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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 51

Essex (women) vs Lancashire Thunder (women) (match 51 – league one) at the Chelmsford Ambassador Cruise Line County Ground on Wednesday 16 July 2025 Penultimate match, gaffed by commentator believing that Thunder’s women were ‘still in the contest.’ Keeping her composure before TV-cameras, Thunder skipper Ellie Threlkeld – pictured wearing England colours insisted that Thunder women

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 46

Essex (women) vs The Blaze  (women) (match 46  – league one ’double-header’ fixture) at The Ambassador Cruise Line County Ground Chelmsford on Sunday, 13 July 2025 (14h30) The Blaze women defended their third-lowest score-to-date, still on track to qualify for second or third place for the up-coming semi-finals. Both openers went during their power-play, with

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 40

Somerset (women) vs Essex (women) (match 40) at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton on Tuesday 8 July 2025 Somerset women expressed great relief for their first win of the season at headquarters. Guest Australian international Amanda-Jade Wellington played a match-winning performance for Somerset women both with bat [29 runs (from 23 balls)] and ball.

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 35

Lancashire Thunder (women) vs Essex (women) (match 35, league one – ‘stand-alone’ fixture) at Emirates Old Trafford on Saturday 5 July 2025 (11h00) Thunder bagged their fourth win from nine matches, happy with positive outcome from a floodlit match interrupted by two hours of legendary Old Trafford rain (11h22-13h20). When play resumed with twelve overs

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 38

Surrey vs Essex (women) (match 38, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Kia Oval, Kennington on Sunday 6 July 2025 With a match interrupted by rain between innings, play resumed with ten overs docked from Essex women’s innings and a new target set. Batting first for Surrey, the hosts were quickly ‘in trouble’ on 45/4;

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 32

Durham Cricket (women) vs Essex (women) (match 32, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Banks Homes Riverside Chester-le-Street on Friday 20 June (14h30) Essex women chalked-up their third win in a match where only three Durham Cricket women batters reached double-figures. Essex seamers Esmae MacGregor and Kate Coppack took two wickets each during their first two

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‘Vitality Blast’ League One Fixtures and results to June 2025

‘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

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 27

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

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 24

Essex (women) vs Surrey (women) (match 24, league one – ‘stand-alone’ fixture) at The Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on Sunday 15 June (14h00) Commentators described a ‘good match’ in which Surrey collected their fifth win.Essex women were ‘disappointed’ with nothing for hard lines, pointing to fielding standards that were ‘allowed to slip.’ In contrast,

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 20

Essex women vs Hampshire Hawks women (match 20, league one – ‘double-header’) Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on Thursday, 12 June 2025 Leading run-scorer Ella McCaughan [106 runs (from 60 balls)] made history at least three times: firstly becoming the first women to score a ‘Vitality Blast T20 century.’ Secondly Ella McCaughan partnered by Charli Knott

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