Leicestershire Foxes (women) vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks (women) (match 19-L2 – double-header fixture) at Uptonsteel County Ground Leicester on Friday 27 June 2025 (17h30) ‘Local’ East Midlands derby described by home-team commentator as a ‘professional performance’ and a ‘resounding win.’ Scores were level-pegging after six-overs ‘power-play,’ but Foxes had car advantage by mid-way [75/2 vs 46/6.]
Derbyshire Falcons vs Worcestershire Rapids (women) (match 21-L2 – stand alone fixture) at Queen’s Park Chesterfield Cricket Club on Saturday 28 June 2025 (14h30) Clare Boycott’s (pictured) captaincy chalked-up Rapids womens’ first win in this year’s competition, having marked Chesterfield Borough Council’s ‘BRM Chesterfield festival of Cricket’ (28June – 6July) with a ‘very good score.’
Left-handers to the forefront Chelmsford It was left-handers day at Chelmsford, as every Ferns’ wicket to fall involved a left-arm bowler or catcher. Pride of place in the first innings went to Mahika Gaur, restored to the home side. She made a decisive strike, pinning Georgia Plimmer in front with her third ball. She went
Yorkshire (women) vs Worcestershire Rapids (women) (match 18-L2 double-header fixture) at Leeds (Headingley Stadium) on Friday 27 June 2025 (15h30) Unbeaten Yorkshire women pulled-off a ‘relatively comfortable’ run-chase, chalking-up their fourth successive victory at 20 overs; having won 10-out-of-12 matches across both formats. In contrast, commentators had earlier relished a ‘great encounter’ between ‘David and
Kent (Horses) vs Gloucestershire (women) (match 20-L2 – stand alone fixture) at The Spitfire Ground St Lawrence, Canterbury on Friday 27 June 2025 (17h30) Match Celebrated Canterbury’s ‘173rd Kent cricket week.’ Commentator described ‘faultless’ captaincy by Liv Daniels, bagging Glos womens’ first win in this year’s competition, also said to be ‘well-deserved.’ After Gloucester’s ’tricky start,’ Bea Willis
Trent Bridge Smriti Mandhana, a player who could win the series off her own bat, you might think, hit Lauren Bell’s second ball for four through mid-off. This was the start of a ritual slaughter. Early tactics were on show: Charlotte Edwards preferred one over per bowler; India preferred hitting fours to running in the
Glamorgan (women) vs Middlesex (women) (match 11-L2 stand alone fixture) at Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay Cricket Club, North Wales on Sunday 15 June Closely contested match during which both skippers made top-score. Opening Glamorgan women’s partnership between Lauren Parfitt [75*runs(from 60 balls) who played a skipper’s innings; and Daisy Jeanes 53(from 21) who scored
England ‘A’ New Zealand ‘A’ – Second ODI Derby Flora Devonshire took England to the wire in a thrilling second ODI. First, the team changes: England – Hannah Baker replaced Alexa Stonehouse. NZ – Polly Inglis replaced Izzy Gaze with the gloves; Nensi Patel for Emma Black. Grace Scrivens chose to bat first again, but
Sussex Sharks (women) vs Kent Horses (women) – match 16 – L2 double-header at 1st Central County Ground Hove on Sunday 22 June Sussex Sharks women out-performed their close rivals, limiting two Kent Horses women batters to reach double-figures. Sharks top-scorer Rachel King made a match-winning ‘fifty’ from twenty-eight balls. Between innings, commentators considered whether
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Derbyshire Falcons (women) (match 12-L2 stand alone fixture) at Northamptonshire County Cricket Ground Wantage Road on Sunday 15 June Local Midlands Derby won by Falcons who carried 20-30 runs advantage throughout the low-scoring match. Speaking post-match for Steelbacks, Anisha Patel – pictured mentioned that the spinner’s wicket was ‘used earlier in the week;’ and that
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