The Blaze (women) vs Surrey (women) (match 38, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Trent Bridge Nottingham, on 3 July 2026
Defending champions Surrey (women) booked their place for ‘finals day’ place, ‘taking control,’ both with bat-and-ball. When batting, Surrey recovered well from 45/4. Their fifth-wicket partnership between top-scorers Phoebe Franklin – pictured [46 runs (from 30 balls)] and Alice Monaghan 35(27) banked 82 runs. Bowlers from both sides had top-performing bowlers with career-best figures. For The Blaze, guest Australian Charli Knott took a 6-fer (taking six wickets conceding 25 runs); matched only by Kalea Moore who took a 5-fer (taking five wickets conceding 22 runs for Surrey women. Batting second, The Blaze women played a ‘book-end’ innings. Three batters reached double-figures, leaving tail-enders facing escalating ‘required-run-rate.’ That turned into a fruitless contest for The Blaze’s final five ‘overs.’Commentators from the SKY Sports broadcaster’s ‘Pod’ included Charles Dagnall (as lead presenter.) Weather: fine cool evening, 20C.
Surrey women wearing light blue with dark blue sleeves over dark blue, with dark blue pads; *skipper Bryony Smith; *[Sarah Bryce keeping wicket for The Blaze women]*with international player Laura Harris (Australia WBBL); *Also with Scots International Priyanaz ‘Priya’ Chatterji *without Alice Capsey, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Sophia Dunkley, Ryana Macdonald-Gay or Danni Wyatt-Hodge (England IT20 World-Cup call-up); *Also without Kira Chathli (‘England A’); *Mis-timing aerial, Paige Scholfield was caught at ‘mid-on’ by diving Kirstie Gordon, from Charli Knott; *Mis-timing ‘reverse-sweep,’ Laura Harris went ‘leg-before’ to Charli Knott; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 42/2; *Crossing the crease to sweep leg-side, Bryony Smith went ‘leg-before’ to Maria Andrews; *Mis-timing a ‘flick,’ Jemima Spence went ‘leg-before’ to Charli Knott; *Score 77/4 by ‘mid-way (after 10 overs); *Short of ‘six,’ Alice Monaghan was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Emma Jones, from Charli Knott; *Crossing the crease to sweep leg-side, Phoebe Franklin was bowled ‘top-of-middle’ by Kirstie Gordon; *Kalea Moore was caught overhead at ‘extra cover’ by Georgia Elwiss, from Charli Knott; *Mis-timing a ‘swipe,’ Ryana Macdonald-Gay was stumped by Sarah Bryce, from Charli Knott’s gifted wide;’ *Priyanaz ‘Priya’ Chatterji, was ‘run out’ from ‘deep backward-square’ by Tammy Beaumont’s throw to keeper Sarah Bryce, receiving at the striker’s end; Surrey women batting: Phoebe Franklin 46(30); Alice Monaghan 35(27); Bryony Smith 19 (17); Kalea Moore 15(12); Jemima Spence 11 (9); Laura Harris 10(4); The Blaze women bowling: Charli Knott 6/25(4); Maria Andrews 1/23(2); Kirstie Gordon 1/30(4);
The Blaze women wearing orange stripe with over black with half-white vertical trouser stripe and black pads *skipper Kirstie Gordon *[Jemima Spence keeping wicket for Surrey women]; *With international player Charli Knott (Australia WBBL) *Also with Scots Internationals Kirstie Gordon, Kathryn & Sarah Bryce *without Nat Sciver-Brunt, or Amy Jones (England IT20 World-Cup call-up); *First ball, Marie Kelly was sent back and ‘run-out’ from ‘backward-square’ by Alice Monaghan’s throw to Jemima Spence, receiving at the striker’s end; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 48/1; *Mis-timing to leg-side, Kathryn Bryce was stumped by Jemima Spence, from Ryana Macdonald-Gay; *Score 75/2 (vs 77/4) by ‘mid-way (after 10 overs); *Charli Knott was caught at ‘deep-square’ by Kalea Moore, from Laura Harris’ ‘full-toss;’ *Tammy Beaumont was caught at ‘deep-square,’ by Ryana Macdonald-Gay, from Kalea Moore’s ‘full-toss;’ *Carbon-copy dismissal three balls later, when Georgia Elwiss was caught by Ryana Macdonald-Gay, from Kalea Moore; *Next ‘over’ mis-timing ‘slog-sweep’ to ‘square,’ Emma Jones went ‘leg-before’ to Dani Gregory; *Four balls later (next over) Sarah Bryce was caught at ‘deep cover’ by Alice Monaghan, from Priyanaz ‘Priya’ Chatterji; *Without properly-grounded bat, Prisha Thanawala was stumped by Jemima Spence, from Kalea Moore; *Two balls later, Kirstie Gordon crossing to sweep leg-side, missed attempted ‘slog-sweep’ and was bowled by Kalea Moore; *Same over,’ two balls later, Maria Andrews mis-timed a ‘drive,’ stumped by Jemima Spence, from Kalea Moore for a second-ball ‘duck’; The Blaze women batting: Tammy Beaumont 37(36); Kathryn Bryce 31(21); Charli Knott 28(23); Surrey women bowling: Kalea Moore 5/22(4); Dani Gregory 1/23(4); Priyanaz ‘Priya’ Chatterji 1/25(4); Ryana Macdonald-Gay 1/27(3);
*Match result: Surrey (women) 155/9 (@8 runs-per-over from 20ov.) beat The Blaze (women) 121 ‘All out’ (@7.4 r-p-o /target 156 from 19/20ov.) by 34 runs
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