Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) played between 30 May and 27 July. Women’s 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 by 1 run – Duckworth Lewis Stern ‘DLS’ method (match 13); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/10/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-13/ *Birmingham, Edgbaston § May
‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) concludes with finals day on July 27 Matches prefixed ‘§’ indicates ‘double-headers’ (both women’s matches dual ticketed with either women’s or men’s matches); Remaining women’s fixtures with group stage results are listed below, arranged by venue; *Arundel, The Castle Cricket Ground June 7: Durham Cricket (women) 119/6 beat
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
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
Lancashire Thunder vs Birmingham Bears (women) (match 37 league one double-header) at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester on Sunday 6 July 2025 Thunder women chalked-up back-to-back wins this weekend on a ‘slow surface’ at Old Trafford, raising hopes to finish the group stage as ‘one of the top-three.’ On the day, both teams were level-pegging after
‘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
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
Birmingham Bears (women) vs The Blaze (women) (match 31, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Birmingham, Edgbaston Stadium on Friday 20 June (15h00) Bears women notched-up their fourth consecutive win with a ‘dominant display,’ to continue their ‘winning streak’ against strong competition. Key to Bears women’s success were firstly Davina Perrin and Meg Austin opening fifty-run partnership; secondly a ‘well-deserved fifty’ from
Birmingham Bears (women) vs Hampshire Hawks (match 23, league one – ‘stand-alone’ fixture) Sunday 15 June at Edgbaston Stadium Bears chalked-up their third win from three games played-to-date. Match-winning opening partnership between Meg Austin [51 runs(from 38 balls)] and Davina Perrin 30(22) came from their first six overs of power-play. Partnered by Meg Austin (misreported elsewhere
Durham Cricket (women) vs Birmingham Bears (women) (match 18, league one – ‘double header’ fixture) at Banks Homes Riverside Chester-le-Street, on Wednesday, 11 June 2025 Mady Villiers (on three-year Durham Cricket contract, with 20 England caps-to-date) put on an impressive show of batting, chalking-up her season’s-best score [85*not out runs (from 56 balls).] Openers Davina
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