Surrey (women) vs Yorkshire (women) – match 6 – League One – at the Kia Oval, South London on Wednesday 15 April 2026
Surrey women maintained an unbeaten record in an extraordinary match that was far from what seemed like a convincing win. Both teams started well and equally suffered ‘spectacular’ collapse. Surrey’s ‘spinners’ were ‘just too good’ for Yorks women’s tail-enders. Yorkshire women’s last four wickets fell for no runs. Surrey women ‘came back hard’ after their rain interruption, with just short of a century partnership between top-scorer Paige Scholfield – pictured [89 runs (from 42 balls] and Alice Monaghan 22(28.) Commentators complemented Paige Scholfield not only for playing a ‘scintillating batting masterclass’ with 17 ‘fours’ and two ’sixes;’ but also for her ‘technical ability’ to find the gaps. Earlier, the match was marred by the Yorks womens skipper’s dismissal that commentators stressed was not about Umpires’ decision, but for the player’s reaction afterwards – with five penalty points awarded to Surrey. Commentators for Surrey Cricket social media were Daniel Norcross, Mark Church, Cameron Ponsonby, Phil Walker and Yas Rana. Weather: overcast with occasional rain interruption 12-14C
Yorkshire (women) wearing blue watercolour shades; *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill; [Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey women]; *with internationals Jess Jonassen (Australia) & Sterre Kalis (NL); *with 50ov debutante Georgie Boyce; *Georgie Boyce was bowled by Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *Score 51/1 after 10 overs power-play; *’Big wicket’ when Jess Jonassen snicked-an-edge to Kira Chathli, from Kalea Moore;*Mid-way 108/2 after 22 overs & 152/2 after 25 overs; *Lauren Winfield-Hill snicked-an-edge via her helmet grille to keeper Kira Chathli, from Maitlan Brown, but was visibly unhappy about her dismissal – causing play to be halted for disciplinary action; *Two balls later, Sterre Kalis spooned a similar shot to keeper – at which point the match ’swung in Surrey’s favour;’ *Ami Campbell ‘chopped’ to Maitlan Brown at ‘cover,’ from Priyanaz Chatterji’s ‘cutter’; *Maddie Ward ‘pulled’ to ‘mid-wicket:’ caught by Alice Monaghan, from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *Erin Thomas was caught inside the rope at ‘cow corner’ by Alice Monaghan, from Alice Davidson-Richards; *Impressive double-wicket maiden next ball when Beth Langston went ‘leg-before’ to Kalea Moore; *And Claudie Cooper was caught with some juggling by Alice Davidson-Richards,from Kalea Moore two balls later; *Finally, Rachel Slater was bowled ‘leg-stump’ by Tilly Corteen-Coleman; Yorkshire women batting: Lauren Winfield-Hill 60(70); Sterre Kalis 38(50); Maddie Ward 20(31); Ami Campbell 18(21); Jess Jonassen 13(29); Surrey women bowling: Kalea Moore 3/22(8);Tilly Corteen-Coleman 3/27(7.1); Maitlan Brown 2/40(9); Alice Davidson-Richards 1/13(2); Priyanaz Chatterji 1/23(4);
Surrey women wearing black with white county and sponsors logos with black caps and helmets (not brown as described elsewhere); acting skipper Kira Chathli; [Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Yorks] *international player Maitlan Brown (Australia ‘A’); also with Priyanaz Chatterji (Scotland); *without England players away at training camp for up-coming t20; *Looking to clear ‘mid-on,’ Bryony Smith was caught by Beth Langston from Rachel Slater; *Power-play scores 79/1 (vs33/1) after 7 overs; & 102/1 (vs51/1 PP) after 10 overs; *Alice Monaghan was caught ‘in-the-deep’ by Beth Langston from Jess Jonassen; *Top-scorer Paige Schofield mistimed a ‘sweep’ and went ‘leg-before’ to Maddie Ward; *Kira Chathli was caught by fellow keeper Lauren Winfield-Hill, from Maddie Ward for a ‘golden duck;’ *Jemima Spence was bowled ‘through-the-gate’ by Maddie Ward; *Next ‘over’ Maitlan Brown was bowled by Beth Langston for a fourth-ball ‘duck;’ *Kalea Moore was caught by Jess Jonassen from Beth Langston; *Mid-way score after 22overs: 179/7 (vs 152/2); *Alice Davidson-Richards scored the winning ‘four;’ Surrey women batting: Paige Scholfield 89(42); Alice Davidson-Richards 35*not out(26); Alice Monaghan 22(28); Kalea Moore 16(17); Jemima Spence 13(12); Yorkshire women bowling: Maddie Ward 3/38(5); Beth Langston 2/25(3.3); Jess Jonassen 1/32(4); Rachel Slater 1/35(5);
Match result: Surrey (women) 193/7 (@8.2 runs-per-over from 23.3/44overs) beat Yorkshire (women) 185/10 (@4.6 r-p-o from 40.1/44 ov) by three wickets [Duckworth-Lewis-Stern ‘DLS’ method].
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#mc5520000-6664-a623-c455-08de2dc24808
*Upcoming League one fixtures @url: https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4408104/metro-bank-one-day-cup-womens-competition-fixtures-2026
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