Surrey women vs The Blaze women – (match 26) at County Ground, Beckenham on Wednesday 14 May 2025 (10h30)
With level-pegging scores for most of the match, all eyes were on unlikely match hero Dani Gregory, the tail-end bowler-turned-batter who scored the decisive ‘single’ to square the match; having previously bagged a 3-fer (taking 3 wickets/conceding 63 runs.) Batting first for The Blaze, England’s Amy Jones made top-score [80runs (from 76 balls)]; partnered by Scotland skipper Kathryn Bryce 56(66); later topped-up by All-rounder Georgia Elwiss 82(67) – Elwiss going-on to bag her first three wicket haul. By comparison England’s Alice Capsey (pictured after the match) scored a century 125(96), making her top-score ‘A-List’ score-to-date. Commentators were convinced The Blaze were ‘on a roll,’ applying a ‘squeeze,’ with ‘game over’ once Alice Capsey mis-timed aerial, and was caught by skipper Gordon from Grace Ballinger. Surrey’s big-hitting bowler-turned-batter Alexa Stonehouse [32*not out(18)] took the game by the ‘scruff-of-the-neck,’ by scoring two ‘sixes’ and two ‘fours.’ A dramatic finish proved possible, Surrey scoring eight runs from Grace Ballinger’s death over, only to draw scores level for a ‘tie’. Commentators who witnessed ‘one of their best ever games of cricket,’ were Daniel Norcross BBC Sport with Cameron Cam Ponsonby, Katya Witney (Sports journalists) and Andrew Samson (’stats’.) Separately, in fellow correspondent Bruce Perkins’s opinion: ‘One of the most dramatic finishes possible on a day of perfect May weather’ @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/05/15/surrey-vs-the-blaze/
The Blaze women wearing orange with vertical ‘paper tiger’ stripes over black with half-white stripes; *skipper Kirstie Gordon *[Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey]; *with international player Maddy Green (NZ) replacing Orla Prendergast (ROI); *without Georgie Boyce; *with Scotland’s Kathryn & Sarah Bryce; *Tammy Beaumont was caught at ‘backward square’ by Ryana Macdonald-Gay, from Alexa Stonehouse; *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 57/1; *Scoring eighty, Amy Jones was caught behind by Kira Chathli, from Danni Gregory; *By mid-way (25overs) for drinks 156/2; *Scoring ‘fifty’ Kathryn Bryce was bowled by Ryana Macdonald-Gay; *Sarah Bryce was caught behind by fellow keeper Kira Chathli, from Alexa Stonehouse; *Maddy Green was bowled by Danni Gregory; *Ella Claridge was also bowled by Danni Gregory; *Kirstie Gordon was ‘run out’ by Paige Scholfield, from Ryana Macdonald-Gay; *Two wickets fell during Alice Davidson-Richards’ ‘death’ over; *Firstly, ’prize wicket’ when top-scorer Georgia Elwiss went aerial, and was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Paige Scholfield; *Next ball, Cassidy McCarthy was caught aerial ‘in the covers’ by Ryana Macdonald-Gay; *Josie Groves ‘not out’; The Blaze women batting: Georgia Elwiss 82(67), Amy Jones 80(76), Kathryn Bryce56(66), Sarah Bryce34(27), Kirstie Gordon 26(20), Maddy Green 21(23), Josie Groves10*not out(5); Surrey women bowling: Danni Gregory 3/63, Alice Davidson-Richards 2/49, Alexa Stonehouse 2/65, Ryana Macdonald-Gay 1/53;
Surrey women wearing black with white county logos and light blue neck-trim; *Stand-in skipper Kira Chathli; *[Amy Jones keeping wicket for The Blaze] *with Phoebe Franklin & Kalea Moore *without Bryony Smith or Alice Monaghan (both injured); *Sophia Dunkley was caught behind by Amy Jones, from Cassidy McCarthy; *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 58/1 (vs57/1); Danni Wyatt-Hodge was caught at ‘backward square’ by Josie Groves from Kathryn Bryce; *Paige Scholfield was caught ‘in the deep’ by Kathryn Bryce from Georgia Elwiss; *By mid-way (25overs) for drinks 165/3 (vs 156/2); *After painfully struck on her left foot and ‘dancing’ down the pitch, Alice Davidson-Richards was caught-and-bowled next ball, from Josie Groves; *Kira Chathli was caught aerial ‘on the boundary’ by Maddy Green, from Georgia Elwiss; *Phoebe Franklin went aerial, caught deep of ‘point’ by Josie Groves from Georgia Elwiss; *Kalea Moore went aerial to ‘mid-off,’ caught by Kirstie Gordon, from Cassidy McCarthy; *’Commentator’s curse’ ended a 70-run partnership when Ryana MacDonald-Gay was caught at ‘deep cover’ by Georgia Elwiss from Grace Ballinger; *Alice Capsey mis-timed, steepling a catch to Kirstie Gordon at ‘mid-off’ from left-armer Grace Ballinger – as mentioned above; *Alexa Stonehouse & Danni Gregory remained ‘not out;’ Surrey women batting: Alice Capsey125(96), Danni Wyatt-Hodge43(40), Paige Scholfield37(31), Alexa Stonehouse32(18), Ryana MacDonald-Gay27(26), Sophia Dunkley20(34), Phoebe Franklin17(14), Kalea Moore10(12); The Blaze women bowling: Georgia Elwiss 3/35, Cassidy McCarthy 2/59, Grace Ballinger 2/76, Josie Groves 1/35, Kathryn Bryce 1/54;
Match result: Surrey women 346/9 (@6.9 runs-per-over, /target 347 from from 50/50 overs) tied with The Blaze women 346/9 (@6.9 r-p-o 50/50 overs) with shared points
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#mb5b65f36-8bf9-4b89-99b7-08f583ed9ff7
BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225543 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/surrey-women-v-the-blaze/scorecard/8f203dfb-b387-5e02-8d3c-ef63bd7b73b5
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Surrey Cricket (nv play) via YouTube [07h23m25s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGdStrfJTao&t=8s
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