Durham Cricket (women) vs Hampshire Hawks (women) (match 43 – league one ’stand-alone’ fixture) at Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street on Friday, 11 July 2025 (18h30)
Durham Cricket’s Head Women’s Coach Danielle ‘Dani ‘Hazell (pictured) was delighted with DC women’s dominant victory over Hawks both with bat (scoring ten more ‘fours’.) Also with ball, as DC bowlers peppered their visitors with 48 ‘dot’ balls in a low-scoring north-south derby. Only four batters from either team entered double-figures. Key to Durham Cricket women’s success was Emily Windsor’s crucial innings. Faced with two balls from guest Australian Ellyse Perry, Emily Windsor scored back-to-back ‘fours.’ Her first ‘four’ chalked-up DC’s 100. With her next ball, Emily Windsor scored ‘four’ to chalk-up undefeated with top-score [36*not out (from 23 balls)]: to decide the match. Separately, Ellyse Perry (for Hawks) was the only batter to score a ’six.’ Resident commentators were Andy Sixsmith (host) Polly Starkie (Social media co-host ‘Noughtie Child Podcast’ and ‘HerGameToo’ cricket ambassador) with special guest Deanna Cooper (Newcastle United and former Kent cricketer,) Also with former Durham cricketer Ashley ‘Ash’ Thorpe (with detectable Australian accent) from ‘Park View Academy’s Cricket Development Centre,’ in partnership with Durham Cricket and ‘CoppaFeel!’ Breast cancer awareness campaign; plus Aaron Viles (statistics.) Fine evening with floodlights throughout.
Hawks women wearing full-backed and half-fronted striped yellow tops and yellow batting pads over navy blue; *skipper Georgia Adams *[Mia Rogers keeping wicket for Durham Cricket]; *with international player Ellyse Perry (Australia), *without Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier & Linsey Smith (England call-ups),*also without Ella McCaughan, Nancy Harman or Ava Lee; *Ellyse Perry was caught from a ‘thick-edge’ at ‘backward point’ by Katherine Fraser, from Mady Villiers; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 41/1 *’Dangerous’ left-handed batter Freya Kemp was stumped by Mia Rogers, advancing down-wicket to Mady Villiers; *Approaching half-way, Abi Norgrove was caught aerial at deep ‘mid-on’by Sophia Turner from Katie Levick; *By ‘mid-way’ 58/3 after 10 overs; *‘Breakthrough’ came when three wickets fell during the twelfth over; *Firstly Georgia Adams went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Phoebe Turner; *Three balls later Rhianna Southby was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Sophia Turner running round; *Thirdly, left-handed batter Naomi Dattani was caught aerial at ‘point’ by Katherine Fraser; *Finally, Mary Taylor was caught ‘in the deep’ by Emma Marlow from Sophia Turner’s penultimate innings ball; Hawks women batting: Rhianna Southby25(30), Ellyse Perry23(16), Freya Davies20*not out(25), Mary Taylor12(23); Durham Cricket bowling: Phoebe Turner 3/17, Mady Villiers 2/23, Katie Levick 1/11, Sophia Turner 1/23;
Durham Cricket women wearing yellow with blue trim over blue, with yellow pads with stencilled CoppaFeel!vests to support the charity’s Breast cancer awareness campaign; *Skipper Hollie Armitage *[Rhianna Southby keeping wicket for Hawks]; *with international player Suzie Bates NZ; Also with Katherine Fraser (Scotland); *Without Lauren Filer (England call-up); *Emma Marlow was caught behind by keeper Rhianna Southby, from Daisy Gibb; *Suzie Bates was also caught behind by keeper Rhianna Southby, from Ellyse Perry; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 35/2 (vs 41/1); *Mady Villiers was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Freya Kemp, from Bex Tyson; *Bess Heath was bowled with ‘leg-stump’ flattened by Georgia Adams; *Mid-way 57/4 (vs 58/3) *Hollie Armitage lobbed a ‘return dolly’ catch to bowler Freya Davies; Durham Cricket batting: Emily Windsor36*not out (23), Suzie Bates25(27), Hollie Armitage17(18), Mady Villiers14(13); Hawks women bowling: Freya Davies 1/9, Daisy Gibb 1/12, Ellyse Perry 1/14, Bex Tyson 1/17, Georgia Adams 1/21;
Match result: Durham Cricket (women) 104/5 (@6.7 runs-per-over from 15.2/20overs) beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 103/7 (@5.1 r-p-o from 20/20 overs) by five wickets with 28 balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m315b5b4e-7d6c-4f44-8311-243a7a17a9c0
*BBC Sport @url:https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225332 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/durham-women-v-hampshire-hawks-women/scorecard/e89b128e-8f6c-5d22-9263-126b0c583721
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Durham Cricket (nv play) via YouTube [03h46m17s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va8yhFZyR9E
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