Hampshire Hawks women vs Durham Cricket women (match 13 league one) at Arundel Castle Cricket Club on Saturday, 7 June 2025 (14h30)
Durham Cricket’s long journey to play Hawks proved worthwhile as the visitors were awarded victory by 1 run. Hawks won the previous north-south derby by seven wickets on the same ground at fifty overs on 7 May (Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 18) Top-scorer was Suzie Bates [34 runs (from 33 balls)] who scored four ‘fours.’ Surviving a vociferous ‘leg-before’ appeal, Bess Heath [29*not out(24)] saw through Durham Cricket’s innings with second-highest score of the day. Knowing that a result would be declared once more than five overs were played by either side, Maia Bouchier [22*not out(21)] partnered by Freya Kemp hit Hawks five-overs target, and (later told the writer she’d) fully expected to resume her innings beyond six overs; once play restarted. Instead, a pattern of pitch inspections followed by immediate downpours used-up an hour’s adverse weather contingency. At that point it became clear that Umpires had no appetite to continue as adverse weather had decided the outcome; bringing the match to a premature end. Inclement weather Wet 15C
Durham Cricket women wearing yellow with blue trim over blue, with yellow pads; *Skipper Hollie Armitage *[Rhianna Southby keeping wicket for Hawks]; *with international player Suzie Bates NZ; & Katherine Fraser Scotland; *By 6 overs ‘power-play’ 35/1; *Katherine Fraser was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Freya Kemp, from Freya Davies; *Suzie Bates was stranded stumped by Rhianna Southby, from Bex Tyson; *Hollie Armitage was bowled ‘top-of-middle,’ by Mary Taylor; *By mid-way 58/2; *Mady Villiers was caught aerial at ‘long-on’ by Maia Bouchier, from Charli Knott; *Stepping forward, Abi Glen was stumped by Rhianna Southby, from Bex Tyson; *Missing a ‘swipe’ from the final ball, Emma Marlow was bowled ‘middle-and-leg,’ from Freya Davies’ death over; *Bess Heath was undefeated; Durham batting: Suzie Bates34(33), Bess Heath29*not out(24), Hollie Armitage18(23), Mady Villiers14(14); Hawks bowling: Freya Davies 2/20, Bex Tyson 2/28, Mary Taylor 1/13, Charli Knott 1/22;
Hawks women wearing full-backed and half-fronted striped yellow tops and yellow batting pads over navy blue; *skipper Georgia Adams *[Bess Heath keeping wicket for Durham Cricket]; *with International player Charli Knott (Australia ‘A’); *with Daisy Gibb, Freya Kemp, Naomi Dattani, Mary Taylor & Bex Tyson; *without Lauren Bell & Linsey Smith (England call-up); *Ella McCaughan was caught ‘in-the-covers’ by Emma Marlow, from Mady Villiers; *Charli Knott was bowled with both bails sent flying by Katie Levick; *After six overs power-play (33/2 vs 35/1) rain stopped play, no further play was possible and the result was decided. Hawks women batting: Maia Bouchier 22*not out(21); Thunder women bowling: Katie Levick 1/3; Mady Villiers 1/13,
*Match result: Durham Cricket (women) 119/6 (@6.5 runs-per-over from 20/20overs) beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 33/2 (@6.5 r-p-o from 6/6 overs/target 120 from 20/20 overs) by 1 run – Duckworth Lewis Stern ‘DLS’ method
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m248c3127-ae69-490a-9320-8f507b7ae403
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225302 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/hampshire-hawks-women-v-durham-women/scorecard/99667bcc-6fca-5290-bb54-d72d7fd25925
*Match coverage free-to-air, courtesy of Hampshire Cricket (without commentary) via YouTube [04h00m01s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUKkfXJtujU
*Upcoming League one fixtures @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/11/27/vitality-blast-fixtures-for-season-2025/
*Upcoming League two fixtures @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/11/27/vitality-cup-league-two-fixtures-for-season-2025/
Footnote: Actual match photo from Arundel, not ‘Utilita Bowl’ as mis-captioned elsewhere (at time of writing)
