Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 10

Gloucestershire women vs Glamorgan women – match 13, L2 – at  Seat Unique Stadium Bristol on Saturday 3 May 2025 (10h30) Both teams started the season full of optimism, each bagging their historic first home team win (19 April); but weren’t so lucky when losing their second-round ties. On the day, Glamorgan women posted three hundred

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 12

Kent women vs Leicestershire Foxes women – match 12, L2 – The Spitfire Ground at St Lawrence near Canterbury in Kent on Saturday 3 May 2025 (10h30) Kent women have much work to do to pick themselves up following their poor run-of-form’ and inconsistent performance between opening tier-two matches. Previously boosted by bagging their first

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 14

Northamptonshire Steelbacks women vs Middlesex women – match 14, L2 – at Northampton County Ground (Wantage Road) on Saturday 3 May 2025 (10h30) Middlesex women remain unbeaten as they cruised home win by four wickets in a one-sided low-scoring match. Previously, both teams were unbeaten in their first two matches. For Middlesex, Gayatri Gole had

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 15

Worcestershire Rapids women vs Sussex Sharks women – match 15, L2 – at Visit New Road Worcester on Saturday 3 May 2025 (10h30) Sharks women bagged their first win, seizing the advantage to bowl out Rapids women, who were unbeaten before the match; previously beating Yorkshire by a wide margin. Batting first, Sharks openers banked

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 18

Hampshire women vs Durham Cricket women – (match 18) – at Arundel (The Castle Cricket Ground) on Wednesday 7 May 2025 (11h00) Hampshire picked up their first bonus point for their ‘convincing win’ without needing to chase down a huge score. Summing-up, commentators lauded Hampshire’s batters Charli Knott and Maia Bouchier who ‘stood firm,’ each

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 17

The Blaze women vs Essex women – (match 17) – at Loughborough, Leics (Haslegrave Ground at the University) on Tuesday 6 May 2025 (10h30) England’s Tammy Beaumont [116*not out runs (from 117 balls)] scored a ‘masterful’ second undefeated century within three days, with added responsibility as stand-in skipper for The Blaze. Team-mate Georgia Elwiss complimented her

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 13

Durham women vs Somerset women – (match 13) – at Chester-le-Street (Banks Homes Riverside) on Sunday 4 May 2025 (10h30) Somerset women chalked-up a ‘hard-fought win’ in difficult weather conditions in the North-East. Rain stopped play after three balls, the second of which had already costs the hosts their first wicket. Once play resumed, seventy

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 16

The Blaze vs Hampshire women – (match 16) – at Nottingham, Trent Bridge on Sunday 4 May 2025 (10h30) Summarising what became a one-sided match, Home team commentators Sam Dalling (Sports Journalist) with James Carr thought the ‘mainstay’ of Hampshire’s batting was Ella McCaughan who made top-score with 57 runs [from 77 balls)] ‘on the

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 19

Lancashire vs Surrey – (match 19) – at Southport, Birkdale (Trafalgar Road) on Wednesday 7 May 2025 (10h30) Lancashire chalked-up their first home win and third win overall, when compared to ‘much fancied’ Surrey who’d won only one match (on 30 April.) Winning skipper Ellie Threlkeld accurately predicted the outcome before a single ball was

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 7

Somerset vs Lancashire women at Taunton (The Cooper Associates County Ground) on Sunday 27 April 2025 (10h30) Lancashire women chalked-up their second-straight-win, previously both teams having won their opening matches. Commentators lauded younger batters who were given a chance to step-up once Lancashire spinners (Hannah Jones 2/23, Emma Lamb 2/30) both took wickets with ‘stump-to-stump

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