Durham Cricket women vs The Blaze at Chester-le-Street (Banks Homes Riverside) on Sunday 27 April 2025 (10h30) Durham Cricket commentators were confident that their first thirty-six overs provided a good start. Century partnership between batters Hollie Armitage who played a skipper’s innings [81 runs (from 90 balls)] and Mady Villiers 45(75) were together said to be ‘cruising along.’
Metro Bank One Day Cup, Women’s (tournament for 50 overs) starts on 23 April Women’s fixtures for 2025 are listed below arranged by venue; *Arundel, Arundel Castle Cricket Ground Ground Wednesday, 7 May @10h30: Hampshire vs Durham – (match 18); Monday 19 May @10h30: Hampshire vs Warwickshire – (match 30); Saturday 13 September @10h30: Hampshire
‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) starts on May 30 Matches prefixed ‘§’ indicates ‘double-headers’ (both women’s and men’s matches); Women’s fixtures for 2025 are listed below arranged by venue; *Arundel, The Castle Cricket Ground Saturday, June 7@tbc: Hampshire Hawks vs Durham Cricket (match 13); *Birmingham, Edgbaston § Saturday, May 31@tbc: Bears vs Durham
Central Sparks vs The Blaze at Derby on 22 June 2024 A carbon-copy result from the dress-rehearsal four days beforehand saw Sparks chalk-up the same total, plus one run. Blaze beat Sparks by the same margin of five wickets, with Josie Groves (England u19s) playing a valuable role not only by stepping-up ‘as asked’ in place of
The Blaze vs South East Stars at Derby, The Incora County Ground on 16 June 2024 at 11h00 During what became a dress-rehearsal for the finals, both teams are qualified to play in the finals, ‘in six-days’ time. Blaze suffered their first defeat to second-placed Stars who’d previously lost one match in this season’s competition, but remain in
Sunrisers vs The Blaze at Lord’s (St John’s Wood, North London) on 13 June 2024 at 14h00 Summarising the match, commentators felt that Sunrisers ‘put up’ a good score, with skipper Grace Scrivens just short of ‘fifty,’ and Jo Gardiner lauded for scoring close to 1000 runs – the third Sunrisers player expected to do so
The Blaze vs Western Storm at Leicester, The Uptonsteel County Ground on 7 June 2024 (13h00) When batting, Storm collectively failed to notch-up 100 runs. England skipper Heather Knight made top-score with twenty, played her first match of the competition this season, with four other batters who scraped double-figures. For Blaze, debutante international player Heather Graham
Lancashire Thunder vs The Blaze at Manchester, Emirates Old Trafford on 2 June 2024 @16h00 Blaze chalked-up their fifth ‘convincing victory,’ chasing-down Thunder’s relatively low-score on account of a ‘sedate start’ to their power-play; followed by three ‘brilliant’ stumpings by Scotland’s Sarah Bryce. Thunder came beefed-up with Sophie Ecclestone who was one of four Thunder batters fortunate to reach double-figures. Often
The Blaze vs Central Sparks at Trent Bridge on 31 May 2024 at 14h30 (double-header) Billed as a ‘top-of-table’ clash, Blaze’s fourth straight win toppled Sparks from their pole position. Commentators lauded their home team for a ‘convincing victory,’ twice nominating Blaze’s Kathryn Bryce for player-of-the-match: as the only batter to have found the ‘measure
The Blaze vs Lancashire Thunder at Loughborough (Haselgrave Ground) on 26 May 2024 at 14h30 Blaze chalked-up their third straight win, lying second only to Sparks, whereas Thunder faced their second successive defeat. England’s Emma Lamb carried her bat and made top-score (63*not out) for the visitors, adding 73 runs for Thunder’s fifth wicket with
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