Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 28

Middlesex women vs Derbyshire Falcons women (match 28, league two) at Northwood, Merchant Taylors’ School Ground (Greater London) on Saturday  9 August 2025 (10h30) Middlesex women stay top-of-table, unbeaten and assured of a ‘top-four finish’ to qualify for the semi-finals, with a convincing eight wickets win over Falcons women. Falcons lost their first wicket from the first

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 22

Derbyshire Falcons (women) vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks (women) – (match 22, league two) – at The Central Co-op County Ground, Derby on Saturday 2 August 2025 (10h30) ‘Local’ East Midlands derby, with same result as when played on the same ground in shorter format (20ov. League two, match 36 on 18 July.) Commentators expected Steelbacks to

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league  two, match 28

Leicestershire Foxes vs Derbyshire Falcons (women) (match 28, league two stand-alone fixture) at the Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester on Sunday, 6 July 2025 at 14h30 ‘Local’ East Midlands derby described by home-team commentator as a ‘narrow’ third back-to-back win for the hosts. Despite their resounding success, Foxes women could miss their opportunity to play the

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 36

Derbyshire Falcons (women) vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks (women) (match 36-league two, double-header fixture) at The Central Co-Op County Ground, Derby on Friday 18 July 2025 14h30 ‘Local’ East Midlands derby, in all likelihood played as a ‘dead rubber,’ with Falcons as hosts closing ‘bottom of table’ for league-two’s northern group. Falcons ‘went big’ to make a

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 15

Derbyshire Falcons (women) vs Yorkshire (women) (match 15-2) at Derby (The Central Co-Op County Ground) on Saturday 21 June 2025  Top-of-table Yorkshire women chalked-up back-to-back victories with Ami Campbell – pictured making undefeated top-score [43*not out runs (from 20 balls)] on a ‘belter of a pitch’ at Derby. Previously, Ami Campbell was ‘on commentary’ for their

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 21

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.’

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 14

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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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 8

Worcestershire Rapids women v Derbyshire Falcons women (match 8, league two women’s ‘double-header’) at Visit Worcestershire New Road on Sunday 8 June 2025 Falcons women batters were made to ‘work hard’ for their first win. Challenged to play both ‘double header’ matches on the same-day, under Rapids women skipper Clare Boycott (for 20-overs) partnered by

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 5

Yorkshire women vs Derbyshire Falcons women  (match 5, league two) at Leeds Headingley Stadium on Sunday, 1 June 2025 Introducing the match pitch-side, Yorks Head women’s coach Rich Pyrah told reporters pitch-side that he’d fielded a young side, with several senior players loaned to first-tier teams, ahead of The Women’s Hundred. Mike McCann also spoke

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