The Blaze vs (women) vs Surrey (women) – match 25 – League One – at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Monday 04 May 2026
The Blaze remain top-of-table with their fourth-straight win, after bowling Surrey women ‘out’ for a low-score and ‘never letting them back’ into the game. By comparison, Surrey women’s defeat was their third-in-succession after starting the season with three back-to-back wins. Before the match Sarah Bryce received her 100th cap. Post-match, Blaze’s top-scorer Georgia Elwiss – pictured [75*not out (from 95 balls)] told reporters that Blaze batters had high ’strike-rates,’ and were ‘always confident’ to win their run-chase. Also cautious when facing their ‘biggest threat’ from Tilly Corteen-Coleman’s left-arm off-spin. The match concluded when Emma Jones [36*not out(from 49)] scored ten runs from her last three balls. Georgia Elwiss adding that it was fitting for Emma Jones to ‘finish,’ their partnership having added fifty-runs from 75 balls to win the match. Commentator for Trent Bridge Live Stream were James Carr, as ECB’s visiting Regional Director of Women’s Cricket from the North-East (incorporating Yorkshire.) Weather: cloudy ‘dull,’ with floodlights 15C.
Surrey women wearing black with white county and sponsors logos with black caps and helmets (not ‘brown caps’ as described by ECB Reporter’s Network); skipper Kira Chathli; *debutante Aylish Cranstone (returned from injury) [Sarah Bryce keeping wicket for Blaze] *international player Maitlan Brown (Australia ‘A’); *Scottish international Priyanaz ‘Priya’ Chatterji; England player: Tilly Corteen-Coleman (ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Squad & Metro Bank ODI Squad v NZ); *Missing a ‘drive,’ Paige Scholfield was bowled with her ‘off-stump’ knocked back by Charley N Phillips; *Alice Monaghan was caught at ‘square-leg’ by ‘tumbling’ Tammy Beaumont, from Lucy Higham; *Score 42/2 after 10 overs power-play; *Bryony Smith was caught at ‘square’ by Lucy Higham from Kirstie Gordon; *Alice Davidson-Richards was bowled by Kirstie Gordon; *Three balls later, Jemima Spence was also bowled by Kirstie Gordon; Rebuild followed until Kira Chathli went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Josie Groves; *Mid-way for drinks, 99/6 after 25overs; *Missing a ‘sweep,’ Aylish Cranstone went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Lucy Higham; *Top-scorer Priya Chatterji was caught by Josie Groves from Kathryn Bryce; *Dani Gregory was caught at ‘square’ by Lucy Higham, from Kathryn Bryce; *Tilly Corteen-Coleman was clean-bowled by Charley N Phillips; Surrey women batting: Priya Chatterji 45(69); Kira Chathli 28(58); Aylish Cranstone 20(31); Alice Monaghan 18(26); Maitlan Brown 14*not out(26); Bryony Smith 11(15);Blaze women bowling: Kirstie Gordon 3/37(10; Kathryn Bryce 2/23(7); Charley N Phillips 2/25(9); Lucy Higham 2/29(8); Josie Groves 1/21(6);
The Blaze women wearing orange-and-black ‘paper tiger’ stripes with black joggers; *skipper Kirstie Gordon *[Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey]; *guest international Orla Prendergast (Rep Of Ireland); also with Kathryn Bryce (Scotland) *England player Amy Jones (ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Squad & Metro Bank ODI Squad v NZ); *Tammy Beaumont was caught at ‘square-leg’ by Bryony Smith, from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *Next over, a key partnership was broken when Kathryn Bryce, was bowled by Maitlan Brown; *Amy Jones was bowled by Maitlan Brown; *Score 35/3(vs42/2) after 10 overs power-play; *Sarah Bryce was bowled by Alice Monaghan; *Next ball, Ella Claridge was also bowled – placing Alice Monaghan on a potential ‘hat-trick;’ *Mid-way for drinks, 103/5 (vs 99/6 after 25overs; *No further loss, with Georgia Elwiss posting her first ‘fifty’ of the new season; Emma Jones stcored the winning ‘four;’ Blaze women batting: Georgia Elwiss 75*not out (95); Emma Jones 36*not out(49); Sarah Bryce 29(39); Amy Jones 14(16); Surrey women bowling: Alice Monaghan 2/30(5); Maitlan Brown 2/45(8.3); Tilly Corteen-Coleman 1/27(9);
Match result: The Blaze (women) 166/5 (@4.8 runs-per-over from 34.3/50 ov.) beat Surrey (women) 164 ‘All out’ (@ 3.8 r-p-o from 43/50 ov.) by five wickets with 93 balls (15.3 ov) remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#mc5520000-6664-a623-4e59-08de2dc24982
*Upcoming League one fixtures @url: https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4408104/metro-bank-one-day-cup-womens-competition-fixtures-2026
