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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 11

Glamorgan (women) vs Middlesex (women) (match 11-L2 stand alone fixture) at Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay Cricket Club, North Wales on Sunday 15 June Closely contested match during which both skippers made top-score. Opening Glamorgan women’s partnership between Lauren Parfitt [75*runs(from 60 balls) who played a skipper’s innings; and Daisy Jeanes 53(from 21) who scored

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 16

Sussex Sharks (women) vs Kent Horses (women) – match 16 – L2 double-header at 1st Central County Ground Hove on Sunday 22 June Sussex Sharks women out-performed their close rivals, limiting two Kent Horses women batters to reach double-figures. Sharks top-scorer Rachel King made a match-winning ‘fifty’ from twenty-eight balls. Between innings, commentators considered whether

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 14

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Derbyshire Falcons (women) (match 12-L2 stand alone fixture) at Northamptonshire County Cricket Ground Wantage Road on Sunday 15 June Local Midlands Derby won by Falcons who carried 20-30 runs advantage throughout the low-scoring match. Speaking post-match for Steelbacks, Anisha Patel – pictured mentioned that the spinner’s wicket was ‘used earlier in the week;’ and that

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 12

Gloucestershire (women) v Kent Horses (women) (match 12-L2) – stand alone fixture at Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol  on Sunday 15 June Horses women openers banked 62 runs in their first six-and-a-half overs. By comparison beyond mid-way, Spitfires’ 27-run advantage was retained, as a winning margin. Both teams suffered unfortunate dismissals (Amy Gordon for Horses, and

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 16

Middlesex vs Gloucester (women) – match 16, L2 – At Radlett, Brunton Memorial Ground (Herts) on Sunday 22 June 2025 (10h30) An entertaining match dominated by Middlesex women batters Finty Trussler and Issy Routledge who rewrote the record book. Before the match, players held a minute’s silence to mark respect for the passing of David

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 30

The Blaze (women) vs Lancashire Thunder (women) (match 30, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at the Uptonsteel County Ground Leicester on 19 June (14h30) Scoring the  highest individual score for Thunder ‘for this year,’  Scots International Ailsa Lister [79 runs (from 38 balls)] hit nine ‘fours’ and three ‘sixes.’ No other batter hit a ’six.’

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 32

Durham Cricket (women) vs Essex (women) (match 32, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Banks Homes Riverside Chester-le-Street on Friday 20 June (14h30) Essex women chalked-up their third win in a match where only three Durham Cricket women batters reached double-figures. Essex seamers Esmae MacGregor and Kate Coppack took two wickets each during their first two

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 29

Somerset women vs Hampshire Hawks women (match 29) at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton on 19 June (14h00)  Somerset women fell ‘agonisingly short’ of their first Vitality Blast victory. Hawks openers Maia Bouchier partnered by Charli Knott (due to return to Australia) banked 80 for Hawks first wicket. Freya Kemp [65*not out (from 38

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‘Vitality Blast’ League One Fixtures and results to June 2025

‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) continues on July 4 Matches prefixed ‘§’ indicates ‘double-headers’ (both women’s matches dual ticketed with either women’s or men’s matches); Remaining women’s fixtures with mid-way results are listed below, arranged by venue; *Arundel, The Castle Cricket Ground June 7: Durham Cricket (women) 119/6 beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 33/2

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 27

Birmingham Bears (women) vs Essex (women) (match 27, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Edgbaston Stadium on Wednesday 18 June (11h30) Bears women were ‘lucky’ to collect their fourth win from five matches played-to-date, with only three batters reaching double-figures. Batting first, Cordelia Griffith partnered by guest Australian Maddy Penna mounted a recovery after Essex

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