Durham Cricket (women) vs Hampshire Hawks (women) (match 5, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Chester-le-Street, Bank Homes Riverside on 24 May 2026
Durham Cricket women landed their first win with ‘brilliant batting,’ in a north-south derby with Hawks. DC skipper Hollie Armitage – pictured [64runs(from 49 balls)] made top-score and said later that she was much happier to ‘land her first win on board.’ Playing her ‘skipper’s innings, Hollie Armitage staged three main partnerships that was said to ‘set the tone.’ Firstly, adding 52 when batting with Mady Villiers for DC’s first wicket; adding 60 with Emily Windsor for their second wicket. Also adding 45 when partnered by Bess Heath. By comparison, Hawks ‘never really got going’ and fell short when they ran out of deliveries. Commentators were former Durham cricketer Ashley ‘Ash’ Thorpe, (with detectable Australian accent) with Ben Fitzpatrick from ‘Park View Academy’s Cricket Development Centre,’ in partnership with Durham Cricket; Weather: ‘gloriously’ clear blue sky 24C.
Durham Cricket women wearing yellow with blue trim over blue, with yellow pads; *Skipper Hollie Armitage *[Rhianna Southby keeping wicket for Hawks); *With Katherine Fraser(Scottish International); *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 57/1; *Mady Villiers was bowled with her middle-stump sent cart-wheeling by Hannah Hardwick; *92/1 by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Emily Windsor was caught aerial at ‘cover’ by Poppy Tulloch, from Georgia Adams; *Bess Heath was caught aerial at ‘deep mid-wicket,’ by Nancy Harman, from Poppy Tulloch; *Hollie Armitage scooped to ‘third,’ caught by Amanda-Jade Wellington running round, from Poppy Tulloch; *Mis-timing reverse-sweep, Mia Rogers was bowled ‘through-the-gate’ by Bex Tyson; Durham Cricket women batting: Hollie Armitage 64(49); Emily Windsor 35(26); Mady Villiers 28(16); Bess Heath 24(26); Hawks women bowling: Poppy Tulloch 2/38(4); Georgia Adams 1/31(4); Bex Tyson 1/32(4); Hannah Hardwick 1/13(1);
Hawks women wearing full-backed and half-fronted striped yellow tops and yellow batting pads over navy blue; *skipper Georgia Adams *[Mia Rogers keeping wicket for Durham Cricket]; *international player Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia ‘WBBL); *without Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Freya Kemp & Linsey Smith (England call-up); *Georgia Adams was caught at ‘mid-wicket,’ by Hollie Armitage from Mady Villiers; *After 6 overs ‘power-play 31/1 (vs 57/1); *Ella McCaughan was caught at ‘extra-cover,’ by Hollie Armitage, from Katherine Fraser; *59/2 (vs 92/1) by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Without foot movement, Francesca Sweet was trapped ‘in two minds,’ going ‘leg-before’ to Katie Levick; *Naomi Dattani was caught at ‘third,’ by Trudy Johnson, from Sophia Turner; *Without foot movement, Nancy Harman was bowled ‘around-her-legs’ by Heather Graham; *Advancing down-pitch, Abi Norgrove mis-timed to ’long-off,’ caught by Sophia Turner, from Katie Levick; *Amanda-Jade Wellington was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket,’ by Mady Villiers from Heather Graham; *Poppy Tulloch stumped ‘outside-off’ by Mia Rogers, from Mady Villiers; Hawks women batting: Rhianna Southby 33*not out (21); Naomi Dattani 33(21); Nancy Harman 16(7); Ella McCaughan 14(23); Amanda-Jade Wellington 13(8); Francesca Sweet,12(12); Abi Norgrove 12(16); *Defiant ’six’ from final ball did not go unnoticed bt the winning team;
Durham Cricket women bowling: Katie Levick 2/28(4); Mady Villiers 2/29(4); Heather Graham 2/30(4); Katherine Fraser 1/19(3); Sophia Turner 1/22(2);
*Match result: Durham Cricket (women) 178/5 (from 20 overs @8.9 runs-per-over.) beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 146/8 (@7.3 r-p-o /target 179 from 20 ov.) by 32 runs
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#me5e80000-9b94-4272-5bcd-08de2c26dfed
*Upcoming League one ‘Vitality Blast’ (20ov.) fixtures @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/12/17/vitality-blast-league-one-fixtures-for-2026-3-of-4/
*Upcoming League one ‘MetroBank’ (50ov.) fixtures with mid-term results @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2026/05/17/metro-bank-one-day-cup-league-one-women/
