Surrey (women) Essex (women) (match 20, league one – double—header fixture) at the Kia Oval, Kennington – South London on 5 June 2026
Defending champions Surrey women stay ‘top-of-the-pile,’ with four wins from six (1 tie, 1 loss); beating Essex women who have a game-in-hand (at time of writing.) Essex skipper Grace Scrivens [85*not out runs(from 63 balls)] batted ‘wonderfully well,’ faced by ‘tight’ bowling. It was difficult to judge whether skipper Scrivens was tactically (by Surrey) kept at the non-striker’s end, having faced just four balls from the last three overs of Essex womens’ innings. Turning to Surrey women’s reply, top-scorer Jemima Spence – pictured 52(31) and Alice Monaghan 19(18) were said to guide Surrey toward a ‘comfortable position.’ Their match-winning fourth-wicket partnership banked 51 runs over six overs. Guest Australian Laura Harris ‘saw Surrey women home,’ partnered by Alice Davidson-Richards who scored the winning ‘four.’ Commentators for Surrey Cricket Livestream were Cameron ‘Cam’ Ponsonby (Sports journalist) with Mark Church (BBC Sport); and Georgie Heath (Women’s cricket chat.) Weather: cloudy with patches of blue sky, 17C.
Essex women wearing full-fronted red, full-backed mauve over sleeveless navy blue; *skipper Grace Scrivens (‘England ‘A’); *[Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Surrey];*debutante Liberty Heap (Lancs loan); *without Abtaha Maqsood (Scotland IT20 World-Cup call-up); *Lissy MacLeod was ‘run-out’ at the non-striker’s end, by ricochet from Kalea Moore’s fingers to the non-striker’s stumps; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 44/1; *Liberty Heap was caught aerial, waist-high at ‘deep square’ by Alice Monaghan, from Alice Davidson-Richards’ ‘full-toss;’*by ‘mid-way (after 10 overs) 74/2; *’Bonus wicket’ when Jodi Grewcock set-off late and was ‘run-out’ from ‘backward-point’ by Laura Harris’ throw to keeper Kira Chathli receiving at the non-striker’s end – from Kalea Moore’s delivery to left-handed Grace Scrivens;*Jo Gardner was caught ‘in-the-deep’ by Alice Monaghan, from Ryana Macdonald-Gay; *Flo Miller was bowled ‘top-of-middle’ with bails sent flying by Kalea Moore; *Next ball, mis-timing ‘reverse-sweep,’ Sophia Smale was bowled by Kalea Moore for a ‘golden-duck;’ Essex women batting: Grace Scrivens 85*not out(63); Jodi Grewcock 19(16); Surrey women bowling: Kalea Moore 2/19(4); Ryana Macdonald-Gay 1/23(4); Alice Davidson-Richards 1/27(2);
Surrey women wearing light blue with dark blue sleeves over dark blue, with dark blue pads; *skipper Bryony Smith; *[Amara Carr keeping wicket for Essex] *unchanged *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); *Bryony Smith top-edged aerial, caught at ‘cover’ by Flo Miller, from Sophie Munro; *Next over, Kira Chathli went ‘leg-before’ to Eva Gray’s full-length ball; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 34/2 (vs 44/1); *Paige Scholfield was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Flo Miller, from Jodi Grewcock; *Level-pegging by ‘mid-way (after 10 overs) 71/3 (vs 74/2); *Advancing ‘outside-off,’ Alice Monaghan was stumped by keeper Amara Carr, from Eva Gray;*Next over, without foot-movement, Jemima Spence was bowled ‘middle-and-off’ by Sophie Munro; Surrey women batting: Jemima Spence 52(31); Laura Harris 29*not out(18); Alice Monaghan 19(18); Paige Scholfield 17(11); Kira Chathli 12(17); Essex women bowling: Eva Gray 2/22(4); Sophie Munro 2/30(4); Jodi Grewcock 1/19(2);
*Match result: Surrey (Women) 149/5 (@8.4 runs-per-over/target 146 from 17.4/20 ov.) beat Essex (Women) 145/6 (@7.2 r-p-o from 20ov.) by five wickets with 14 balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#me5e80000-9b94-4272-bf25-08de2c26e13f
*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/
