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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 49

Surrey (women) vs Somerset (women) (match 49  – league one ’double-header’ fixture) at the Kia Oval on Sunday, 13 July 2025 (14h30) Having set Somerset women their highest score of the tournament to win, Surrey women clinched their tenth win (versus Somerset’s solitary win) from twelve matches played-to-date. Undefeated top-scorer Alice Monaghan [57*not out(from 32

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 46

Essex (women) vs The Blaze  (women) (match 46  – league one ’double-header’ fixture) at The Ambassador Cruise Line County Ground Chelmsford on Sunday, 13 July 2025 (14h30) The Blaze women defended their third-lowest score-to-date, still on track to qualify for second or third place for the up-coming semi-finals. Both openers went during their power-play, with

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Warm-up match schedule for ICC Cricket World Cup 2025

The International Cricket Council today announced the warm-up match schedule for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 which will see the eight competing teams prepare for the round-robin tournament with matches across four venues in Bengaluru and Colombo. In all, nine day-night matches will be played from 25-28 September at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 47

Hampshire Hawks (women) vs  Bears (women) (match 47  – league one ’double-header’ fixture) at the Utilita Bowl, Southampton on Sunday, 13 July 2025 (11h00) Bears women beat Hawks to ‘cement’ their second-place position to qualify for Finals Day (ceteris paribus – all other things being equal) now nine points behind the leaders (Surrey).  By comparison, Hawks women

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 48

Lancashire Thunder (women) vs Durham Cricket (women) (match 48  – league one ’double-header’ fixture) at Emirates Old Trafford on Sunday, 13 July 2025 (14h30) Northern derby won by Durham Cricket women chasing 149 runs, with honours even – up to a point. Their previous clash minus Emma Lamb (played in wettish June weather – match

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Surrey Sail Through

Surrey confirmed their place in the final at the Oval on 27 July with a convincing win over bottom-placed Somerset. Pre-match Bryony Smith recognised the value of the South-East Stars remaining together under the one-county heading.  Stars had meant an amalgamation of Kent and Surrey, and fortunately for the Brown Caps the Kent contingent all

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 45

The Blaze (women) vs Surrey (women) (match 45 league one) – ‘double-header’ fixture at Trent Bridge on Friday, 11 July 2025 Top-of-table Surrey women ‘clinched their place’ at the competition’s inaugural finals day, with level-scores for most of the match (as noted below) but leaving The Blaze ‘eleven short’ of their ‘meagre’ target score. Described as an

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 44

Somerset (women) vs Birmingham Bears (women) (match 44  – league one ’stand-alone’ fixture) at The Coopers Associates County Ground, Taunton on Friday, 11 July 2025 (18h30) Bears women defended their third position in the T20 table, against Somerset women who’d collected their first win. Dutch international Sterre Kalis -pictured – hit ‘fifty’ for Bears from 38

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 43

Durham Cricket (women) vs Hampshire Hawks (women) (match  43 – league one ’stand-alone’ fixture) at Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street on Friday, 11 July 2025 (18h30) Durham Cricket’s Head Women’s Coach Danielle ‘Dani ‘Hazell (pictured) was delighted with DC women’s dominant victory over Hawks both with bat (scoring ten more ‘fours’.) Also with ball, as DC bowlers peppered their

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