Middlesex vs Yorkshire women – League Two Semi-Final 2 (match 47) – at Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett Cricket Club (Middx) on 7 September 2025
Resounding victory for Yorkshire women with a ‘dominant performance,’ but a ‘painful’ defeat for Middlesex women – a young side who ‘stormed’ their way undefeated through the competition’s group stage. Commentators lauded the match-winning partnership that took the game away, between Sterre Kalis – pictured [65*not out(from 79 balls)] and Ami Campbell ’[34*not out(18).] Earlier, Middlesex’s Saskia Horley’s 83(from 100 balls) played a ‘very testing‘ skipper’s innings. Commentators added that another 20-30 runs would have produced a more competitive score rather than losing three wickets for 15 runs. Turning to Yorkshire women, they still had an opportunity to win some silverware (at their third attempt this season) to justify their status when joining in league-one, from next season. For background, Middx women previously beat Yorkshire women to win the inaugural Vitality Blast Cup (t20, 2025). Commentators: Kevin Hands with Guy Swindells, augmented by noise heard overhead from a light-aircraft performing aerobatics.
Middlesex women wearing navy-blue with underarm splash and navy pads, *skipper Saskia Horley (Scotland international & Australian ‘Big Bash’); *[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Yorks] *Pippa Sproul (Scotland international), with Ariana Dowse (Essex Loan) Gayatri Gole, Sarah Pearson, and Finty Trussler; *without Mia Rogers (Durham loan) Anisha Dissanayake or Layla Judge; *Izzy Routledge was caught, edged to keeper Lauren Winfield-Hill, from Beth Langston; *Carbon-copy dismissal when Artemis Downer was caught, edged keeper Lauren Winfield-Hill, from Beth Langston; *After ten overs power-play: 32/2; *Finty Trussler, was caught at ‘cover’by Erin Thomas, from Hannah Rainey; *Playing across-the-line, Pippa Sproul, was caught by keeper Winfield-Hill, from Hannah Rainey; *By mid-way 25 overs: 88/4; *Riva Pindoria lobbed a return ‘dolly’, caught-and-bowled by Claudie Cooper; *Saskia Horley, was caught at ‘square’ by Claudie Cooper from Olivia Thomas; *Anaya Patel, was caught one-handed at ‘mid-wicket’ by Ami Campbell, from Ria Fackrell; *Hannah Davis, was ‘run-out’ from ‘cover’ by rolling Olivia Thomas’s throw to Ria Fackrell receiving at the non-striker’s end; *Sarah Pearson was ‘run-out’ by Ria Fackrell’s throw to Lauren Winfield-Hill, receiving at the striker’s end; *Katie Wolfe steepled a catch to keeper Lauren Winfield-Hill, from Ria Fackrell; Middlesex women batting: Saskia Horley83(100), Gayatri ‘Gaia’ Gole48*not out(62), Riva Pindoria17(43), Finty Trussler11(18); Yorkshire (White roses) women bowling: Ria Fackrell 2/31, Hannah Rainey 2/36, Beth Langston 2/39, Claudie Cooper 1/28, Olivia Thomas 1/30;
Yorkshire (White roses) women wearing sheer diamond-patterned deep blue with blue pads, *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill *[Pippa Sproul keeping wicket for Middlesex;] *with international player Sterre Kalis (NL); *without Ines Blackwell & Amelia Oliver (Yorkshire women’s academy), *Olivia Thomas was caught by keeper Sproul from Sarah Pearson; *Lauren Winfield-Hill was caught by keeper Pippa Sproul, from Saskia Horley; *After ten overs power-play: 55/2 (vs 32/2); *Erin Thomas was stumped by keeper Pippa Sproul from Anaya Patel; *Level-pegging by mid-way 25 overs: 89/3 (vs 88/4); *Maddie Ward was caught at ‘point’ by Artemis Downer, from Saskia Horley; Yorkshire (White roses) women batting: Sterre Kalis65*not out(79), Erin Thomas38(33), Maddie Ward37(73), Ami Campbell34*not out(18), Lauren Winfield-Hill16(27); Middlesex women bowling: Saskia Horley 2/37, Anaya Patel 1/22, Sarah Pearson 1/26;
Match result: Yorkshire (White roses) women 195/4 (@5 runs-per-over from 38.5/50ov, target 195 from 50/50ov.) beat Middlesex women 194 ‘All out’ (@4 runs-per-over from 47.2/50ov) by six wickets with 67 balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#me2cae12e-bc3e-4842-87d0-524a7607de7a
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225622 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/middlesex-women-v-yorkshire-women/scorecard/c0304436-b3c0-5fc5-a440-87a616e117bc
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