The Blaze (women) vs Surrey (women) (match 45 league one) – ‘double-header’ fixture at Trent Bridge on Friday, 11 July 2025
Top-of-table Surrey women ‘clinched their place’ at the competition’s inaugural finals day, with level-scores for most of the match (as noted below) but leaving The Blaze ‘eleven short’ of their ‘meagre’ target score. Described as an ‘extraordinary victory,’ Alice Davidson-Richards – pictured [27 runs (from 23 balls)] opened, making Surrey women’s top-score. Kathryn Bryce [53*not out(55)] replied with top-score exploiting fast outfield. Earlier, three Surrey wickets fell to Sarah Glenn’s leg-spin during their fifteenth over. That may have been cancelled-out by five dropped catches, one of which came from Surrey’s final ball. Commentators added that The Blaze were ’short of boundaries,’ when compared to Surrey women. Crucially, Phoebe Franklin held her nerve when bowling her ‘death’ over: that clinched Surrey’s ten-runs win. Separately, The Blaze are the only side to have beaten Surrey women (to date) during this season’s T20. Commentators were Sam Dalling (Sports journalist) with James Gray (Sports news correspondent.) Weather: sunny with cloudless sky 24C.
Surrey women wearing light-blue tops over black with black helmets; *skipper Bryony Smith; *[Sarah Brycekeeping wicket for The Blaze] *with Phoebe Franklin & Kalea Moore *without Alice Capsey, Sophia Dunkley & Danni Wyatt-Hodge (England call-up); *By 6 overs ‘power-play’ 39/0; *Opening ‘for an experiment,’ Alice Davidson-Richards was caught, ‘well-judged’ at ‘long-on’ taken by Marie Kelly, from Kirstie Gordon; *Bryony Smith ’top-edged,’ caught ‘perfectly’ at ‘deep mid-wicket’ taken by Heather Graham, from Kathryn Bryce; *By mid-way (10overs) 60/2; *Grace Harris ’top-edged’ to ‘deep square-leg’ caught by caught by Michaela Kirk, from Sarah Glenn; *Emma Jones was bowled ‘middle-and-leg,’ by Sarah Glenn; *Two balls later Kira Chathli was taken ‘simply’ at ‘mid-off’ by Marie Kelly, from Sarah Glenn; *Next ball, Alice Monaghan was ‘run-out’ from a ’mix-up’ with Josie Groves’s ‘simple’ throw from ‘mid-wicket’ to keeper Sarah Bryce at the striker’s end; *Mis-timing a ‘swipe,’ Phoebe Franklin went ‘leg-before’ to Heather Graham; *Two balls later, Kalea Moore was bowled ‘top-of-off,’ by Heather Graham; *Alexa Stonehouse, was bowled through-the-gate, leg stump flattened by Cassidy McCarthy; Surrey women batting: Alice Davidson-Richards27(23), Grace Harris26(19), Kira Chathli19(18), Phoebe Franklin18(9), Bryony Smith18(26), Ryana Macdonald-Gay10*not out (8); Blaze women bowling: Sarah Glenn3/20, Heather Graham 2/20, Kirstie Gordon 1/22, Cassidy McCarthy 1/22; Kathryn Bryce 1/28;
The Blaze women wearing orange with red splash over black; *skipper Kirstie Gordon *[Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey]; *with international player Heather Graham (Australia); *without Tammy Beaumont Amy Jones & Nat Sciver-Brunt (England call-up); with Kathryn & Sarah Bryce (Scotland internationals), *Michaela Kirk (from Blaze Academy); *Bowler Alice Monaghan was stood down by Umpires for bowling two full-tosses facing batters above waist-height, Alice Davidson-Richards completed her over; *Marie Kelly was caught aerial at ‘cover’ by Ryana Macdonald-Gay, from Kalea Moore; *By 6 overs ‘power-play’ 41/1 (vs 39/0); *With ‘too much elevation,’ Georgia Elwiss was caught by Alice Monaghan at ‘deep-mid-wicket,’ from Dani Gregory; *Level-pegging by mid-way (10 overs) 59/2 (vs 60/2); *’Huge wicket’ when Sarah Bryce was caught aerial past ‘long-on’ by Alice Davidson-Richards running round, from Ryana Macdonald-Gay; *Carbon-copy dismissal when Heather Graham was caught aerial at ‘long-on’ by Alice Davidson-Richards, from Kalea Moore; *Finally, Ella Claridge, was caught aerial ‘in the deep’ (elsewhere ‘deep-mid-wicket’) by Phoebe Franklin, from Ryana Macdonald-Gay’s slower ball ‘with pace-off;’ Blaze women batting: Kathryn Bryce53*not out(55), Sarah Bryce21(22), Marie Kelly12(12), Georgia Elwiss12(16); Surrey women bowling: Ryana Macdonald-Gay 2/14, Kalea Moore 2/17, Dani Gregory 1/18;
Match result: Surrey (women) 132/9 (@6.6 runs-per-over, from 20/20 ov.) beat The Blaze (women) 122/5 (@6.1 r-p-o from 20 overs/target 133 from 20/20 ov.) by 10 runs
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m5896c9c4-6715-43c0-8440-a8089f7b1abe
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225334 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/the-blaze-v-surrey-women/scorecard/6ae7e535-9408-508c-9ec0-99d23af4d754
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of The Blaze (nv play) via YouTube [03h04m15s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2I5TOc-h4k
*HIGHLIGHTS: Surrey are victorious after top of the table clash courtesy of Surrey CCC (nv play) via YouTube [08m40s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoavXTLQdEY
*Upcoming League one fixtures @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/22/vitality-blast-league-one-fixtures-and-results-to-june-2025/
*Upcoming League two fixtures @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/02/vitality-cup-league-two-fixtures-for-season-2025-2/
