Leicestershire Foxes (women) vs Kent (Horses)(women)(match 21, league two -‘stand-alone’ fixture); at Kibworth Cricket Club (Leics) on 14 June 2026
Kent Horses – pictured bagged a ‘convincing win’ their third win this season. After a relatively slow ‘power-play’(28/2 vs 34/3) Horses lost both openers during their first over; but later discovered two wickets’ advantage by mid-way. Horses’ century partnership came from 66 balls, scored between Surrey academy graduate Maddie Blinkhorn-Jones 71* not out (from 52 balls) – her career-best ‘List A’ score] partnered by Essex academy graduate (and former Sunrisers skipper) Kelly Castle 56(43.) Their partnership total added 123 runs from 78 balls. Turning to Foxes womens’ reply, they faced a ‘tricky situation’ during the closing stage, having lost their power-hitters by mid-way. Nayma Sheikh partnered by Indira Singh did well to muster ’ones-and-twos’ for Foxes’ seventh-wicket partnership: scoring 36 runs from 44 balls. Best bowler Sydney Graham took 3/18 for Horses. Weather as elsewhere: fine day with blue sky, wispy clouds and slight breeze 20C.
Kent (Horses) women wearing dark-blue shirts with light-blue shoulders and white numbers; *skipper Megan Belt *[Ellen Watson keeping wicket for Foxes women]; *Returner Rachel King; *Coco Streets was caught by keeper Ellen Watson from Emma Thatcher; *Amy Gordon was caught by Ellen Watson from Emma Thatcher; *Rachel King was caught Caitlin Chissell from Holly Whitfield; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 28/2; & 57/3 by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Missing a ‘reverse-flip’ Kelly Castle was clean-bowled by Indira Singh; Horses women batting: Maddie Blinkhorn-Jones 71*not out (52); Kelly Castle 56(43); Foxes women bowling: Indira Singh 1/21(4); Emma Thatcher 2/31(4); Holly Whitfield 1/35(4);
Foxes women wearing new colours for 20 overs: dark-green shirts with black sleeves, red trim and white numbers over black joggers; skipper Becki Brooker; *[Maddie Blinkhorn-Jones keeping wicket for Horses women]; *debutante Sophie Grayson (Sussex academy/Warwicks/Oxon)*with Nayma Sheikh (Scotland International); *without Laura Crofts, April Herathge, Lucy Higham (Blaze) or Lucy Western; *Becky Brooker was caught ‘outside-off’ by keeper Maddie Blinkhorn-Jones, from seamer Sydney Gorham; *Holly Whitfield was caught aerial at ‘mid-off’ by Amy Gordon, from Sydney Gorham; *Mis-timing a ‘swipe,’ Ellen Watson was bowled ‘middle-and-off’ by Hollie Young; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 34/3 (vs 28/2); *Sophie Grayson was bowled ’top-of-middle’ by Hollie Young; *Too far forward when missing a ‘slog,’ Caitlin Chissell was stumped by keeper Maddie Blinkhorn-Jones, from Isabella James; *Level-pegging: 57/5 (vs 57/3) by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Mis-timing ‘slog-sweep,’ Lucy Weston was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Hollie Young, from Megan Belt; *Indira Singh was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Amy Gordon, from Sydney Gorham; Foxes women batting: Indira Singh 25(36); Nayma Sheikh 12*not out(22); Lucy Weston 11(9); Horses women bowling: Sydney Gorham 3/18(4); Hollie Young 2/25(4); Isabella James 1/16(4); Megan Belt 1/23(4);
Match result: Kent (Horses) (women) 161/4(@8 runs-per-over from 20 overs) beat Leicestershire Foxes (women) 110/7 (@5.5 r-p-o target 162 from 20 ov) by 51 runs
*Video scorecard courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#ce0e985c4-4fca-44be-8960-46856a59f3b0_m2fead607-4071-4eae-b6f8-83da3b260ae8
*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 *Certain sources mis-reported that Aamna Khan was ‘run-out’ by Alicia Prestland
