Essex (Eagles) (women) vs Yorkshire (White Rose) (women) – match 65, League One – at The Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (Essex) on Wednesday 09 September 2026
Keenly contested ‘basement battle,’ decided by the penultimate ball: between teams with insufficient points to qualify beyond the competition’s ‘group-stage.’ Batting first, Essex women posted seven double-figure partnerships. Grace Scrivens [87runs(from 109 balls)] played a ’skipper’s innings’ with top-score from two ‘fifty’ partnerships: posting 60 with Jodi Grewcock (2nd wicket); and another 62 with Sophia Smale – pictured (3rd wicket.) White Rose stand-in bowler Ami Campbell, took a 3-fer (taking three wickets/ conceding 33 runs.) Turning to White Rose’s reply, All-rounder Ami Campbell 64(49) made top-score; adding 63 when partnered by Sterre Kalis. Esmae MacGregor (seam) paired with Jodi Grewcock (spin) closed-out the match; leaving Bryony Gillgrass to bowl her ‘death over:’ to secure Essex women’s consolation win by a narrow margin. Commentators: Guy Swindells with Isabelle ‘Issy’ Duncan (Cricket writer and broadcaster.) Weather: sunny, white clouds and slightly windy, 16C.
Essex (Eagles) women wearing mauve tops and blue batting pads; *skipper Grace Scrivens; *[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Yorkshire (White Rose) women]; with Scotland international Abtaha Maqsood; *with England u-19’s: Mollie Adams (Hants loan from Sharks) & Bryony Gillgrass (Warwicks loan from Rapids) *also with Ella Claridge (Blaze loan); *Lissy MacLeod was caught behind by Lauren Winfield-Hill, from Lucy Randle-Bissell *Score 70/1 after 10 overs power-play;*Left-handed batter Jodi Grewcock was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Ami Campbell, from Jess Jonassen; *Mistiming a ‘hook,’ Sophia Smale was caught at ’point’ by Sarah Glenn, from Lucy Randle-Bissell’s ‘pace-off’ bouncer; *Mid-way score: 132/3 after 25 overs; *Ella Claridge was caught-and-bowled by Jess Jonassen; *mid-35th over, seamer Hannah Rainey was withdrawn for ‘no-balls’ above waist-height, replaced by spinner Ami Campbell; *Jo Gardner returned a ‘dolly,’ caught-and-bowled by Sarah Glenn; *Grace Scrivens was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Alice Clarke, from Ami Campbell; *Mollie Adams was caught aerial at ‘slip’ by Lauren Winfield-Hill running wide, from Sarah Glenn; *Amelie Bishop was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Alice Clarke, from Ami Campbell; *Bryony Gillgrass went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Jess Jonassen; *Abtaha Maqsood steepled aerial, caught-and-bowled by Ami Campbell; Essex women batting: Grace Scrivens 87(109); Jodi Grewcock 37(36); Sophia Smale 30(51); Ella Claridge 15(19); Jo Gardner 14(29); Amelie Bishop 11(15); Bryony Gillgrass 10(11); White Rose women bowling: Jess Jonassen 3/30(10); Ami Campbell 3/33(7.2); Sarah Glenn 2/24(10); Lucy Randle-Bissell 2/72(10);
Yorkshire (White Rose) women wearing blue watercolour shades; *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill; *[Ella Claridge keeping wicket for Essex women]; *with guest internationals Sterre Kalis (NL) & Jess Jonassen (Australia); *with Alice Clarke (Lancs loan); *Lauren Winfield-Hill was caught-and-bowled by Esmae MacGregor for a fourth-ball ‘duck;’ *Jess Jonassen was caught at ‘deep-square’ by Bryony Gillgrass, from Amelie Bishop; *Score 55/2 (vs70/1) after 10 overs power-play;*Left-handed batter Alice Clarke was caught at ‘point’ by Bryony Gillgrass, from Abtaha Maqsood; *Erin Thomas was clean-bowled by Sophia Smale; *Mid-way score: 102/4(vs 132/3) after 25 overs; *Playing ‘forward,’ Sterre Kalis was clean-bowled ‘middle-stump’ by Jodi Grewcock; *Missing a ‘drive,’ Sarah Glenn was caught behind by Ella Claridge, from Jodi Grewcock; *Missing a ‘slog,’ Ami Campbell was stumped Ella Claridge, from Sophia Smale; *Missing a ‘drive,’ Becca Duckworth was stumped by Ella Claridge, from Esmae MacGregor; *Next ‘over,’ Hannah Rainey was caught at ‘long-off’ by Jo Gardner, from Jodi Grewcock; *Finally, when missing a ‘slog,’ Lucy Randle-Bissell was clean-bowled by Bryony Gillgrass; White Rose women batting: Ami Campbell 64(49);Sterre Kalis 52(88); Beth Langston 22*not out(26); Becca Duckworth 20(39); Erin Thomas 17(38); Alice Clarke 15(30); Jess Jonassen 12(7); Essex women bowling: Jodi Grewcock 3/38(10); Esmae MacGregor 2/33(10); Sophia Smale 2/45(10); Abtaha Maqsood 1/36(10); Amelie Bishop 1/28(3); Bryony Gillgrass 1/18(2.5);
Match result: Essex (Eagles) (women) 241 ‘All out’ (@4.8 runs-per-over from 49.4/50 ov.) beat Yorkshire (White Rose) (women) 233 ‘All out’ (@4.6 r-p-o/ target 242 from 49.5/50 ov.) by 8 runs with one ball remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play @url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#c43d251c2-5e06-43de-826f-47d67a843862_mc5520000-6664-a623-eb9f-08de2dc24c9d
*Mid-term results with upcoming League one fixtures @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2026/05/17/metro-bank-one-day-cup-league-one-women/
*Group-stage results with remaining League two fixtures @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2026/08/19/metro-bank-one-day-cup/
