Essex women vs Surrey women – (match 29) – Chelmsford, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground 19 May 2025 (10h30)
Remarkable all-round performance with both bat-and-ball by Ryana MacDonald-Gay (pictured) who scored her maiden ‘fifty,’ followed by taking a three-wicket haul of tail-enders, instrumental to winning the match. Commentators looked forward to their hosts passing 250 for a second time this season. Cursing Surrey women’s big-name batting line-up for ‘slowly crumbling,’ bowlers-turned-batters Kalea Moore and Ryana MacDonald-Gay banked 113 runs during their seventh wicket partnership. That partnership saw both batters bag their maiden ‘A-list’ half-centuries. Essex seamer Eva Gray ‘kept the pressure on’ (Surrey batters) by taking her second 5-fer this season (taking five wickets/conceding 52 runs). With renewed optimism, commentators lauded Essex batter Jo Gardener who went on to make top-score [76*not out runs (from 46 Balls)] until she ran out of partners. As mentioned above, seamer Ryana MacDonald-Gay bagged a 3-fer (3/52.) Earlier, Surrey spinner Dani Gregory took a 4-fer (4/58). Commentary believed to be from cricket writer Dan Whiting (@Themiddlestump) and Toby Reynolds (Sports Journalist.) Weather – started cloudy and cooler, improving to sunny with patches of blue sky 15C.
Surrey women wearing black with white county logos and light blue neck-trim; *Stand-in skipper Kira Chathli; *[Amara Carr keeping wicket for Essex]; *with Phoebe Franklin & Kalea Moore *without Bryony Smith or Alice Monaghan (both injured); Debutante Amy Hunter (Rep of Ireland ROI) & Priyanaz Chatterji (Scotland); *Phoebe Franklin ‘fell first over,’ for a fifth-ball ‘duck,’ caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Jo Gardner from ’ *Priyanaz Chatterji went plumb ‘leg-before’ to a ball that ‘nipped back’ from Eva Gray ‘in fine form;’ *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 49/2; *Amy Hunter was ‘trapped’ plumb ‘leg-before’ to Sophia Smale; *Kira Chathli mis-timed a ‘sweep’, caught-and-bowled by Abtaha Maqsood; *Four balls later, Emma Jones was ‘run out’ by Esmae MacGregor at ‘backward point’ to Abtaha Maqsood receiving at the non-striker’s end; *’Big wicket ‘whenAlice Davidson-Richards was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Eva Gray, from Esmae MacGregor; *Top-scorer Kalea Moore who made ‘fifty’ was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Jo Gardner from Eva Gray; *By mid-way (25 overs) 119/6; *Ryana MacDonald-Gay went aerial from a fine-edge, caught at ‘point’ by Ariana Dowse from Esmae MacGregor ; *Alexa Stonehouse was aerial from a thick-edge, caught at ‘point’ by Esmae MacGregor, from Eva Gray; Surrey women batting: Kalea Moore 66(70), Ryana MacDonald-Gay 57(77), *Alice Davidson-Richards 32(41), Amy Hunter 29(29), Kira Chathli 25(32), Priyanaz Chatterji 21(28);Essex women bowling: Eva Gray 5/52, Abtaha Maqsood 1/48, Sophia Smale 1/49, Esmae MacGregor 1/51;
Essex women wearing mauve splash over dark blue; Skipper Grace Scrivens (‘England ‘A’); *[Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey]; *With Ariana Dowse & debutante Maddy Blinkhorn-Jones, without Cordelia Griffith; *Grace Scrivens was ‘run out’ by Emma Jones; *Lissy MacLeod was caught by Dani Gregory, from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *By 10 overs ‘power-play’ 38/2 (vs 49/2) & Mid 106/2 (vs 119/6) by mid-way (25 overs); *Ariana Dowse was caught aerial by Kira Chathli running to ‘point’, from Phoebe Franklin; *Mis-timing a ‘sweep,’ Sophia Smale was bowled by Dani Gregory; *Amara Carr was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Emma Jones, from Dani Gregory; *Maddy Blinkhorn-Jones was caught aerial at ‘cover’ by Phoebe Franklin, from Dani Gregory; *Eva Gray was caught by Alice Davidson-Richards, from Ryana MacDonald-Gay;*Next over, Esmae MacGregor went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Dani Gregory;*Mis-timing a ‘sweep’ Kate Coppack was bowled by Ryana MacDonald-Gay; *Next ball Abtaha Maqsood was bowled for a ‘golden duck’ from Ryana MacDonald-Gay; Essex women batting: Jo Gardner 73*not out (46), Ariana Dowse 44(70), Sophia Smale 42(63), Kate Coppack 16(22), Grace Scrivens 15(17), Lissy MacLeod 11(27) Amara Carr 10(11); Surrey women bowling: Dani Gregory 4/58, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 3/52, Phoebe Franklin 1/16, Tilly Corteen-Coleman 1/43;
Match result: Surrey women 259/9 (@5.1 runs-per-over, from 50/50 overs) beat Essex women 245/10 (5.2 r-p-o /target 260 from 46.2/50 overs) by 14 runs
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#md76dfc40-a1f2-4b41-b033-38aec99f9c09
BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225545 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/essex-women-v-surrey-women/scorecard/6e5766cf-3394-5471-87c1-ff6c63f35e08
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Essex Cricket (nv play) via YouTube [07h14m47s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGCZOCkjtWA
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