Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) played between 30 May and 27 July. Women’s results are listed below, arranged by venue:-
*Arundel, The Castle Cricket Ground
June 7: Durham Cricket (women) 119/6 beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 33/2 by 1 run – Duckworth Lewis Stern ‘DLS’ method (match 13); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/10/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-13/
*Birmingham, Edgbaston
§ May 31: Birmingham Bears (women) 193/6 beat Durham Cricket (women) 151 ‘All Out’ by 42 runs (match 4); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/02/vitality-blast-women-league-one-match-4/
§ June 6: Birmingham Bears (women) 172/9 beat Somerset (women) 103 ‘All Out’ by 69 runs (match 11); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/09/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-bears-vs-somerset-women-match-11/
§ June 8: Lancashire Thunder (women) 162/7 beat Birmingham Bears (women) 157/9 by 5 runs (match 16); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/10/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-16/
June 15: Birmingham Bears (women) 178/7 beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 165/7 by 13 runs (match 23); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/18/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-23/
June 18: Birmingham Bears (women) 154/8 beat Essex (women) 150/3 by two wickets (match 27); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/21/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-27/
§ June 20: Birmingham Bears (women) 172/6 beat The Blaze (women) 147/8 by 25 runs (match 31); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/21/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-31/
§ July 9: Surrey (women) 140/6 beat Birmingham Bears (women) 139 ‘All Out’ by four wickets match 41; @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/10/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-41/
*Blackpool, Cricket club at Stanley Park
July 18: Lancashire Thunder (women) 114/7 tied with Somerset (women) 114/6 with shared points (match 56); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/28/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-5-2/
*Chelmsford, The Ambassador Cruise Line County Ground (Essex)
§ June 1: Essex (women) 149/7 beat Somerset (women) 84/9 by 65 runs (match 7); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/05/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-7
June 4: Essex (women) 154/4 beat Birmingham Bears (women) 139/8 by 19 runs – Duckworth Lewis Stern ‘DLS’ method(match 8); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/06/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-8/
§ June 12: Hawks (women) 195/2 beat Essex (women) 153/8 by 42 runs (match 20); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/16/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-20/
June 15: Surrey (women) 150/5 beat Essex (women) 148/7 by five wickets (match 24); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/19/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-24/
July 13: The Blaze (women) 139 ‘All Out’ beat Essex (women) 104/9 by 35 runs (match 46); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/15/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-46/
July 16: Lancashire Thunder (women) 108/6 beat Essex (women) 107 ‘All Out’ by four wickets (match 51); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/21/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-51/
July 18: Essex (women) 164/3 beat Durham Cricket (women) 155/8 by 9 runs (match 55); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/22/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-55/
*Chester-le-Street, Banks Homes Riverside, (Co. Durham)
§ June 1: Lancashire Thunder (women) 140/7 beat Durham Cricket (women) 122 ‘All Out’ by 18 runs (match 6); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/04/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-6/
§ June 11: Birmingham Bears (women) 165/3 beat Durham Cricket (women) 162/5 by seven wickets (match 18); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/16/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-18/
June 13: The Blaze (women) 190/3 beat Durham Cricket (women) 188/5 by seven wickets (match 21); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/16/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-21/
June 20: Essex (women) 105/4 beat Durham Cricket (women) 101/8 by six wickets (match 32); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/22/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-32/
§July 4: Durham Cricket (women) 154/4 beat Somerset (women) 148/7 by 6 runs (match 33); http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/08/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-33/
Durham Cricket (women) 104/5 beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 103/7 by five wickets (match 43); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/12/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-43/
§ July 15: No result: Durham Cricket (women) vs Surrey (women) Match abandoned without a ball bowled (match 50); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/21/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-50/
*Chesterfield, Cricket Club
July 4: The Blaze (women) 188/6 beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 151/10 by 37 runs (match 34); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/08/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-34/
*Derby, The Central Co-Op County Ground
§ June 6: The Blaze (women) 106/3 beat Essex (women) 104/10 by seven wickets (match 12); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/10/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-12/
*Leicester, The Uptonsteel County Ground
§ June 19: The Blaze (women) 153/5 beat Lancashire Thunder (women) 150/9 by five wickets (match 30); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/22/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-30/
*London (South) at The Kia Oval (Kennington)
§ June 5: Surrey (women) 213/4 beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 181/8 by 32 runs (match 10); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/09/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-10/
June 8: Surrey (women) 143/1 beat Durham Cricket (women) 141/5 by nine wickets (match 17); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/10/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-17/
June 11: The Blaze (women) 169/9 beat Surrey (women) 152 ‘All Out’ by 17 runs (match 19); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/16/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-19/
§ June 18: Surrey (women) 171/9 beat Lancashire Thunder (women) 118 ‘All Out’ by 53 runs (match 28); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/19/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-28/
§ July 6: Surrey (women) 159/5 tied with Essex (women) 93/5 with shared points – Duckworth Lewis Stern ‘DLS’ method (match 38); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/08/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-37/
§ July 13: Surrey (women) 175/5 beat Somerset (women) 107 ‘All Out’ by 68 runs (match 49); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/15/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-49/
July 18: Surrey (women) 204/5 beat Birmingham Bears (women) 179/9 by 25 runs (match 53); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/22/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-53/
§ Sunday, July 27 Women’s Eliminator Birmingham Bears (women) 163/8 beat The Blaze (women) 143 ‘All Out’ by 20 runs (match 57); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/27/wong-stars-as-bears-reach-womens-vitality-blast-final/
§ Sunday, July 27 Women’s final Surrey (women) 154/5 beat Birmingham Bears (women) 153/9 by five wickets (match 58); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/27/surrey-women-crowned-inaugural-vitality-blast-champions/
*Manchester, Emirates Old Trafford
May 31: The Blaze (women) 170/3 beat Lancashire Thunder (women) 169/4 by seven wickets (match 5); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/01/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-5/
§ June 4: Hampshire Hawks (women) 124/2 beat Lancashire Thunder (women) 122/8 by eight wickets (match 9); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/05/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-9/
June 7: Surrey (women) 62/4 beat Lancashire Thunder (women) 85/6 by 2 runs – Duckworth Lewis Stern ‘DLS’ method (match 14); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/10/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-14/
§ July 5: Lancashire Thunder (women) 55/2 beat Essex (women) 47/7 by eight wickets – Duckworth Lewis Stern ‘DLS’ method (match 35); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/09/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-35/
§ July 6 Lancashire Thunder (women) 124/3 beat Birmingham Bears (women) 123/7 by seven wickets (match 38); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/09/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-37-2/
§ July 13: Durham Cricket (women) 149/8 beat Lancashire Thunder (women) 148/7 by two wickets (match 48); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/14/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-48/\
*Newbury, Falkland Cricket Club
July 9: Lancashire Thunder (women) 175/2 beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 174/5 by eight wickets (match 42); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/11/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-42/
*Nottingham, Trent Bridge
§ May 30: The Blaze (women) 160/4 tied with Birmingham Bears (women) 160/8 with shared points (match 3); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/01/vitality-blast-women-league-one-match-3/
June 7: No result: The Blaze (women) vs Somerset (women) Match abandoned (match 15); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/09/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-15/
§ July 6: No result: Durham Cricket (women) 16/1 vs The Blaze (women) Yet to bat (match 39); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/21/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-39/
§ July 11: Surrey (women) 132/9 beat The Blaze (women) 122/5 (match 45); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/12/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-45/
*Southampton, The Utilita Bowl (Hants)
§ May 30: Hawks (women) 215/3 beat Essex (women) 190/7 by 25 runs (match 1); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/01/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-1/
§ June 17: Surrey (women) 156/5 beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 155/4 by five wickets (match 26); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/19/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-26/
§ July 6: Hampshire Hawks (women) 154/2 beat Somerset (women) 153/8 by eight wickets (match 36); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/09/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-36/
§ July 13: Birmingham Bears (women) 165/9 beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 149/6 by 16 runs (match 47); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/14/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-47/
July 18: The Blaze (women) 164/5 beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 137/4 by 27 runs (match 54); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/22/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-54/
*Taunton, The Cooper Associates County Ground (Somerset)
§ May 30: Surrey (women) 135/2 beat Somerset (women) 131/6 by eight wickets (match 2); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/01/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-2/
June 13: Lancashire Thunder (women) 133/6 beat Somerset (women) 132/7 by four wickets (match 22); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/15/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-22/
§ June 15: Durham Cricket (women) 139/6 beat Somerset (women) 138/7 by four wickets (match 25); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/17/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-25/
§ June 19: Hampshire Hawks (women) 169/6 beat Somerset (women) 164/6 by 5 runs (match 29); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/22/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-29/
§ July 8: Somerset (women) 156/6 beat Essex (women) 155/5 by four wickets (match 40); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/11/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-40/
11 July: Birmingham Bears (women) 149/8 beat Somerset (women) 127/9 by 22 runs (match 44); http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/12/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-44/
July 16: No Result: The Blaze (women) 138 ‘All Out’ vs Somerset (women) Yet to bat (match 52); @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/21/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-52/
Footnote: Unless stated otherwise, matches prefixed ‘§’ indicates matches played as ‘double-headers’ (i.e.: usually both women’s and men’s matches);
