Leicestershire Foxes vs Glamorgan (match 27, league two -‘double-header’ fixture) at Leicester, The Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road (Leics) on 28 June 2026
Match that went ‘down-to-the-wire’ to see Glamorgan women beat Foxes women by a wafer-thin margin. Glamorgan women enjoyed a more productive ‘power-play,’ retaining twenty runs advantage by mid-way 68/2(vs.Foxes48/2.) Beyond mid-way, ‘ones’ and ‘twos’ were scored with both teams mustering one ‘four’ until the penultimate ‘over.’ Playing her second match, Sophie Grayson stepped-up with great surprise, to narrow the gap for Foxes women, scoring 16 runs from Glamorgan’s final over: ’six’ followed by two ‘fours;’ but needed another ‘four’ for Foxes women to win the match. Bowling her ‘death’ over, Gemma Porter ‘held her nerve’ for Glamorgan women, only ‘two’ runs were conceded from their final ball. Weather: cloudy but warm following recent record June ‘heat-wave,’ 24C.
Glamorgan women wearing yellow-splash shirts with black collars, black joggers and daffodil logos; skipper Lauren Parfitt; *[Ellen Watson keeping wicket for Foxes women]; *with Megan Sturge (Hants academy graduate loan); *Daisy Jeanes went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Emma Thatcher for a fourth-ball ‘duck’; *Megan Sturge was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Sophie Grayson, from seamer Indira Singh; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 29/0; *Score 68/2 by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Lauren Parfitt was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Becki Brooker, from seamer Caitlin Chissell; *Mis-timing across-the-line, Bethan R Ellis was clean bowled ‘middle-and-off’ by Caitlin Chissell; *Mis-timing from a ‘thick-edge,’ Gemma Porter was caught aerial at ‘mid-off’ by Indira Singh, from seamer Emma Thatcher; Glamorgan women batting: Lauren Parfitt 41(29); Beth Gammon 27(26); Bethan R Ellis 16(25); Gemma Porter 15(21); Megan Sturge 14(11); Foxes women bowling: Caitlin Chissell 2/15(4); Emma Thatcher 2/24(4); Indira Singh 1/26(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; *[Beth Gammon keeping wicket for Glamorgan women]; *debutante Isla Williamson (Blaze academy) *with Faith Teekasingh (also Blaze Academy) *without Lucy Higham (Blaze); *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 29/0 (vs37/2); *Sweeping across-the-line, Faith Teekasingh was clean-bowled by Nicole Reid; *Flora Davies was caught aerial at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Daisy Jeanes, from Nicole Reid; *Score 48/2(vs.68/2) by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Becki Brooker was ‘run-out’ from ‘mid-wicket’ by Megan Sturge’s throw to keeper Beth Gammon receiving at the striker’s end;; *Mis-timing a ‘drive,’ Caitlin Chissell was ‘run-out’ from ‘mid-off’ by Bethan R Ellis’ throw to Katie Cobb, as bowler receiving at the non-striker’s end; *Next ball, mis-timing a ‘slog,’ Ellen Watson was ‘stumped’ by keeper Beth Gammon, from Katie Cobb for a ‘golden duck’; *Short of a second run, Lucy Weston was ‘run-out’ from ‘mid-wicket’ by Megan Sturge’s ‘direct-hit’ to the non-striker’s end, from Katie Cobb; *Next ball bowled by Jazz Westley to complete that ‘over’ went ‘wide’ followed by another delivery; *Mis-timing a ‘drive,’ debutante Isla Williamson was ‘stumped’ by keeper Beth Gammon, from Gemma Porter; Foxes women batting: Ellen Watson 46(49); Sophie Grayson 26*not out(12); Becki Brooker 16(22); Faith Teekasingh 10(17); Glamorgan women bowling: Nicole Reid 2/18(4); Katie Cobb 1/18 (3.5); Gemma Porter 1/33(4);
Match result: Glamorgan (women) 122/5(@6.1 runs-per-over from 20 ov) beat Leicestershire Foxes (women) 120/7 (@6 r-p-o;/ target 123 from 20ov) by 2 runs
*Scorecard without video, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#ce0e985c4-4fca-44be-8960-46856a59f3b0_me5e80000-9b94-4272-9955-08de2c26e6a8
*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/
