Surrey vs Durham Cricket women (match 17 league one – ‘double-header’) at at the Kia Oval, Kennington South London on Sunday, 8 June 2025
Commentators gave ‘full marks’ for a ‘pleasing all-round performance’ by top-of-table Surrey women (with bat, ball and also in-the-field) as the only undefeated team. Hollie Armitage played a ‘skipper’s innings’ for Durham Cricket women ‘DC,’ scoring an undefeated run-a-ball ‘fifty.’ Katherine Fraser (Scots international) scored ’six’ from the last ball of DC’s innings. Surrey women’s opening partnership banked 94 runs until skipper Bryony Smith [44runs(from 28balls)] was caught by ex-England all-rounder Mady Villiers. Surrey star batter Danni Wyatt-Hodge -pictured [74runs*not out (from 36balls)] scored her third ‘fifty from four matches, followed by a match-winning ‘four.’ Commentator Cameron ‘Cam’ Ponsonby (Sports journalist) who’d interviewed Danni Wyatt-Hodge pitch-side, humorously mentioned a ‘sedate’ ending to a ‘comfortable’ home-team win. Alongside on commentary was guest player Kirstie White (Oval Invincibles.) Weather was overcast 15C.
Durham Cricket women wearing yellow with blue trim over blue, with yellow pads; *Skipper Hollie Armitage *[Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey]; *With international player Suzie Bates NZ; & Katherine Fraser Scotland; *Suzie Bates was bowled ‘middle stump’ flattened by Ryana MacDonald-Gay, *Carbon-copy dismissal when Mady Villiers was bowled ‘middle stump’ flattened by Ryana MacDonald-Gay; *Emma Marlow ‘chipped’ aerial, caught inside ‘long-on’ boundary by Paige Scholfield, from Tash Farrant; *By 6 overs ‘power-play’ 29/3; & By mid-way 65/3; *Bess Heath was caught by Bryony Smith running deep of ‘mid-off’, from Phoebe Franklin; *Reprieved from stumping, Mia Rogers was caught aerial at ‘long-on’ by Paige Scholfield, from Tash Farrant; *Hollie Armitage & *Katherine Fraser were ‘not out;’ Durham batting: Hollie Armitage50*not out(49), Bess Heath27(18), Mia Rogers25(20), Katherine Fraser12*not out(9), Mady Villiers11(11); Surrey women bowling: Ryana MacDonald-Gay 2/16, Tash Farrant 2/25, Phoebe Franklin 1/22;
Surrey women wearing light-blue tops over black with black helmets; *skipper Bryony Smith; *[Bess Heath keeping wicket for Durham Cricket] with Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Kalea Moore, Tash Farrant, Phoebe Franklin & Ryana MacDonald-Gay; *without Alice Capsey, Sophia Dunkley or Alice Davidson-Richards (England call-ups), *also without Alice Monaghan or Alexa Stonehouse; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 71/0 (vs 29/3); *Opening stand of 94 until Bryony Smith was caught by Mady Villiers, from Phoebe Turner; *107/1 (vs 65/3) after (10 overs); *Danni Wyatt-Hodge carried her bat, scoring the winning ’four;’ Surrey women batting: Danni Wyatt-Hodge74*not out (36), Bryony Smith44(28), Kira Chathli19*not out (13); Durham Cricket women bowling: Phoebe Turner 1/27;
*Match result: Surrey (Women) 143/1 (@11.2 runs-per-over, from 12.5/20 overs/target 142 from 20 overs) beat Durham Cricket (Women) 141/5 (@7 r-p-o from 20/20 overs) by nine wickets with 43 balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#mf90fe5d7-c23b-4c6b-bbc4-58378f979e27
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225306 x & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/surrey-women-v-durham-women/scorecard/4959a54e-8f7d-566d-be98-8580c8fb6a22
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Surrey County Cricket Club (nv play) via YouTube [02h34m01s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ4YUagYcaQ&t=2s
*Upcoming League one fixtures @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/11/27/vitality-blast-fixtures-for-season-2025/
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