Lancashire (women) vs Warwickshire (women) – league one, match 51 – at Sale Cricket Club (Lancs) on Wednesday 10 September 2025
‘Superb victory’ for Lancashire women, moving them forward toward semi-finals qualification. Batting first, Warwickshire women posted shy of 300, with ‘fifty’ from Abbey Freeborn [60runs (from 86 balls.] Lancs women’s reply was promptly interrupted by rain on 20/1. Once play resumed with 28 overs docked and a DLS target set of 172 (i.e.: 152 from 16.3 overs.) Home team commentators thought that was ‘unlikely.’ A ‘game-changing’ century partnership scored from seven balls between Gaby Lewis – pictured [75 runs (from 53 balls)] and Seren Smale [47 runs (from 39 balls)] turned the match ‘on its head’ into a ‘rain-affected thriller.’ Ailsa Lister saw Lancs women ‘to-the-line,’ having scored the only ’six’ of the match; but was caught out from the penultimate match ball. Skipper Ellie Threlkeld scored the winning ’two.’ Commentators: Michael ‘Mike’ Perkins (Sports Journalist) and Polly Starkie (‘HerGameToo’ regional cricket champion & social media co-host ‘Noughtie Child Podcast’) Weather: intermittent rain causing two hour’s delay.
Warwickshire (women) wearing light-blue splash over dark blue; skipper Georgia Davis *[Ellie Threlkeld keeping wicket for Lancs] *with international player Sterre Kalis (NL); *with Phoebe Brett, without Millie Taylor (injured ‘spin’ finger); *Bethan Ellis was caught aerial (from a ‘steepler’) by Ailsa Lister, from Kate Cross for a third-ball ‘duck’; *After 10 overs ‘power-play’ 55/1; *Meg Austin was stumped by Ellie Threlkeld, advancing to Hannah Jones; *Shy of ‘fifty,’ Amu Surenkumar mis-timed a ‘cut,’ going ‘leg-before’ to Fi Morris; *After 25 overs 138/3; *Playing an ‘important innings’ with ‘fine shots,’ Sterre Kalis was bowled with split leg-stump, from Emma Lamb; *Carbon-copy to earlier dismissal when Nat Wraith was stumped by keeper Ellie Threlkeld, from Hannah Jones; *Issy Wong was caught at ’short-fine’ by Hannah Jones, from Mahika Gaur; *Abbey Freeborn mis-timed a ‘sweep’ and was bowled by Grace Potts; Warwickshire (women) batting: Abbey Freeborn 60(86), Amu Surenkumar49(54) Sterre Kalis 43(52), Meg Austin 32(42), Georgia Davis 31*not out(21), Nat Wraith 29(28), Issy Wong 12(9); Lancashire (women) bowling: Hannah Jones 2/46, Emma Lamb 1/15, Fi Morris 1/38, Grace Potts 1/48, Mahika Gaur 1/55, Kate Cross 1/61;
Lancashire (women) wearing navy blue with embroidered ‘red-rose’ motifs and white numbers; *skipper Ellie Threlkeld *Nat Wraith keeping wicket for Warwicks women] *International player Gaby Lewis (Republic of Ireland) *Scotland international Ailsa Lister *with Emma Lamb and Kate Cross *also with Mahika Gaur; *without Phoebe Graham; *After 5.3 overs ‘power-play’ 20/1; *Mis-timing, Emma Lamb went aerial, caught comfortably at mid-on’ by Issy Wong, from Phoebe Brett; *After 10 overs 52/1; *Top-scorer Gaby Lewis, was caught aerial at ‘backward point’ (elsewhere ‘point’) by Sterre Kalis, from Amu Surenkumar; *Short of ‘six,’ Fi Morris was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Meg Austin, from Hannah Baker coming round-the-wicket; *Seren Smale was bowled by Georgia Davis’ straight delivery; *Ailsa Lister was caught at ‘cow corner’ by Hannah Baker, from Issy Wong – within two runs of victory; Lancashire (women) batting: Gaby Lewis75(53), Seren Smale47(39),Ailsa Lister 16(11), Fi Morris14(8), Ellie Threlkeld13*not out (7); Warwickshire (women) bowling: Phoebe Brett 1/21, Issy Wong 1/32, Hannah Baker 1/33, Georgia Davis 1/39, Amu Surenkumar 1/45;
Match result: Lancashire (women) 172/5 (8.1 runs-per-over from 21.1/22 overs, target 172 from 22 overs); beat Warwickshire (women) 283/7 (@5.6 runs-per-over from 50/50 overs); by five wickets (DLS Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method) with five balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m4b038645-8459-4a35-8d04-fb0f43c6d5bf
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225566 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/lancashire-women-v-warwickshire-women/scorecard/1cf9a627-0749-55e4-b977-665e6c04a980
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Lancashire Cricket (nv play) via YouTube [07h44m25s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcrK4lCsCZU
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