Gloucestershire (women) vs Middlesex (women) (match 13 – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Bristol, Seat Unique Stadium on 5 June 2026
Defending champions Middx womens’ ‘comprehensive victory’ over Gloucs women saw that they remain top-of-table jointly with Glamorgan women – each team having lost one match. History was made when ‘out’ two balls short of carrying her bat, Middx womens’ skipper Saskia Horley – pictured [110 runs (from 56 balls] re-wrote the competition’s record books with ‘power-hitting’ and ’timing’ to become the competition’s first female t20 centurion. Her ‘landmark’ innings score ‘fifty’ in 28 balls; 100 from 47 balls, also smashed Middx womens’ partnership records: scoring 100 in 63 balls partnered by Abbie Whybrow – their second-wicket partnership worth 138 runs. Turning to Gloucs women, wickets fell at regular intervals as their run-chase closed 31 runs short. Best Middx bowler Anaya Patel bagged a 4-fer [taking 4 wickets/conceding 27 runs] her second competition 4-fer, previously taking four Sharks womens’ wickets last year (4/18 on May 29, 2025.) Weather: as elsewhere: mainly blue sky following over-night rain 17C.
Middlesex women wearing new colours for 20 overs: two-tone vertical striped pink shirts with black trim over black joggers; skipper Saskia Horley (Scots international and Australia’s WBBL); *[Georgina Start keeping wicket for Gloucs]; *Left-handed batter Scarlett Hughes was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Izzy Patel, from Charlie R Phillips; *50/1 after 6 overs ‘power-play;’ *92/1 by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Mis-timing a ‘sweep,’ Abbie Whybrow went ‘leg-before’ to Liv Daniels; *Centurion Saskia Horley was caught aerial at ‘long-on’ by Amiele Munday, from Alice Hill; Middx women batting: Saskia Horley 111(56); Scarlett Hughes 37(16); Abbie Whybrow 36(39); Gloucs women bowling: Charlie R Phillips 1/40(4); Liv Daniels 1/28(4); Alice Hill 1/36(4);
Gloucs women wearing yellow shirts with black side-stripes plus heraldic logos, black joggers and dark blue helmets; skipper Liv Daniels; *[Scarlett Hughes keeping wicket for Middx]; *Becca Halliday was caught aerial ‘in-the-covers’ by Hannah Davis, from Sarah Pearson; *Four balls later, Meg Ahearne snicked-an-edge, caught by keeper Scarlett Hughes, from Sarah Pearson; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 46/2 (vs50/1); *Over-stepping for a ‘huge heave,’ Ameile Munday was stumped by Scarlett Hughes, from Anaya Patel; *82/3 (vs92/1) by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Izzy Patel was caught aerial at ’deep mid-wicket’ by Artemis Downer, from Anaya Patel; *Mis-timing ‘reverse-sweep,’ left-handed batter Emily Geach was bowled ‘through-the-gate’ by Anaya Patel’s yorker; *Mis-timing a ‘sweep,’ Georgina Start was stumped by Scarlett Hughes, from Saskia Horley; *Mis-timing ‘reverse-sweep,’ Liv Daniels was bowled ‘middle-and-off’ bail dislodged by Anaya Patel; Gloucs women v Emily Geach 39(34); Ameile Munday 27(14); Izzy Patel 22(18); Georgina Start 23(14); Becca Halliday 15(11); Izzy Storrar 15*not out(14); Alice Bird 14*not out(8);
Middx women bowling: Anaya Patel 4/27(4); Sarah Pearson 2/13(2); Saskia Horley 1/33(4);
Match result: Middlesex (women) 192/3 (@9.6 runs-per-over from 20/20 overs) beat Gloucestershire (women) 161/7 (@8 r-p-o from 20ov./target 193 from 20ov.) by 31 runs
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#ce0e985c4-4fca-44be-8960-46856a59f3b0_me5e80000-9b94-4272-2b1c-08de2c26e5ab
*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/
*Footnote: Video-footage proves that Georgina Start’s dismissal was clearly ‘stumped’ and not ’Georgina Start Bowled for 23’ as may have been misreported elsewhere.
