Surrey (women)vs Durham Cricket (women) (match 11, league one – stand-alone fixture) at the Kia Oval, Kennington – South London, on 27 May 2026
Described by commentators as a ‘Spectacular’ chaotic low-scoring match played before 1,000 spectators – the only ‘stand-alone’ fixture at The Oval. Ryana MacDonald-Gay – pictured ‘bowled beautifully,’ with three golden ducks, also expectant for three ‘hat-tricks.’ Commentators became fearful of Durham Cricket’s women ‘not batting-out their 20 overs.’ Between innings, commentators confirmed that Ryana MacDonald-Gay’s performance was the ‘best domestic t20 bowling figures of all time:’taking 6 wickets/conceding 11 runs; ‘beating Elysse Perry.’s previous record.’ Separately, Bethan Miles took two wickets on t20 debut. Turning to Surrey womens’ innings, there was ‘similar chaos’ with wickets falling at regular intervals until Alice Monaghan saw Surrey women home, said to be a similar ‘edge-of-seat situation’ akin to Sunday’s match (away to Yorks women at Headingley.) Commentators were Cameron ‘Cam’ Ponsonby (Sports journalist) with Mark Church (BBC Sport); and former player Kirstie White (Invincibles & SE Stars.) Evening match. Weather: ‘glorious’ clear blue sky, cooling from 28C.
Durham Cricket women wearing yellow splash over dark blue with white numbers and dark blue caps with yellow pads; *Skipper Hollie Armitage *[Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey); *With Katherine Fraser(Scottish International); international player Heather Graham (Australia Womens Big-Bash League WBBL); *Hollie Armitage, was caught aerial at ‘backward-point’ by Laura Harris, from Kalea Moore; *Mady Villiers was ‘run-out’ by bowler’s direct-hit to the striker’s end, by Alice Monaghan; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 42/2; *Emily Windsor was caught by keeper Kira Chathli, from Ryana MacDonald-Gay’s short-pitched delivery; *Heather Graham, was bowled ’top of middle-and-off’ by Ryana MacDonald-Gay, for a ‘golden duck;’ *by ‘mid-way’ 64/4 (after 10 overs); *Mis-timing ‘pull,’ Mia Rogers steeped aerial, caught by keeper Kira Chathli at ‘leg-slip,’ from Ryana MacDonald-Gay short-pitched delivery; *Without foot movement, Grace Thompson went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Ryana MacDonald-Gay, for a ‘golden duck;’ *Sophia Turner was caught by Laura Harris’ rolling catch, from Ryana MacDonald-Gay; *Trudy Johnson was bowled with ‘middle-and-off’ bail dislodged by Ryana MacDonald-Gay, for a ‘golden duck;’ *Reverse-sweeping, Bess Heath was caught at ‘extra cover’ by Bryony Smith from Bethan Miles; *Lauren Filer, was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Alice Davidson-Richards, from Bethan Miles; Durham Cricket women batting: Bess Heath 28(25); Mia Rogers 18(19); Emily Windsor 17(19); May Villiers 15(9); Surrey women bowling: Ryana MacDonald-Gay 6/11(4); Bethan Miles 2/10(2); Kalea Moore 1/17(3);
Surrey women wearing light blue with dark blue sleeves over dark blue, with dark blue pads; *skipper Bryony Smith; *[Mia Rogers keeping wicket for DC] *debutante Bethan Miles; *with international player Laura Harris (Australia WBBL); *without Alice Capsey, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Sophia Dunkley or Danni Wyatt-Hodge (England IT20 World-Cup call-up); *Mis-timing a ‘drive’, Bryony Smith was bowled by Katie Levick; *Playing forward, Alice Davidson-Richards was bowled by Lauren Filer’s ‘in-swing;’ *Kira Chathli was caught at ‘mid off’ by Grace Thompson, from Trudy Johnson; *Without foot movement, Paige Scholfield was bowled by Lauren Filer’s ‘in-swing;’ *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 47/3(vs 42/2); *Jemima Spence was caught aerial at ‘cover’ by Grace Thompson, from Trudy Johnson; *Next over (two balls later) Laura Harris was caught aerial at ‘cover’ by Grace Thompson, from Heather Graham; *Kalea Moore was stumped by Mia Rogers, from Heather Graham; *by ‘mid-way’ 70/6 (vs 64/4) (after 10 overs); *Playing forward, Ryana Macdonald-Gay was bowled by Heather Graham’s ‘yorker;’ Surrey women batting: Jemima Spence 24(17); Alice Monaghan 20*not out(19); Kira Chathli 17(15); Durham Cricket women bowling: Heather Graham 3/19(4); Trudy Johnson 2/20(4); Lauren Filer 2/30(4); Katie Levick 1/26(4);
*Match result: Surrey (women) 103/8 (target 103 from 16.4/20 overs @6.1 runs-per-over) beat Durham Cricket (women) 102 ‘All out’ (@6 r-p-o from 17/20 ov.) by two wickets with 20 balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#c9cd38578-5761-4c81-a024-f69ca8c04caa_me5e80000-9b94-4272-d09e-08de2c26e076
*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/
