Warwickshire Bears (women) vs Somerset (women) – match 23 – League One – at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham on Saturday 02 May 2026
Competition history was made when ‘All-rounder’ Charis Pavely – pictured [127 runs (from 103 balls)] became the first woman batter to score first back-to-back ‘tons’ in ‘league one’ (previously having scored 128 on 29 April.) Posting a defendable score, Bears women bagged their second win of this year’s competition. By comparison, Somerset women ‘lost momentum’ after their skipper Sophie Luff departed from the field following a ‘concussion-check’ incident. Pivotal to Bears’ success when bowling, was Charis Pavely’s ’spin attack’ pairing with skipper Georgia Davis – the pair putting pressure on Somerset batters when the match ‘hang in the balance.’ With ten overs remaining, Somerset’s required-run-rate climbed beyond ten r-p-o. Departing with ‘back-to-back’ defeats, Somerset women were said to realise that ‘things didn’t go their way.’ Commentators for Bears Live Stream TV were Clare B Jenkins (Women’s cricket commentator, senior lecturer & ex-Somerset & Derbys women) with Dr Raf Nicholson (Univ Bournemouth aka ‘Dr Cricket’ & CRICKETher podcast); Also remotely with Tina Gough (Germany women.) Weather: sunny with evolving clouds 16C.
Warwickshire Bears (women) wearing dark blue stripes, with ‘bear’ logo and yellow numbers; skipper Georgia Davis *[Katie Jones keeping wicket for Somerset women]; *Amu Surenkumar, was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Anika Learoyd from Chloe Skelton’s full-toss; *Missing a ‘sweep,’ Meg Austin went ‘leg-before’ to Chloe Skelton’s full toss; *Score 58/2 after 10 overs power-play; *Katie George was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Bex Odgers, from Alex Griffiths; *Davina Perrin edged, caught behind by keeper Katie Jones, from Alex Griffiths; *Chloe Brewer also ‘edged’ to keeper Katie Jones, from Chloe Skelton; *Mid-way for drinks, 145/5 after 25 overs; *Diving Nat Wraith was ‘run-out’ by substitute fielder’s (Bea Willis) throw from the ‘deep’ to keeper receiving at the striker’s end; *Mary Taylor was bowled ‘middle-and-off’ by left-armed spinner Liv Barnes; *Scoring her second ‘ton’ within four days, Charis Pavely was ‘stumped’ by Amy Jones from Chloe Skelton; *Hannah Baker was stumped by keeper Katie Jones, from Liv Barnes; *Georgia Davis was also stumped by Katie Jones Jones, from Liv Barnes; Bears women batting: Charis Pavely 127(103); Alexa Stonehouse 58(35); Davina Perrin 45(40); Mary Taylor 30(35); Nat Wraith 18(23); Amu Surenkumar 10(24); Somerset women bowling: Chloe Skelton 4/65(10); Liv Barnes 3/47(5.5); Alex Griffiths 2/66(9);
Somerset (women) wearing black with large white logos and plum helmets; *skipper Sophie Luff; *[Nat Wraith keeping wicket for Bears women]; *guest international Anika Learoyd; (Australia Women’s Big Bash League WBBL); *Ruby Davis – batting as concussion substitute for Sophie Luff – was caught at mid-wicket by Charis Pavely, from Alexa Stonehouse; *Playing across-the-line, Bex Odgers was bowled by Mary Taylor; *Score 68/2 (vs58/2) after 10 overs power-play; *Anika Learoyd was ‘stumped’ by keeper Nat Wraith from Georgia Davis; *Mid-way for drinks, 139/3 (vs145/5) after 25 overs; *Niamh Holland went ‘leg-before’ to Charis Pavely; *Carbon-copy dismissal when Jess Hazell went ‘leg-before’ to Charis Pavely; *Katie Jones was caught at ‘mid-on’ by substitute fielder (Millie Taylor) from Alexa Stonehouse; *Alex Griffiths was caught at ‘mid-on’ by Alexa Stonehouse, from Mary Taylor; *Ellie Anderson was caught at ‘deep-backward-square,’ by ‘sub’ (Bethan Ellis) from Georgia Davis; *Lola Harris was caught-and-bowled by Hannah Baker running round to ‘mid-on;’ *Scoring a ‘gritty’ fifty, Chloe Skelton was caught at ‘gully’ by ‘sub’ (Millie Taylor – twin to sister Mary – also fielding to cause commentators difficulty), from Alexa Stonehouse; Somerset women batting: Niamh Holland 65(66); Chloe Skelton 51(42); Jess Hazell 45(63); Alex Griffiths 27(29); Katie Jones 25(22); Anika Learoyd 21(26); Bex Odgers 19(18); Ellie Anderson 11(10); Bears women bowling: Alexa Stonehouse 3/70(9.4); Charis Pavely 2/40(10); Mary Taylor 2/59(9); Georgia Davis 2/54(10); Hannah Baker 1/41(7);
Match result: Warwickshire Bears (women) 336 ‘All out’ (@6.7 runs-per-over from 49.5/50 ov.) beat Somerset (women) 302 ‘All out’ (@6.0 r-p-o from 49.4/50 ov.) by 34 runs with 2 balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#mc5520000-6664-a623-ead4-08de2dc24963
*Upcoming League one fixtures @url: https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4408104/metro-bank-one-day-cup-womens-competition-fixtures-2026
*The CRICKETher Weekly podcast @url: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-crickether-weekly-4009570
