Glamorgan (women) vs Derbyshire Falcons (women) – (match 5, league two – ‘stand-alone’ fixture) – at Sophia Gardens Cardiff on Saturday, 23 May 2026
Top-of-league-two-table Glamorgan women played an one-sided match, involving two ‘fifty’ partnerships. Top-scorer Daisy Jeanes [88runs (from 64 balls))] partnered by Bethan ‘Bea ‘BL’ Ellis 24(26) posted 77 for Glamorgan women’s second wicket; Daisy Jeans adding a second ‘fifty’ partnership 57 with Gemma Porter. In contrast, Falcon’s Rhiannon Knowling-Davies’ ‘death’ over bagged her a ‘hat-trick’ from Glamorgan womens’ penultimate innings ball. Turning to Falcons womens’ reply, their batters mid-way score was comparable with their opponents ‘power-play’ score and no batter batted long enough to post more than sixteen runs. Glamorgan women’s best bowler was Katy Cobb who took a 3-fer (taking 3 wickets/conceding 10 runs.) Commentators for Glamorgan Livestream were Kathryn ‘Kath’ Wilkins (exCoach for Wales Women and former England International & Somerset Women) with Rosa Wilson, believed to represent the Centre for Community Journalism C4CJ at Cardiff University, in partnership with BBC Wales. Weather: gloriously sunny 22C.
Glamorgan women wearing yellow-splash shirts with black collars, black joggers and daffodil logos; skipper Lauren Parfitt – pictured right; *[Matilda Atherton-Gater keeping wicket for Falcons]; *Charlotte Lambert (Surrey loan); *Lauren Parfitt was caught by Malisha Tennakoon from Liv Baker; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 60/1; *Bethan L Ellis was bowled by Adrianna Darlow; *104/2 by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Bethan Gammon was caught by keeper Matilda Atherton-Gater from Prisha Bedi ;*Eve Jackson went ‘leg-before’ to Malisha Tennakoon; *Amy Wheeler was caught-and-bowled by Prisha Bedi; *Daisy Jeanes was caught at ‘square’ by Frances Lonsdale, from Rhiannon Knowling-Davies; *Mis-timing, Georgina Parfitt was caught at ‘extra-cover’ by Adrianna Darlow, from Rhiannon Knowling-Davies;*Mis-timing her ‘drive,’ Charlotte Lambert was stumped by Matilda Atherton-Gater from Rhiannon Knowling-Davies; Glamorgan women batting: Daisy Jeanes 86(54); Bethan L Ellis 24(26); Gemma Porter 21*n(20); Lauren Parfitt 12(8); Falcons women bowling: Rhiannon Knowling-Davies 3/25(4); Prisha Bedi 2/19(4); Liv Baker 1/27(4); Adrianna Darlow 1/29(3); Malisha Tennakoon 1/31(3);
Derbyshire Falcons women wearing dark-blue with light-blue leg stripes and blue helmets and blue numbers; *skipper Adrianna Darlow *[Georgia Parfitt – pictured left keeping wicket for Glamorgan]; *Tash Allen was bowled by Amy Wheeler’s full-length delivery; *Frances Lonsdale was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Lauren Parfitt, from Gemma Porter; *Jess Couser was ‘run-out’ at the ‘non-striker’s’ end by Amy Wheeler’s direct-hit as bowler; *Mis-timing ‘reverse-sweep,’ Lauren Kenvyn was bowled by Gemma Porter; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 41/4 (vs 60/1 ) *Matilda Atherton-Gater was bowled ‘middle-and-off,’ by Katy Cobb for a ‘duck’; *Carbon-copy dismissal two balls later when Malisha Tennakoon was bowled ‘middle-and-off,’ by Katy Cobb; *61/6 by ‘mid-way’ (vs 104/2 after 10 overs); *Rhiannon Knowling-Davies was caught at ‘cover’ by Bethan Gammon from Nicole Reid; *Liv Baker was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Daisy Jeanes, from Nicole Reid; *Mistiming a ‘drive,’ Prisha Bedi was stumped by Georgia Parfitt, from Katie Cobb; *Adrianna Darlow – absent, unable to bat; Falcons women batting: Jess Couser 16(11); Rhiannon Knowling-Davies 16(17); Prisha Bedi 13(21); Malisha Tennakoon 11(11); Glamorgan women bowling Katy Cobb 3/10(2.3); Gemma Porter 2/6(2); Nicole Reid 2/15(4); Amy Wheeler 1/21(3);
Match result: Glamorgan (women) 167/8 (@8.3 runs-per-over from 20/20 overs) beat Derbyshire Falcons (women) 75/9 (from 14.3 ov., @ 5.1 r-p-o /target 168 from 20 ov.) by 92 runs with 33 balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#me5e80000-9b94-4272-5a59-08de2c26e4e4
*Upcoming League two fixtures 20ov (2026) @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/12/17/vitality-blast-league-two-fixtures-for-season-2026-4-of-4/
*Upcoming League two fixtures 50ov (2026) @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2026/04/25/metro-bank-one-day-cup-womens-tournament-for-50-overs-league-two-may-update-2026/
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