Durham Cricket (women) vs Warwickshire (Bears) (women)– match 70, League One – at Banks Homes Riverside Chester-le-Street (Co Durham) on Saturday 12 September 2026
Durham Cricket women rounded-off their season with a’ home’ win, their skipper Hollie Armitage – pictured [107runs(from 109 balls)] making her best score – and second ‘ton’ this season, also chalking-up her ninth ’ton’ at professional cricket (‘List A’.) Commentators lauded the skipper’s ‘massive’ fifth-wicket century partnership with Bess Heath 63(53) that formed a ‘major part’ for Durham Cricket women chasing-down their target score. Batting first, Warwickshire womens openers Nat Wraith and Chloe Brewer ‘laid a foundation’ of 79 runs. Stand-in skipper Katie George 101*not out(108) scored an undefeated ‘ton,’ also her second this season (scored at 50 overs.) Katie George’s fourth-wicket partnership with Charis Pavely [46 runs (from 65 balls)] banked 131 runs. Playing for pride, both teams closed with insufficient points to qualify beyond the competition’s group stage. Commentators for Durham Cricket Live Stream were Claire B Jenkins (Women’s cricket commentator, senior lecturer & ex-Somerset & Derbys women) with Ben Fitzpatrick (with detectable Australian accent) as academy partner to ‘Durham Cricket.’ Weather: mainly overcast, 15C.
Warwickshire (Bears) women wearing dark blue with white pin stripes, with ‘bear’ logo and yellow numbers; temporary skipper Katie George (in Georgia Davis absence); [Mia Rogers keeping wicket for Durham Cricket women]; *with guest international player Brooke Halliday (New Zealand); *without Issy Wong (England international); *Score 53/0 after 10 overs power-play; *Nat Wraith steepled aerial, was caught at ‘deep mid-off’ by Trudy Johnson, from Mady Villiers; *Playing ‘forward,’ Chloe Brewer, went plumb leg-before’ to Katie Levick’s leg-spin; *Brooke Halliday was ‘run-out’ from ‘mid-on’ by Lauren Filer’s direct-hit to the non-striker’s end; *Score by mid-way (25 overs): 116/3; *Left-handed batter Charis Paveley was ‘clean-bowled’ with her middle-stump knocked back by Lauren Filer; *Sophie Beech was ‘clean-bowled’ with her off-stump ‘skittled’ by Lauren Filer; *Playing defensive next ball, Emily ‘Em’ Arlott was also bowled with her middle-stump flattened by Lauren Filer; *Mis-timing a scoop, Mary Taylor was bowled with her leg-stump skittles by Eleanor Larosa; *Three balls later, Alexa Stonehouse was caught at ‘cow corner’ leg-side of ‘long-on’ by Grace Thompson, also from Eleanor Larosa; Warwickshire (Bears) (women) batting: Katie George 101*not out(108); Nat Wraith 48(39); Charis Paveley 46(65); Chloe Brewer 24(52); Alexa Stonehouse 10(3); Durham Cricket (women) bowling: Lauren Filer 3/53(10); Eleanor Larosa 2/75(10); Mady Villiers 1/40(10); Katie Levick 1/46(10);
Durham Cricket (women) wearing three-toned blue-mauve-red vests with yellow logos; *Skipper Hollie Armitage *[Nat Wraith keeping wicket for Bears women] *guest international Eleanor Larosa (Australia WBBL); *with Mady Villiers & Lauren Filer (England internationals); *Danni Collins steepled aerial, caught outside-the-circle at ‘short-fine’ by diving Katie George, from left-armed seamer Alexa Stonehouse; *Harriet Robson was caught at ‘deep backward-square’ by Chloe Brewer, from Alexa Stonehouse’s bouncer; *Score 51/2 (vs53/0) after 10 overs power-play; *Mady Villiers steepled aerial, caught at ‘mid-on’ by Em Arlott, from left-armed spinner Phoebe Brett; *Level-pegging by mid-way, scores: 148/3 (vs 116/3); *Grace Thompson was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Alexa Stonehouse, from Emily ‘Em’ Arlott; *Mis-timing ‘slog-sweep,’ centurion Hollie Armitage was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Mary Taylor, from Hannah Baker; *Next over, Bess Heath was caught-and-bowled by Charis Pavely, from a full-length ball; Durham Cricket women batting: Hollie Armitage 107(109); Bess Heath 63(53); Grace Thompson 35(42); Mady Villiers 24(23); Harriet Robson 14(18); Warwickshire (Bears) bowling: Alexa Stonehouse 2/52(7); Charis Pavely 1/37(6); Emily ‘Em’ Arlott 1/42(8); Phoebe Brett 1/47(8.5); Hannah Baker 1/64(10);
Match result: Durham Cricket (women) 280/6 (@6 runs-per-over/target 280 from 45.5/50 ov.) beat Warwickshire (Bears) (women) 279/8 (@5.5 r-p-o from 50 ov.) by four wickets with 25 balls 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-a601-08de2dc24ce9
*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/
