Yorkshire women vs Leicestershire Foxes women (match 10, league two women’s ‘double-header’) at Leeds Headingley Stadium, on Sunday 8 June 2025
Spinners ‘took the glory’ as Yorkshire women chalked-up back-to-back wins from their second Headingley home match of the T20 season. Commentators added that the result was similar for 50 overs. Batting first, Georgie Boyce [46 runs (from 38 balls) and Amelia Oliver 19(22) partnership posted sixty runs in eight overs. Four Fox women bowlers Emma Thatcher, Lara Crofts, Ellie Phillips (seam) and D’Nica Roff (spin) took two wickets each, benefitting from a mini-collapse, during which time five wickets to fall for 31 runs. Rain held-off between innings. Put under scoreboard pressure and the possibility of a match curtailed by rain, scores were level-pegging after six overs ‘power-play,’ but Falcon women batters fell twenty runs behind by mid-way (52/4 vs 73/2.) With unshakeable confidence, spinners Olivia Thomas, Claudie Cooper and Ria Fackrell (pictured)went on to take two wickets each; Ria Fackrell Previously having bagged a 4-fer from the opening match. Post-match, Ria Fackrell told reporters she was ‘having a great time,’ and that ‘everyone (at Yorks) wants others to do well….. we all back each other. Commentators were Mike McCann with Richard Graves pitch-side and guest Dr Jane Powell (Performance Manager England Disability Cricket at ECB; President at Yorkshire CCC & former England & Yorks women.) Weather: cloud cover ‘with the threat of rain’ 14C
Yorkshire women wearing sheer diamond-patterned light blue over dark blue; *skipper Maddie Ward (England u19s) *[Ellen Watson keeping wicket for Foxes] *with Ellie Nightingale, Amelia Oliver and debutante Holly Garton (Academy) *Georgie Boyce (Blaze loan) (Yorks Academy) *With Ami Campbell & Olivia Thomas; *Mis-timing a ‘swipe,’ Erin Thomas went plumb ‘leg-before’ to left-arm seamer Emma Thatcher; *After 6 overs power-play, 37/1; *Amelia Oliver steepled to ‘slip,’ caught by keeper Ellen Watson from spinner D’Nica Roff; By mid-way (10 overs) 73/2; *Georgie Boyce was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Flora Davies, from D’Nica Roff; *Ami Campbell was caught at ‘long-on’ by Ellie Phillips, from seamer Lara Crofts; *Mis-timing a ‘ramp,’ Maddie Ward was bowled with ‘middle-stump’ flattened by Lara Crofts’ slower ball; *Olivia Thomas over-reached and was stumped by Ellen Watson, from seamer Francesca Sweet; *Hesitantly setting-off, Rebecca ‘Becca’ Duckworth was ‘run-out’ by D’Nica Roff’s throw from ‘point’ to Francesca Sweet receiving at the non-striker’s end; *Ria Fackrell was caught at ‘mid-on’ by Rebecca ‘Becky’ Brooker, from Ellie Phillips; *Claudie Cooper was caught ‘in-the-covers’ by Holly Whitfield, from seamer Emma Thatcher; *Jessica ‘Jess’ Woolston was stumped around her feet by Ellen Watson from, Ellie Phillips; Yorkshire women batting: Georgie Boyce46(38), Amelia Oliver19(22), Ria Fackrell15(10), Maddie Ward11(9); Foxes women bowling: D’Nica Roff 2/17, Emma Thatcher 2/19, Ellie Phillips 2/22, Lara Crofts 2/23, Francesca Sweet 1/26;
Foxes women wearing red-with-green-splash *skipper Rebecca ‘Becki’ Brooker; *[Maddie Ward keeping wicket for Yorks] with Ellen Watson (Scotland international); D’Nica Roff (Blaze Academy loan, Rep of South Africa) Flora Davies (Blaze Academy 2024) *Francesca Sweet was bowled by Olivia Thomas; *After 6 overs power-play, 35/1 (vs 37/1); *Next over, Flora Davies was caught ‘in-the-covers’ by Claudie Cooper, from Ria Fackrell; *Rebecca ‘Becki’ Brooker’s ‘leg-stump’ was knocked back by Ria Fackrell; *Ellen Watson was ‘run-out’ by Ami Campbell’s direct hit from ‘cover’ to the non-striker’s end; *By mid-way (10 overs) 52/4 (vs 73/2); *Lucy Weston was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Erin Thomas, from Olivia Thomas; *Ellie Phillips was ‘run out’ for a ‘golden duck,’ when turning round and was stranded by Holly Garton’s throw to keeper Maddie Ward; *Lara Crofts looped to ‘deep mid-wicket, caught by Ria Fackrell, from Claudie Cooper;*Next ball, Holly Whitfield was stumped by keeper Maddie Ward, also from Claudie Cooper; *D’Nica Roff ballooned a caught to Claudie Cooper ‘in-the-covers,’ from Holly Garton; *Finally, Emma Thatcher was stumped by keeper Maddie Ward, from Jessica ‘Jess’ Woolston; Foxes women batting: Lucy Weston 25(17), Rebecca ‘Becki’ Brooker 20(19), Ellen Watson 14(16), Francesca Sweet 13(18), Lara Crofts 13(19); Yorkshire women bowling: Claudie Cooper 2/17, Olivia Thomas 2/21, Ria Fackrell 2/22, Jessica ‘Jess’ Woolston 1/17, Holly Garton 1/24;
Match result: Yorkshire (women) 127/10 (@6.4 runs-per-over from 19.5/20 overs); beat Leicester Foxes (women) 101/10 (@5.1 runs-per-over from 19.4/20ov; target 128 from 20/20) by 26 runs with two balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#mde93ceb1-35d6-4f76-a861-33fad0c8f42b
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225357 & SKY @url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/yorkshire-women-v-leicestershire-foxes-women/scorecard/adb74467-165b-50d7-b482-277a939b8816
*Part match free-to-air, courtesy of Yorkshire Cricket (Vertu Live Stream) [first half/07h55m07s] via YouTube @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB6WmcDEoTs
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