith went plumb ‘leg before’ to Alex Griffiths; *Bethan Ellis was ‘slog-swept’ a top-edge aerial to Mollie Robbins at ‘deep square’, from Chloe Skelton; *Diving short at the striker’s end, Charis Pavely was ‘run out’ by Heather Knight; *Emily ‘Em’ Arlott was bowled through-the-gate by Charlie Dean; *Issy Wong was ‘run out’ by Sophie Luff’s mid-on throw to Charlie Dean at the non-striker’s end; *Needing to score ’six’ from nearly every ball, Georgia Davis was caught at ‘long-on’ by Heather Knight, from Charlie Dean from the final match ball; Warwickshire women batting: Sterre Kalis60(49), Georgia Davis50(51), Davina Perrin37(54), Katie George28(41), Issy Wong24(34), Abbey Freeborn15(30), Emily‘Em’Arlott 10(18); Somerset women bowling: Alex Griffiths 2/20, Amanda-Jade Wellington 2/43, Chloe Skelton 2/51, Charlie Dean 2/53;
Match result: Somerset women 297/6 (@5.9 runs-per-over, from 50/50 overs) beat Warwickshire women 249/10 (@5.0 r-p-o /target 298 from 48.5/50 overs) by 48 runs
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#cd7e1a744-02e9-4425-a3a4-d603f624f346_m0983db7d-ccf3-45f0-9c1a-61e6853257e8
BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225536 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/warwickshire-women-v-somerset-women/scorecard/44e25b72-3013-53e0-85db-e45738b5e2cb
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Warwick CCC (nv play) via YouTube [07h06m58s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZimjAfHcL4w
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