Derbyshire Falcons (women) vs Gloucestershire (women)(match 25, league two-‘stand-alone’ fixture) at Chesterfield Cricket Club, Queen’s Park (Boythorpe Avenue) Chesterfield on 27 June 2026
Gloucestershire women chalked-up back-to-back wins, bagging five points toward aspirations to qualify for (league two) ‘finals day’ on 12 July. By comparison, Gloucs (56/3) scored more than double to Falcons ‘power-play’ score (23/2) and maintained at least thirty-runs lead for the entire match. Best batters: Emily Geach 38(27) partnered by Izzy Patel 46(41) banked 72 runs for Gloucs womens’ fifth-wicket. Best Falcons bowler was Prisha Bedi who took a 4-fer: [taking 4 wickets/conceding 29 runs.] Final ‘death’ over saw Izzy Patel 46(41) caught ‘four’ short of her ‘fifty’ and Alice Bird scoring ’six’ from Prisha Bedi’s last ball. Falcons replied with a century partnership that banked 113 runs for Falcons third-wicket between Frances Lonsdale 50*not out(40) and Lauren Kenvyn 50(48.) Gloucs womens’ best bowler was award-winning BBC cricket broadcasting celebrity Melissa Story – pictured who took 1/10. Weather: breezy following heatwave and overnight rain 20C.
Gloucs women wearing yellow shirts with black side-stripes plus heraldic logos, black joggers and dark blue helmets; skipper Liv Daniels; [Matilda Atherton-Gater keeping wicket for Falcons women]; *Prarthana Reddy (Glamorgan loan, England Women U19 Tri-Series Squad 2026); *Ameile Munday was caught by keeper Matilda Atherton-Gater, from Beth Slater; *Georgina Start was caught by Lauren Kenvyn, from Prisha Bedi; *Prarthana Reddy was caught by Lauren Kenvyn, from Prisha Bedi; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 56/3; *Next over, Meg Ahearne was bowled by Rhiannon Knowling-Davies; *Score 80/4 by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *Emily Geach was caught by Prisha Bedi, from Rhiannon Knowling-Davies; *Melissa Story was caught by Adrianna Darlow, from Lauren Kenvyn; *Caitlin Belcher was caught-and-bowled by Prisha Bedi; *Three balls later – just short of ‘fifty,’ Izzy Patel was caught by Malisha Tennakoon, from Prisha Bedi; Gloucestershire women batting: Izzy Patel 46(41); Emily Geach 38(27); Prarthana Reddy 23(14); Georgina Start 15(11); Ameile Munday 12(7); Falcons women bowling: Prisha Bedi 4/29; Rhiannon Knowling-Davies 2/15; Beth Slater 1/31; Lauren Kenvyn 1/38;
Falcons women wearing dark-blue with light-blue leg stripes and blue helmets and blue numbers; *skipper Adrianna Darlow *[Georgina Start keeping wicket for Gloucs women]; *Missing a ‘slog-sweep,’ Jess Couser was ‘stumped’ by Georgina Start, from Melissa Story; *Carbon-copy dismissal when Emily Hughes missed and was ‘stumped’ by Georgina Start, from Alice Hill; *After 6 overs ‘power-play’ 23/2(vs 56/3); *Score 49/2(80/4) by ‘mid-way’ (after 10 overs); *’Key moment’ when Lauren Kenvyn missed a ‘drive’ and was ‘stumped’ by Georgina Start, from Emily Geach; Falcons women batting: Frances Lonsdale 50*not out(40); Lauren Kenvyn 50(48); Emily Hughes 14(17); Gloucestershire women bowling: Melissa Story 1/10(2); Alice Hill 1/24(4); Emily Geach 1/33(4);
Match result: Gloucestershire (women) 172/8(@8.6 runs-per-over from 20 ov) beat Derbyshire Falcons (women) 135/3 (@6.7 r-p-o;/ target 173 from 20ov) by 37 runs
*Scorecard without video, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#me5e80000-9b94-4272-2cd7-08de2c26e692
*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/
