Gloucestershire (women) vs Worcestershire Rapids (women) (match 18, league two – ‘double-header’ fixture); at Bristol, Seat Unique Stadium on 7 June 2026
Gloucs women -pictured – advanced to fourth-place, with ambition to make progress beyond the competition’s group-stage. Batting first, Rapids women endured a third consecutive match where they faced a barrage of ‘dot’ balls with below-par scores. On the day, Rapids womens’ top-scorer Bryony Gillgrass (England u19 tri-series 2026) scored a run-a-ball thirty; and staged best partnership with Ebony-Jade Tweats, adding 38 runs for Rapids’ second-wicket. By comparison, Gloucs women’s top-scorer was Becca Halliday 70*not out(46), whose match-winning partnership with Indira Patel 29*not out(26) added 74 runs for Gloucs’ fourth-wicket; albeit the team having posted three ‘ducks’ on their scorecard. Becca Halliday scored the winning ‘four. Weather fine as elsewhere, but blustery 17C.
Rapids women wearing light blue patchwork shirts over black joggers, with black pads and with blue helmets; *skipper Clare Boycott *[Georgina Start keeping wicket for Gloucs women]; *with Bryony Gillgrass & Sophie Beech (England u19 tri-series 2026); *Elicia Pollard was bowled top of ‘middle-and-leg’ by Charlie R Phillips; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 33/1; *Bryony Gillgrass was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Alice Bird, from Alice Hill *49/2 by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs);*Ebony-Jade Tweats steepled aerial, caught by Georgina Start, running off-side, from Alice Hill; *Sophia Mitchell was ‘run-out’ from ‘cover’ by Meg Ahearne throw to Choe Hill relayed to keeper Georgina Start; with both batters standing at the non-striker’s end; *Mis-timing a ‘ramp’ leg-side, Megan Bishop was caught at ‘third’ by Alice Bird, from Emily Geach; *Stepping down-wicket, Liv Gough was stumped by keeper Georgina Start, from Liv Daniels; Rapids women batting: Bryony Gillgrass 30(30); Clare Boycott 25*not out(27); Ebony-Jade Tweats 16(23); Sophia Mitchell 12(18); Gloucs women bowling: Alice Hill 2/16(4); Charlie R Phillips 1/16(4); Liv Daniels 1/20(4); Emily Geach 1/29(4);
Gloucs women wearing yellow shirts with black side-stripes plus heraldic logos, black joggers and dark blue helmets; skipper Liv Daniels; [keeper] *Meg Ahearne went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Jess Beach for a second-ball ‘duck’; *Amiele Munday was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Clare Boycott from Amy Maund for a sixth-ball ‘duck’; *Left-handed batter Emily Geach was caught at ‘cover’ by Bryony Gillgrass, from Megan Bishop for a fifth-ball ‘duck’; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 38/3 (vs33/1); & *66/3 (vs49/2) by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); Gloucs women batting: Becca Halliday 70*not out (46); Indira Patel 29*not out (26); Rapids women bowling: Megan Bishop 1/20(3.1); Jess Beach 1/18(2); Amy Maund 1/22(2);
Match result: Gloucestershire (women) 102/3(@7.1 runs-per-over target 102 from 14.1/20 overs) beat Derbyshire Falcons (women) 101/6 (@5 r-p-o; from 20/20ov.) by seven wickets with 35 balls remaining
*Video scorecard, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#me5e80000-9b94-4272-ef3b-08de2c26e614
*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/
