Gloucestershire (women) vs Sussex Sharks (women) (match 25, L2) at Cheltenham College on Saturday, 8 August 2026
History was made at the Towergate Cheltenham cricket festival, on which occasion, Emily Geach became the first woman to bag a ‘festival 5-fer.’ That created ‘mounting scoreboard pressure’ with uncertainty that was decided during Sharks womens’ penultimate over. Batting first, Chloe Brewer [104runs (from 119 balls)] made top-score for the hosts. Partnered by Izzy Storrar, the pair’s opening stand of banked 90 runs. Chloe Brewer chalked-up her ‘ton’ when partnered by Prathana Reddy 80(91), posting a record second-wicket stand of 154 for Gloucs women. Separately, Faye Mullins was Sharks stand-out bowler, taking 3/21 upon her 50ov debut. Sharks womens’ reply followed a similar pattern, with fifty added between Izzy Collis and Shristi Patil; followed by a mammoth fourth-wicket partnership of 199 between maiden centurion skipper Chiara Green – pictured 105(101) and Nancy Harman 90(73.) Gloucestershire’s standout bowler was Emily Geach who took five Sharks womens wickets/conceding 57 runs; and spoke to reporters post-match about her unique achievement. Commentators Ed Seabourne with Charlie Taylor (Sports journalists.) Weather: cloudy, improving 13-21C.
Gloucs women wearing black with heraldic county logos and black joggers; skipper Liv Daniels; *[Mollie Adams keeping wicket for Sharks]; *with Chloe Brewer (Warwicks loan); *Score after 10 overs power-play 62/0; *Izzy Storrar was caught aerial at ‘mid-off’ by Chiara Green, from Kali-Ann Docherty; *Mid-way after 25 overs: score 151/1; *Chloe Brewer was caught aerial at ‘backward-square’ by Shristi Patil, from Chiara Green; *Prathana Reddy was caught at ‘deep mid-wicket’ by Nancy Harman, from Poppy Tulloch; *Mis-timing ‘reverse-ramp’ Emily Geach went ‘leg-before’ to Faye Mullins; *Amiele Munday was caught aerial at ‘point’ by Anna Buckle, from Faye Mullins; *Izzy Patel went ‘leg-before’ to Faye Mullins; Gloucs women batting: Chloe Brewer 104(119); Prathana Reddy 80(91); Amiele Munday 20(19); Izzy Storrar 20(44); Emily Heath 19(11); Meg Ahearne 18(11); Sharks women bowling: Faye Mullins 3/21(3); Chiara Green 1/48(10); Kali-Ann Docherty 1/30(5); Poppy Tulloch 1/74(10);
Sharks women wearing pink (50ov) with black joggers; skipper Chiara Green *[Meg Ahearne keeping wicket for Gloucs women]; *with Nancy Harman & Poppy Tulloch (Hants loans); *with Mollie Adams & Shristi Patil (England u-19s); *Mollie Adams went ‘leg-before’ to Caitlin Belcher; *Score 54/1 (vs62/0) after 10 overs power-play; *Izzy Collis went ‘leg-before’ to Emily Geach; *Shristi Patil was caught-and-bowled by Charlotte R ‘Charlie’ Phillips; *Mid-way after 25 overs: score 127/3 (vs151/1); *Chiara Green was caught at ‘extra cover’ by Chloe Brewer, from Emily Geach; *Bella Johnson was caught at ‘deep-square’ by Prathana Reddy, from Emily Geach; *Next over, Nancy Harman was ‘clean bowled’ by Alice Bird; *Tia Stanley was caught at ‘extra cover’ by Chloe Brewer from Alice Bird; *Anna Buckle was ‘run-out’ by Caitlin Belcher’s throw to Meg Ahearne receiving at the ‘striker’s-end’ *Poppy Tulloch was caught at ‘extra cover’ by Chloe Brewer from Emily Geach; *Finally two balls later, Kali-Ann Docherty was clean-bowled for a second-ball ‘duck.’ Sharks women batting: Chiara Green 105(101); Nancy Harman 90(73); Izzy Collis 29(44); Shristi Patil 25(29); Gloucs women bowling: Emily Geach 5/57(9.4); Alice Bird 2/57(10) Caitlin Belcher 1/48(7)); Charlotte R ‘Charlie’ Phillips 1/55(10);
Match result: Gloucestershire (women) 319/6 (@6.3 runs-per-over from 50 ov.) beat Sussex Sharks (women) 307 ‘All out’ (@6.3 r-p-o from 48.4/50ov) by 12 runs with eight balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#mc5520000-6664-a623-46c4-08de2dc24f54
*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/
*Top ten 20ov ‘league one’ best batters and bowlers (2026) @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2026/07/28/womens-vitality-blast-league-one-top-ten-for-2026/
*Top ten 20ov ‘league two’ best batters and bowlers (2026) @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2026/07/30/womens-vitality-blast-league-two-top-ten-for-2026/
