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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 21

Durham Cricket (women) vs The Blaze (women) (match 21, league one – ‘stand-alone’ fixture) Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street on Friday, 13 June 2025 Home team commentators lauded Durham Cricket ‘DC’ women who ‘gave everything’ for their mammoth score of 188. Elation became ‘Friday-the-thirteenth’ heartbreak when The Blaze chased-down that score – a feat that had

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 22

Somerset women vs Lancashire Thunder women (match 22, league one – standalone) at The Cooper Associates County Ground Taunton on Friday, 13 June 2025 A record-breaking crowd of 3000 spectators turned-out to watch Somerset women play against Lancashire on ‘Friday-the-thirteenth.’ Batting first, mustering 85/6 with less than five overs remaining, Somerset women depended upon Amanda-Jade Wellington’s

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 9

Worcestershire Rapids women v Northamptonshire Steelbacks women (match 9, league two women’s ‘double-header’) at Visit Worcestershire New Road on Sunday 8 June 2025  Playing the second half of the first women’s back-to-back double-header, Rapids did well to pick themselves up from their first match defeat to ‘go again’ and this time were proud to produce

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 10

Yorkshire women vs Leicestershire Foxes women (match 10, league two women’s ‘double-header’) at Leeds Headingley Stadium, on Sunday 8 June 2025 Spinners ‘took the glory’ as Yorkshire women chalked-up back-to-back wins from their second Headingley home match of the T20 season. Commentators added that the result was similar for 50 overs. Batting first, Georgie Boyce

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 8

Worcestershire Rapids women v Derbyshire Falcons women (match 8, league two women’s ‘double-header’) at Visit Worcestershire New Road on Sunday 8 June 2025 Falcons women batters were made to ‘work hard’ for their first win. Challenged to play both ‘double header’ matches on the same-day, under Rapids women skipper Clare Boycott (for 20-overs) partnered by

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 7

Sussex Sharks women vs Glamorgan women (match 7, league two ‘double-header’) at The 1st Central County Ground Hove on Sunday 8 June 2025 Glamorgan women bagged their first-ever win in the Vitality Blast in their second attempt. In-form batters Bethan Gammon [42 runs(from 24balls) and Daisy Jeanes42(41) made top-score. Both batters scored centuries for Glamorgan

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 5

Yorkshire women vs Derbyshire Falcons women  (match 5, league two) at Leeds Headingley Stadium on Sunday, 1 June 2025 Introducing the match pitch-side, Yorks Head women’s coach Rich Pyrah told reporters pitch-side that he’d fielded a young side, with several senior players loaned to first-tier teams, ahead of The Women’s Hundred. Mike McCann also spoke

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 6

Middlesex women vs Kent women (match 6, league two) at Radlett Cricket Club (Brunton Memorial Ground) on Sunday 8 June 2025 Middlesex women stay undefeated with three back-to-back wins. Their key partnership between top-scorers Saskia Horley [63runs (from 45 balls) and Pippa Sproul 35(27) banked 76 runs. Kent women’s run-chase made a good start after six

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 12

The Blaze vs Essex women (match 12 league one ‘double-header’) at The Central Co-Op County Ground  Derby on Friday, 6 June 2025  Commentators announced that ‘it was all happening at Derby’ when two Blaze players became injured during Essex women’s power-play. Blaze strike bowler Grace Ballinger was escorted away with a pulled ham-string after bowling

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 17

Surrey vs Durham Cricket women (match 17 league one – ‘double-header’) at at the Kia Oval, Kennington South London on Sunday, 8 June 2025 Commentators gave ‘full marks’ for a ‘pleasing all-round performance’ by top-of-table Surrey women (with bat, ball and also in-the-field) as the only undefeated team. Hollie Armitage played a ‘skipper’s innings’ for

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