Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 3

The Blaze Women vs Lancashire Women at Nottingham, Trent Bridge on Wednesday 23 April 2025 (10h30) Top-tier of the women’s domestic season got under way with a resounding win by Lancashire, who chased down The Blaze’s half-decent score. England Head Women’s coach Charlotte Edwards was looking-on. The Blaze forged one big batting partnership between Kathryn

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 1

Durham Cricket women vs Essex women at Chester-le-Street, Banks Homes Riverside on Wednesday 23 April 2025 (10h30) ‘Months of planning’ were rewarded as Durham Cricket ‘cruised’ to their first ever major win’ as professionals, by nine wickets, against Essex. Separately, commentators had hoped for better weather to encourage a larger crowd to mark the ‘huge occasion,’ in what

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 5

Middlesex Women vs Kent Women at Radlett, Brunton Memorial Ground (Herts) on Sunday 20 April 2025 (10h30) Bowling with stump-to-stump precision, Middx Seamer Gayatri Gole made history as the first bowler in either tier of the competition to take six wickets at the very first opportunity. Her ‘6-fer,’ conceded just thirty runs. Drama struck as Gayatri

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 4

Leicestershire Foxes Women vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks Women at Leicester, Uptonsteel County Ground on Sunday 20 April 2025 (10h30) Michaela Kirk made history by scoring the competition’s first ’ton’ with thirteen ‘fours,’ and went on to make match-winning top-score [125*not out from 126 balls.] Foxes reply lost one wicket during each of their first four overs, when

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 1

Glamorgan Women vs Sussex Sharks Women at Sophia Gardens (Cardiff) on Sat 19 April 2025 (13h00) Officially making history to launch league two’s opening day to mark a new era for women’s cricket. Following a rain-delayed start, each team’s innings was reduced by half to twenty-five overs. Once play began, commentators gave opinion the pitch was fair,

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 2

Gloucester Women vs Derbyshire Falcons at Bristol (Seat Unique Stadium) on Sat 19 April 2025 (10h30) Following a rain-delayed start, twelve overs were docked, reducing the match to thirty-eight overs per side. Commentator observed ‘brilliant fielding.’ Both sides built three key batting partnerships. Liv Daniels played a skipper’s innings for the hosts, with two opening partnerships

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 3

Yorkshire Women vs Worcester Rapids Women at Leeds (Headingley) on Sat 19 April 2025 (10h30) Described by commentators as a ‘massive victory’ for Rapids – chalked-up in 23.1 overs; to co-launch league two’s opening day for this season’s fifty overs competition. Rapid posted two match-winning ‘fifty’ partnerships, both scored at one-run—per-ball (i.e.: at a strike-rate

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