Glamorgan (women) vs Gloucestershire (women) (match 32 league two) double-header fixture at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on Sunday 13 July (11h00)
Glamorgan women won ‘the battle of the (Severn) bridge,’ cruising to their fifth victory before 1000 vociferous spectators, losing one wicket by a wide margin-of-safety with six overs to spare. Opener Bethan Ellis [67*not-out (from 55 balls) made top-score and carried her bat. Partnered by Bethan Gammon 40(26) the pair scored 115 runs for Glamorgan women’s second wicket to win the match. Having won all-but-one match-to-date, Glamorgan women qualify for Finals Day at Northampton on Saturday, 26 July. Head women’s coach and former NZ International Rachel Priest told reporters she appreciated ‘rowdy’ supporters and was pleased that the girls ‘put on a good show.’ Skipper Beth Gammon lauded the composure of host batters and consistency of Glamorgan’s bowlers who ‘took wickets throughout’ (each match.) Host commentator wearing Glamorgan Cricket was Adrian Shaw (unannounced) with Kath Wilkins (Coach and former player Somerset Women.) Weather: Blue sky, hot and sunny 27C.
Gloucestershire women wearing yellow tops with yellow shoulder stripes, changed to differentiate between yellow worn by each team; Skipper Melissa Story (BBC Professional Broadcaster) *[Georgia Parfitt keeping wicket for Glamorgan] *without Olivia ‘Liv’ Daniels or Bhoomika Bhat; *Daisy Feast went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Gemma Porter, coming around-the-wicket; *After 6 overs power-play, 36/1 *Mistiming a ‘swipe’ Bea Willis was bowled through-the-gate by Anna-Mae Shearn; *By mid-way (10 overs) 57/2; * Prarthana Reddy was bowled by left-armed spinner Katy Cobb; *Melissa Story was bowled ‘top-of-middle’ with both bails sent flying by Nicole Reid; *Meg Ahearne went aerial, caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Bethan Ellis, from Anna-Mae Shearn;Gloucestershire women batting: Bea Willis 28(30) Georgina Cant16*not out(17), Meg Ahearne15(26), Prarthana Reddy14(15), Charlotte E Phillips 11*not out(15); Glamorgan women bowling: Anna-Mae Shearn 2/27, Gemma Porter 1/16, Nicole Reid 1/21, Katy Cobb 1/26 ;
Glamorgan women wearing daffodil yellow over dark-blue; *Skipper Lauren Parfitt *[Meg Ahearne keeping wicket for Glos]; *debutante Anna-Mae Shearn with Poppy Tulloch (Hants loan), Bethan Ellis (Warwickshire loan) *without Daisy Jeanes, Daisy Mullan or Charlotte Scarborough (Wales International); *Skipper Parfitt was caught at ‘extra cover’ by Melissa Story from Charlie Phillips; *After 6 overs power-play, 53/1 (vs 36/1) *By mid-way (10 overs) 89/1 (vs 57/2); No further wickets fell; Glamorgan women batting: Bethan Ellis67*not out(55), Bethan Gammon40*not out(26); Gloucestershire women bowling: Charlie Phillips 1/17;
Match result: Glamorgan (women) 117/1 (@ 8.5 runs-per-over from 13.4/20 overs, target 115 from 20/20ov.) beat Gloucestershire (women) 114/5 (@ 5.7 r-p-o from 20/20ov.) by nine wickets with 38 balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#m94e31b83-a3bc-496d-b14f-f2d1ba320582
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225376 SKY Sports @url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/glamorgan-women-v-gloucestershire-women/scorecard/55c93d8e-b3ae-5d74-8cb8-5fe52de3923b
*Full match free-to-air, without commentary courtesy of Glamorgan Cricket via YouTube [02h45m35s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMqjqDUuxBE
*Upcoming League one fixtures @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/22/vitality-blast-league-one-fixtures-and-results-to-june-2025/
*Upcoming League two fixtures @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/02/vitality-cup-league-two-fixtures-for-season-2025-2/
