Yorkshire (women) vs Essex (women) – match 24 – League One – at Leeds Emerald Headingley Stadium on Saturday 02 May 2026
Essex women chalked-up back-to-back wins, following a series of back-to-back loses. In contrast, Yorks President Dr Jane Powell was critical of a second ‘self-inflicted’ loss, setting to one side any other factors (I.e: playing without guest Australian Jess Jonassen.) Essex skipper’s partnership of 95 with Cordelia Griffith [69 runs(from 86 balls)]; immediately followed by ‘fifty’ between Cordelia Griffith and Ariana Dowse 43(66); also forty-five between Ariana Dowse and Jodi Grewcock 22(21) who laid the foundation for a winning score. Post-match, Dr Powell felt it was always a ‘close’ contest; adding that ‘All credit’ went to Essex, with special mention for Jodi Grewcock’s diving catch and for taking the final wicket when bowling her ‘leg-spin.’ Dr Powell added that Yorks batters must learn to keep senior batters at the striker’s-end (i.e: because of their faster strike-rates.) Also to learn from ‘silly’ ‘run-outs,’ that were largely to blame for their back-to-back losses. Commentators for Yorks Cricket Live Stream were Aaron Viles (Cricketfanaticsmag.com) with Dr Jane Powell (Performance Manager England Disability Cricket at ECB; & President at Yorkshire CCC) Weather: cloudy and ‘overcast’ 15-16C.
Essex (women) wearing mauve tops and blue batting pads; skipper Grace Scrivens; [Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Yorks]; *Score 52/0 after 10 overs power-play; *Grace Scrivens was caught aerial at ‘wide-mid-on’ to the left-hander by Georgie Boyce from Claudia Cooper; *Mid-way for drinks, 123/1 after 25overs; *Cordelia Griffith was caught at ‘short-mid-wicket’ by Jess Woolston from Claudia Cooper; *Ariana Dowse was caught aerial at ‘backward-point’ by Maddie Ward, from Ines Blackwell; *’Massive’ wicket when Jodi Grewcock was taking a second run but was ‘run-out’ by Sterre Kalis’ throw arriving from ‘mid-off’ to keeper Lauren Winfield-Hill receiving at the striker’s end; *Sophia Smale was ‘run-out’(Ami Campbell/Winfield-Hill receiving at the striker’s end; *Bowling to Jo Gardner, Flo Miller was ‘run-out’ via Claudia Cooper’s hand deflecting the returned ball, breaking the non-striker’s wicket; *Next over, Amara Carr was caught aerial at ‘deep-mid-wicket’ by Beth Langston, from Beth Slater; *Five balls later, Eva Gray was caught aerial at ‘wide-mid-on’ by Georgie Boyce, from Beth Slater; *Commentators thought that the final ‘single’ was ‘potentially caught-and-bowled;’ Essex women batting: Cordelia Griffith 69(86);Ariana Dowse 43(66); Grace Scrivens 36(58); Jo Gardner 28*not out (24); Jodi Grewcock 25(25); Flo Miller 21(20); Kate Coppack 20*not out(11); Yorks women bowling: Claudia Cooper 2/57(10); Rachel Slater 2/51(8); Ines Blackwell 1/46(10);
Yorkshire women wearing blue watercolour shades; *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill; [Amara Carr keeping wicket for Essex women]; *with guest international Sterre Kalis (NL); *also with Rachel Slater (Scotland international); *Score 63/0 (vs52/0) after 10 overs power-play; *Georgie Boyce was caught aerial at ‘deep-mid-wicket’ by Jo Gardner from Esmae MacGregor; *Becca Duckworth was caught aerial ‘in-the-deep’ by Jo Gardner, from Sophia Smale; *Lauren Winfield-Hill was caught at ‘backward-point’ by Grace Scrivens, from Eva Gray; *Mid-way for drinks, 142/3 (vs123/1) after 25overs; *Taking a huge swing, Ami Campbell was bowled ‘through-the-gate’ by Eva Gray’s slower ball; *Ines Blackwell top-edged, caught at ‘backward-point’ by Jodi Grewcock, from Eva Gray; *Maddie Ward was ‘run-out’ from ‘extra cover’ by Flo Miller’s throw to keeper Amara Carr receiving at the striker’s end; *Beth Langston was caught at ‘extra cover’ by Flo Miller, from Sophia Smale; *Rachel Slater was ‘run-out’ from ‘deep extra cover’ by Kate Coppack’s throw to keeper Amara Carr receiving at the striker’s end; *Claudia Cooper was caught ‘aggressively’ at ‘backward-point’ by diving Jodi Grewcock, from Kate Coppack; *Final over, Jess Woolston was bowled ‘middle-and-off’ by Jodi Grewcock; Yorks women batting: Lauren Winfield-Hill 88(78); Sterre Kalis 65*not out(60); Becca Duckworth 21(34); Ines Blackwell 21(34); Georgie Boyce 17(27); Essex women bowling: Eva Gray 3/51(10); Sophia Smale 2/31(10); Kate Coppack 1/32(5); Esmae MacGregor 1/53(7); Jodi Grewcock 1/54(9.1);
Match result: Essex (women) 270/8 (@5.4 runs-per-over from 50/50 overs) beat Yorkshire (women) 244/8 (@5.2 r-p-o from 46.1/50 ov.) by 13 runs with 23 balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#mda20bb91-e586-4dab-8f1d-8a965c28024f
*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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