Middlesex women ‘booked their place’ in the semi-finals with season’s best performances from bat-and-ball. Season’s-best performance by Issy Routledge – pictured scored 90 runs (from 108 balls) accumulating 158 runs when partnered by Ariana Dowse, Abbie Whybrow and Pippa Sproul for Middx womens’ 5th-7th wickets. Separately when bowling, Issy Routledge also took 1/29. Foxes run-chase came from one substantive third-wicket partnership of 152 runs between Lucy Western 75(79) and Miriam Khan 68(84) but left Foxes’ tail-enders struggling under too much pressure. Best bowler for Middx women was Hannah Davis who took a season’s-best 4-fer (taking 4 wickets/conceding 34 runs.) Without commentary. Weather: mainly cloudy, hot, with occasional sunny spells 26C.
Middlesex women wearing navy-blue split with lilac fronts, underarm splash and navy pads, stand-in skipper Finty Trussler; [Lucy Western keeping wicket for Foxes women]; *with Pippa Sproul (Scots international); *returner Aimee Colquhoun; *Scarlett Hughes was ‘clean-bowled’ by Caitlin Chissell; *Artemis Downer went ‘leg-before’ to Emma Thatcher’s yorker; *Score 57/2 after 10 overs power-play; *Finty Trussler was caught at ‘backward-point’ by Mariam Khan, from Holly Whitfield; *Mis-timing a ‘sweep’ Ariana Dowse was bowled by April Herathge; *Mid-way after 25 overs: score 112/4; *Abbie Whybrow was caught at ‘extra-cover’ by Aimee Colquhoun, from April Herathge; *Issy Routledge was ‘run-out’ by Lucy Western’s direct-hit from ‘square’ to the striker’s-end; *Hannah Davis was bowled by Emma Thatcher; *Pippa Sproul was stumped by Lucy Western, from Aimee Colquhoun; Middlesex women batting: Issy Routledge 90(108); Ariana Dowse 44(52); Pippa Sproul 36(34); Artemis Downer 25(30); Abbie Whybrow 29(35); Hannah Davies 11(17); Foxes women bowling: Emma Thatcher 2/51(10); April Herathge 2/57(10); Holly Whitfield 1/15(5); Aimee Colquhoun 1/35(7); Caitlin Chissell 1/66(8);
Foxes women wearing two-tone red-and-black with black joggers; *skipper Becki Brooker; *[Scarlet Hughes keeping wicket for Middx women]; *with Ellen Watson, Scottish international; *with Prisha Thanawala (The Blaze, Rookie); *debutantes Mariam Khan (Warwickshire academy loan) & Emelia Butler (ex Dorset); *Prisha Thanawala went ‘leg-before’ middle-and-leg’ to Layla Judge; *Becki Brooker was caught at ‘square’ by Katie Wolfe, from Lauren Turner; *Score 48/2 (vs57/2) after 10 overs power-play; *Mid-way after 25 overs: score 127/2 (vs 112/4); *Lucy Western went ‘leg-before’ to Katie Wolfe; *Miriam Khan was caught at ’gully’ by Artemis Downer, from Hannah Davis; *Emelia Butler went ‘leg-before’ to Hannah Davis; *Sophie Grayson caught at deep mid-wicket by Layla Judge, from Hannah Davis; *Caitlin Chissell went ‘leg-before’ to Katie Wolfe; *April Herathge was bowled by Hannah Davis; *Aimee Colquhoun caught by keeper Scarlett Hughes, from Izzy Routledge; One player absent; Foxes women batting: Lucy Western 75(79); Miriam Khan 68(84);Middlesex women bowling: Hannah Davis 4/34(8); Katie Wolfe 2/59(10); Izzy Routledge 1/29(4.1); Layla Judge 1/35(6); Lauren Turner 1/38(10);
Match result: Middlesex (women) 282/8 (@5.6 runs-per-over from 50ov.) beat Leicestershire Foxes (women) 196/9: ‘All out’ (@5.1 r-p-o/target 283 from 38.1/50 overs) by 86 runs with 71 balls remaining
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