Derbyshire Falcons vs Sussex Sharks women (match 41, league two) at the Central Co-Op County Ground Derby on Saturday 30 August 2025 (10h30)
Dead rubber, with insufficient points for either team to make progress beyond the competition’s group stage. Sharks women’s top-scorers Daisy Mullan – pictured wearing Lancs colours [82*not out (from 101 balls)] partnered by Nancy Harman [53*not out (from 59 balls)] added 129 runs for Sharks third wicket, before rain intervened. Once Umpires set a revised target, it became clear there was no need to continue as Sharks batters had done more than enough to win the rain-affected match. Earlier, Falcons top-scorers Lara Shaw 57(from 76) and Megan Pittman 47(from 69) had batted together for eight overs, but only two other Falcons batters reached double-figures. Sharks best bowler was Lottie Curling who took a ’3-fer’ (taking 3 wickets/conceding 17 runs.) In summary, adverse weather brought about a premature end.
Falcons women wearing dark-blue with light-blue leg stripes and blue helmets and blue numbers; *skipper Adrianna Darlow *[Mollie Adams keeping wicket for Sharks] *Rhiannon Knowling-Davies & Lara Shaw (Blaze academy loans) *also with Ellie Nightingale (Yorkshire academy loan) *Jessica ‘Jess’ Couser was bowled by Tia Stanley, *Ellie Nightingale was caught from a ‘thin-edge’ by keeper Mollie Adams from Lottie Curling; After ten overs power-play: 44/2 *Natasha ‘Tash’ Allen was caught comfortably by keeper Mollie Adams from Indigo Gentry; *Mis-timing ‘reverse-sweep,’ Ella Porter was bowled by Ava Lee; *After 25overs 109/4; *Lara Shaw went ‘leg-before’ to Chiara Green coming round-the-wicket; *Playing across-the-line, Adrianna Darlow went plumb leg-before’ to Lottie Curling; *Rhiannon Knowling-Davies went ‘leg-before’ to Chiara Green coming over-the-wicket; *Harriett Parkin was bowled, losing her ‘off-stump’ bail to Ava Lee; *Francesca Clarke was caught ‘in-the-deep’ by Lottie Curling, from Indigo Gentry; *Mis-timing a ‘swing,’ Megan Pittman was bowled by Lottie Curling; Falcons women batting: Lara Shaw57(76), Megan Pittman47(69), Natasha ‘Tash’ Allen14(26), Ella Porter13(32); Sharks women bowling: Lottie Curling 3/17, Indigo Gentry 2/26, Chiara Green 2/35, Ava Lee 2/41, Tia Stanley 1/33;
Sharks women wearing wearing wearing pink over black with black chevron *skipper Chiara Green *[Ellie Nightingale keeping wicket for Falcons]; *with Daisy Mullan (Lancs loan) *also with Nancy Harman and Ava Lee (Hants loans) *with Indigo Gentry (Surrey Women’s Academy loan & Intern for Sussex Cricket Commercial dept.), without Mary Taylor (Hants) or Millie Taylor (Warwicks/Bears) playing in the Women’s ‘Hundred’; *After ten overs power-play: 54/2 (vs 44/2); *Izzy Collis was caught by keeper Ellie Nightingale from Rhiannon Knowling-Davies, for a second-ball ‘duck;’ *Mollie Adams was bowled ‘middle-and-off’ by Francesca Clarke; No further wickets fell; Sharks women batting: Daisy Mullan82*not out (101), Nancy Harman53*not out (59); Falcons women bowling: Francesca Clarke 1/44, Rhiannon Knowling-Davies 1/48;
Match result: Sussex Sharks women 150/2 (@5.3 runs-per-over from 28/28overs, DLS target 82 from 28/28 ov.) beat Derbyshire Falcons women 186 ‘All out’ (@4.2 runs-per-over from 44.1/50overs) by 69 runs; Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m2e0adcad-5d33-4855-8d06-4a7308e751f7
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225616 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/derbyshire-falcons-women-v-sussex-sharks-women/scorecard/4ce86fb3-4b8f-55ee-8582-837ab4189d57
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