Surrey (women) vs Essex (women) – league one, match 52 – at the County Ground, Beckenham (Kent) on Wednesday 10 September 2025
Surrey women came close to booking their semi-final place, until rain arrived with five overs remaining and no further play was possible. Thought to be in a ‘commanding position’ but denied by adverse weather, Surrey women posted a mammoth score before play was called-off. Earlier, commentators speculated whether Essex seamer Sophie Munro was injured as she left the field mid-over, following consultation between Umpires and Essex skipper Grace Scrivens. Surrey womens’ key batting partnership ended shy of twenty-eight overs, between Alice Davidson-Richards -pictured 107(88) and Emma Jones 141(117) who scored her second ‘List A’ century – one scored in each competition ‘tier.’ For background, previously Emma Jones scored 147*not out [(from 101 balls) in match 9] for Glamorgan, who became league-two finalists. On the day, Essex women did not bat, so there was no result. Commentators were Mark Church (BBC London, 5Live Sports Xtra2) & Cam Ponsonby (Sports journalist) with Kirstie White (former Surrey & South-East Stars women) and Georgie Heath (Women’s cricket chat on social media.) Weather: overcast with rain.
Surrey women wearing black with white county logos and light blue neck-trim with black caps and helmets (not brown as described elsewhere); skipper Bryony Smith; *[Amara Carr keeping wicket for Essex] *with Emma Jones & Jemima Spence; *without Alice Capsey, Danni Wyatt or Sophia Dunkley; *Alice Monaghan went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Esmae MacGregor; *After 10 overs ‘power-play’ 53/1; *Bryony Smith was bowled ‘top-of-middle’ with bails sent flying by Jodi Grewcock; *After 25 overs 141/2; *Mis-timing ‘drive,’ Emma Jones was caught aerial at ‘long-on’ by Flo Miller, from Abtaha Maqsood; *Mis-timing ‘slog,’ Kira Chathli was caught aerial at ‘long-on’ by Flo Miller, from left-arm spinner Sophia Smale; *Alice Davidson-Richards was ‘run-out’ by Eva Gray’s throw to Sophia Smale, receiving at the non-striker’s end; Surrey (women) batting: Emma Jones141(117), Alice Davidson-Richards107(88), Kira Chathli34(22), Bryony Smith15(33); Essex (women) did not bat. Essex (women) bowling: Jodi Grewcock 1/11, Sophia Smale 1/49, Abtaha Maqsood 1/53, Esmae MacGregor 1/60;
No result: Surrey women 313/5 in 45/45 overs (@6.9 runs per over); Essex women did not bat.
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#ma17ad090-4e92-47c4-86e4-a45b70aaba92
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225567 & SKY Sports@url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/surrey-women-v-essex-women/scorecard/543e291c-dbd0-5f60-b4e3-4a76a2e6ec83
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Surrey Cricket (nv play) via YouTube [05h54m00s] @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=265w4QTFVDw
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