Sussex Sharks (women) vs Gloucestershire (women – (match 23, league two) – at The 1st Central County Ground, Hove on Saturday 2 August 2025 (10h30)
‘Gloucestershire women’s day’ at legendary ‘Sussex-by-the-sea’ where Sharks were bowled at home for 167. Sharks skipper Chiara Green made top-score [63 runs (from 80 balls)] and was the last wicket to fall. Key to success was Gloucestershire women’s century fourth-wicket stand of 127 runs between Georgina Cant [91(from 77)] and Katie Jones [65(from 82).] Separately, Somerset loan Chloe Skelton [52(from 61)] who scored ‘fifty’ also took a 3-fer (3 wickets/conceding 40 runs) for Glos. By comparison, Phoebe Wilkinson [41(from 45)] briefly shared a fourth-wicket stand of forty runs with Sharks skipper Green, followed by a sixth-wicket stand of fifty-seven runs between the skipper and Ava Lee. Overall, only four batters scored into double-figures with ’no one else ‘troubling the scorers.’ That created ‘too much pressure’ as Sharks’ reply fell some way short. Commentators: ex-England player Nikki Chowdhury (BBC radio Sussex Sport) with Jonathan (unannounced?) Weather: mild, cloudy with patches of blue sky.
Gloucestershire women wearing yellow and black with yellow shoulder stripes; *Skipper Olivia ‘Liv’ Daniels *[Mollie Adams keeping wicket for Sharks] *with Meg Austin (Warwickshire/Bears loan, gaffed as Somerset) *with Katie Jones & Chloe Skelton (Somerset loans), *without Melissa Story; *Meg Austin was caught at ’slip’ by Rachel King, from Anna Buckle; *Prarthana Reddy edged to keeper Mollie Adams, from Anna Buckle; *After ten overs power-play: 34/2; *Meg Ahearne edged to keeper Mollie Adams, from Anna Buckle; *By mid-way (25 ov.) 152/3; *Katie Jones was caught at ‘point’ by Tia Stanley, from Ava Lee; *Georgina Cant was caught at ‘deep-square’ by Ava Lee, from Chiara Green; *Chloe Skelton was bowled ‘top-of-middle’ by seamer Tia Stanley; *Two balls later, Olivia ‘Liv’ Daniels was ‘run-out’ from Tia Stanley’s hand by deflecting the ball onto stumps at the non-striker’s end; *Next over, Caitlin Belcher was bowled with middle-stump flattened by Anna Buckle; *Alice Bird was caught aerial at ‘long-on’ by Indigo Gentry, from Tia Stanley; Gloucestershire women batting: Georgina Cant 91(77), Katie Jones 65(82), Chloe Skelton 52(61), Olivia ‘Liv’ Daniels 17(38) Meg Ahearne 15(19); Sharks women bowling: Anna Buckle 4/34, Tia Stanley 2/53, Ava Lee 1/50 Chiara Green 1/5;
Sharks women wearing wearing pink over black with black chevron *skipper Chiara Green [Katie Jones keeping wicket for Glos] *with 50 ov. debutante Indigo Gentry *with Nancy Harman and Ava Lee (Hants loans) *without Mary Taylor (Hants) or Millie Taylor (Warwicks/Bears); *Mollie Adams edged to keeper Katie Jones from seamer Katie Dolman; *Izzy Collis played-on from an inside-edge, from Katie Dolman; *Rachel King was caught at ’point’ by Prarthana Reddy from Katie Dolman *After ten overs power-play: 47/3 (vs 34/2); *Phoebe Wilkinson was caught aerial at ’mid-wicket’ by Georgina Cant, from Chloe Skelton; *Nancy Harman was caught at ’deep mid-wicket’ by Chloe Skelton, from seamer Caitlin Belcher coming round-the-wicket; *By mid-way (25 ov) 103/5 (vs152/3)
*Ava Lee was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Meg Ahearne, from Chloe Skelton; *Left-handed Tia Stanley was caught at ’slip’ by diving Meg Austin, from Chloe Skelton; *Eve O’Neill snicked-an-edge to keeper Katie Jones, from Chloe Skelton; *Advancing down-wicket, Indigo Gentry was stumped by keeper Katie Jones, from Charlotte R ‘Charley’ Phillips; *Finally, Chiara Green was caught from the ‘toe-end’ at ‘mid-off’ by Meg Ahearne, from seamer Caitlin Belcher coming round-the-wicket; Sharks women batting: Chiara Green 63(80), Phoebe Wilkinson 41(45), Ava Lee 16(33), Indigo Gentry 11(16); Gloucestershire women bowling: Chloe Skelton 3/40, Katie Dolman 3/23, Caitlin Belcher 2/39, Charlotte R ‘Charley’ Phillips 1/35;
Match result: Gloucestershire (women) 286/9 (5.7@ runs-per-over, from 50/50 overs) beat Sussex Sharks (women) 167 ‘All out’ (4.3@ runs-per-over, from 38.5/50 overs/target 287 from 50/50ov.) by 119 runs
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m4ecf5423-4426-4003-bc67-f49539e09970
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225598 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/sussex-sharks-women-v-gloucestershire-women/scorecard/5f5097c0-d84a-575a-879e-d535f37442ef
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Sussex CCC (nv play) via YouTube [06h10m35s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rp6cQpScs4
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