Warwickshire Bears (women) vs Durham Cricket (women) – match 28 – League One – at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham on Wednesday 06 May 2026
‘Great win’ by Durham Cricket women, who chased-down Bears’ total with five wickets to spare. Key to DC women’s success was a match-winning partnership of 91 runs between best batter Mady Villiers – pictured – [106 runs (from 86 balls); and Emily Windsor 85*not out (from 83) who scored the winning ’single;’ Separately, Mady Villiers scored her maiden ‘List A’ professional 100; and was also best bowler, earlier, taking a ‘3-fer’ (taking three wickets/conceding 38 runs.) Between innings, the hosts were lauded for ‘good effort,’ posting three ‘fifties’ [from Davina Perrin 69(105); Charis Pavely 55(59); Nat Wraith 54(35).] Commentators added that Charis Pavely was ‘woman-of-the-moment’, having scored back-to-back tons only a mater of days ago. Unusually for this match, only two bowlers from each team took wickets. Bears pick-of-the-bowlers was said to be Alexa Stonehouse 3/53. Commentators for Bears Live Stream TV were Clare B Jenkins (Women’s cricket commentator, senior lecturer & ex-Somerset & Derbys women) with Michael ‘Mike’ Perkins and Rosa Simkin (Rosa Talks Ball podcast.) Weather: Sunshine turning cloudy later 16C-18C.
Warwickshire Bears (women) wearing dark blue stripes, with ‘bear’ logo and yellow numbers; skipper Georgia Davis *[Tahlia Wilson keeping wicket for DC women]; *Mis-timing a ‘square-cut,’ Amu Surenkumar was bowled ‘middle-and-off; by Mady Villiers; *Score 32/1 after 10 overs power-play; *Mis-timing a ‘drive,’ Meg Austin was caught at ‘long-on’ (elsewhere ‘mid-on’) by Grace Thompson ‘who flung herself’ to get underneath, from Katie Levick; *Mid-way for drinks, 103/2 after 25overs; *Davina Perrin was caught inside the ‘mid-wicket’ boundary by Abi Glen’s ’sideways-dive’, from Mady Villiers; *Charis Pavely was ‘run-out’ from ‘backward-point’ by Emma Marlow’s direct-hit to the striker’s end, from Katie Levick; *Cursed by commentators for ‘playing a beautiful shot,’ Nat Wraith was caught ‘comfortably’ at ‘long-off’ by Mady Villiers, from Katie Levick; *Chalking-up her best-score of the season, Chloe Brewer was caught at ‘cover’ by Hollie Armitage, from Mady Villiers; Bears women batting: Davina Perrin 69(105); Charis Pavely 55(59); Nat Wraith 54(35); Chloe Brewer 33(44); Meg Austin 19(23); Mary Taylor 15*not out(11); Alexa Stonehouse 14*not out(9); Durham Cricket women bowling: Mady Villiers 3/38(10); Katie Levick 2/43(10);
Durham Cricket women wearing three-toned blue-mauve-red vests with yellow logos; *skipper Hollie Armitage *[Nat Wraith keeping wicket for Bears] *guest international Tahlia Wilson (Australia – Women’s Big Bash League);*with Katherine Fraser (Scotland); *Emma Marlow was caught by Charis Pavely, from Alexa Stonehouse; *Hollie Armitage was bowled by Alexa Stonehouse for a sixth-ball ‘duck’; *Tahlia Wilson was caught by Mary Taylor, from Hannah Baker; *Scoring her maiden ‘ton’ as mentioned above, Mady Villiers was bowled by Hannah Baker; *Bess Heath was caught at ‘deep-backward-square’ by Chloe Brewer from Alexa Stonehouse; *Scoring ‘fifty,’ Emily Windsor was undefeated;’ Durham Cricket women batting: Mady Villiers 106(86); Emily Windsor 85*not out (83); Grace Thompson 30*not out(22); Bess Heath 29(28); Tahlia Wilson 24(43); Bears women bowling: Alexa Stonehouse 3/53(8.3); Hannah Baker 2/56(9);
Match result: Durham Cricket (women) 290/5 (@6.3 runs-per-over from 45.5/50 ov; target 290 from 50ov.) beat Warwickshire Bears (women) 289/6 (@5.8 r-p-o from 50/50 ov.) by five wickets with 29 balls remaining.
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#mc5520000-6664-a623-9e3c-08de2dc249c2
*Upcoming League one fixtures @url: https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4408104/metro-bank-one-day-cup-womens-competition-fixtures-2026
*The Rosa Talks Ball podcast in association with HerGameToo via Spotify @url: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZOvaGlMuBBcnRjGLjRC6z
