Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 20

Yorkshire women vs Leicester Foxes women – match 20, L2 – at York (Clifton Park) on Thursday 15 May 2025 (10h30) Gaffed by commentators as ‘five successive’ wins, Yorkshire women bagged their third back-to-back win from four rounds played-to-date; having lost their first match to Rapids. Commentators complimented ground staff for a ‘belter’ of a

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 17

Middlesex women vs Gloucester women  – match 17, L2 – At Radlett, Brunton Memorial Ground (Herts) on Thursday 15 May 2025 (10h30) Middlesex women remain unbeaten, after a ‘hefty’ double-century win, during which two batters scored their maiden ‘A-list’ centuries during their double-century second wicket partnership of 242 runs. Separately, Middx seamer Gayatri Gole bagged

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 18

Sussex Sharks women vs Kent women  – match 18, L2 – at The 1st Central County Ground, Hove on Thursday 15 May 2025 (10h30) Recovering from back-to-back losses, Sharks have turned-around-their-fortunes with back-to-back wins. Their ‘disciplined’ performance leaves Kent women with ‘more work’ to do. Sharks innings was built upon a century opening stand between Mollie Adams and

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Source: Julian Thompson

‘Metro Bank’ League One Fixtures and results up to May 2025

Metro Bank One Day Cup, Women’s (tournament for 50 overs) continues from 24 July Women’s fixtures and results arranged by venue for 2025 are listed below, with remaining matches marked in bold; *Arundel, Castle Cricket Ground (hosted by Hampshire CCC) Saturday 13 September @10h30: Hampshire v Lancashire – (match 55); 7 May, Hampshire women 193/3 beat

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Source: ECB

Hayley Matthews a lone hand again

England v West Indies – First T20 Canterbury The first England game of the summer and a new regime in charge. We waited to see how big an effect this would have on players who had massively underachieved in Australia. Against a West Indian side still far too dependent on one player, it proved an

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 32

The Blaze women vs Somerset women  – (match 32) – at Loughborough (University) Haslegrave Ground on Tuesday 20 May 2025 (10h30) The Blaze women made domestic women’s cricket history by chasing-down the second highest ‘List A’ run-chase, needing to score more than three hundred runs. Batting first, Somerset women set the challenge. Somerset women’s skipper

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 30

Hampshire women vs Warwickshire women – (match 30) – Arundel, The Castle Cricket Ground on Monday 19 May 2025 (10h30)  Hampshire stay top-of-table, until the competition restarts (after the T20s) during late July. Spectators were wrong to expect a whitewash when the visitors lost four early wickets during their ‘power-play’ on 42/4. Warwickshire women’s batter Abbey

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 31

Lancashire women vs Durham women – (match 31)- Blackpool, Stanley Park on 19 May 2025 (10h30) Northern derby described by commentators as a ‘fantastic’ match, albeit  low-scoring: between second-placed Lancashire women and fifth-placed Durham Cricket women. A remarkable juggling catch by international player Katie MacK left Durham Cricket women thirty-five runs short of their third back-to-back win. Left-armer

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 29

Essex women vs Surrey women  – (match 29) – Chelmsford, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground  19 May 2025 (10h30) Remarkable all-round performance with both bat-and-ball by Ryana MacDonald-Gay (pictured) who scored her maiden ‘fifty,’ followed by taking a three-wicket haul of tail-enders, instrumental to winning the match. Commentators looked forward to their hosts passing 250 for

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Source: Surrey Cricket

Too much cricket?

The general picture plus Essex v Surrey There is so much cricket going in England it’s almost coming out of our ears. The players won’t be putting in for overtime rates, because this is what they’ve always wanted – cricket on a professional scale. But some are showing distinct signs of fatigue; this was a

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