Middlesex vs Gloucester (women) – match 16, L2 – At Radlett, Brunton Memorial Ground (Herts) on Sunday 22 June 2025 (10h30)
An entertaining match dominated by Middlesex women batters Finty Trussler and Issy Routledge who rewrote the record book. Before the match, players held a minute’s silence to mark respect for the passing of David ’Syd’ Lawrence MBE (1964-2025) Glos cricketer who took 515 wickets; and played for England between 1988-92. Finty Trussler -pictured [90 runs (from 59 balls)] chalked-up the highest score by a Middx batter at ‘t20.’ Her partnership with Issy Routledge [80*not out(from 58 balls)] set a new second-wicket partnership, and Issy Routledge saw the innings through to become the second-highest total score made by Middx women against any fellow ‘A-list’ side. The record-breaking pair were interviewed post-match, by Sonia Twigg – please see below. Both sides provided entertainment with a handful of lost balls that Umpires replaced. Turning to Glos women, BBC cricket broadcaster Melissa Story took centre-stage with top-score, having had a lucky ‘run-out’ reprieve after diving home horizontally: albeit with snapped leg-straps. Resuming with conventional ‘hard’ batting-pads, Melissa Story was ‘disappointed’ to be ‘out’ just short of ‘fifty.’ Commentators were Kevin Hand (Sports Journalist) with Sonia Twigg (Sports reporter, The Independent.)
Middlesex women wearing navy-blue and mauve-pattered over black; *skipper Saskia Horley *[Meg Ahearne keeping wicket for Glos] *without Artemis Downer; Power-play (6ov) 52/0 & Mid-way 90/0; *Finty Trussler was ‘run-out’ from ‘cover’ by Olivia ‘Liv’ Daniels’ throw to keeper Meg Ahearne, from Charlotte R ‘Charlie’ Phillips; *Issy Routledge was ‘not-out’ and carried her bat; Middlesex women batting: Finty Trussler90(59), Issy Routledge 80*not out(58);
Glos women wearing yellow and black with yellow shoulder stripes; *Skipper Olivia ‘Liv’ Daniels *[Pippa Sproul keeping wicket for Middx] *With Melissa Story (BBC Professional Broadcaster); *Bea Willis ‘top-edged’ caught horizontally at ‘point’ by Saskia Horley, from Sonali Patel; *Diving for a second-run, Georgina Cant was ‘run-out’ by Riva Pindoria’s throw to keeper Pippa Sproul, from Saskia Horley; *Left-hander Emily Geach went ‘leg-before’ in-line with her ‘off-stump,’ to Saskia Horley; *Power-play (6ov) 46/3 (vs 52/0); Mid-way 84/3 (vs 90/0); *Melissa Story was ‘run-out’ by Riva Pindoria arriving from ‘long-on,’ throwing to non-striker’s end from Issy Routledge; *Prarthana Reddy went aerial to ‘mid-off,’ caught by Issy Routledge from Anisha Dissanayake; *Caitlin Belcher went aerial, caught at ‘cover’ by Anisha Patel, from Hannah Davis; *Katie Dolman was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Issy Routledge by from Anisha Dissanayake; *Meg Ahearne was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Issy Routledge, from Anisha Patel; *Olivia ‘Liv’ Daniels was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Issy Routledge from Anisha Patel; *Charlotte R ‘Charlie’ Phillips went ‘leg-before’ to Saskia Horley; Gloucester women batting: Melissa Story45(30), Georgina Cant29(21), Prathana Reddy29(22), Meg Ahearne 14(12); Middlesex women bowling: Saskia Horley 2/20, Anisha Dissanayake 2/23, Sonali Patel 228, Hannah Davis 1/25;
Match result: Middlesex women 201/1 (@10 runs-per-over, 20/20 overs) beat Gloucester women 161/10 (@8.2 runs-per-over from 19.3/20 overs, target 202 from 20/20 ov.) by 40 runs
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m60c1d1ea-acb3-4aae-a665-f83dc2ecf740
*BBC Sport @url:https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225363 SKY @url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/middlesex-women-v-gloucestershire-women/scorecard/ed841d26-5a08-5e3e-9d9b-44c29fe9cdf4
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Middx Cricket (nv play) [03h073m50s] via YouTube @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFlcGxopiQU
*Chat at the close Issy Routledge & Finty Trussler interviewed by Sonia Twigg courtesy of Middx Cricket (nv play) @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XaCQEeYTkI
