Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 12

The Blaze vs Essex women (match 12 league one ‘double-header’) at The Central Co-Op County Ground  Derby on Friday, 6 June 2025  Commentators announced that ‘it was all happening at Derby’ when two Blaze players became injured during Essex women’s power-play. Blaze strike bowler Grace Ballinger was escorted away with a pulled ham-string after bowling

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 8

Essex women vs Birmingham Bears women (match 8 league one ‘double-header’) at the Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on Wednesday, 4 June 2025 (18h00) Essex bagged their second home win in four days following a rain-affected match during which six overs were docked from each innings. When play resumed, Essex batters continued to score faster

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 7

Essex women vs Somerset women (match 7 league one ‘double-header’) at the Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on Sunday, 1 June 2025 Visitors who arrived seeking back-to-back ‘big’ wins, were by mid-way ‘really happy,’ according to Somerset women’s Head Coach Trevor Griffin. He thought that by halfway Essex women’s total score was ‘about par.’ Essex top-scorer Lauren

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 1

Hampshire Hawks women vs Essex women – (match 1, league one ‘double-header’) – at Southampton, The Utilita Bowl (Hants) on Friday 30 May 2025 (15h00) Hawks women won the first match of the inaugural ‘Vitality Blast T20’ against Essex, before a record crowd for watching women’s cricket at the Utilita bowl; of 4378 (excluding women’s

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Source: Julian Thompson

‘Metro Bank’ League One Fixtures and results up to May 2025

Metro Bank One Day Cup, Women’s (tournament for 50 overs) continues from 24 July Women’s fixtures and results arranged by venue for 2025 are listed below, with remaining matches marked in bold; *Arundel, Castle Cricket Ground (hosted by Hampshire CCC) Saturday 13 September @10h30: Hampshire v Lancashire – (match 55); 7 May, Hampshire women 193/3 beat

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 29

Essex women vs Surrey women  – (match 29) – Chelmsford, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground  19 May 2025 (10h30) Remarkable all-round performance with both bat-and-ball by Ryana MacDonald-Gay (pictured) who scored her maiden ‘fifty,’ followed by taking a three-wicket haul of tail-enders, instrumental to winning the match. Commentators looked forward to their hosts passing 250 for

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Source: Surrey Cricket

Too much cricket?

The general picture plus Essex v Surrey There is so much cricket going in England it’s almost coming out of our ears. The players won’t be putting in for overtime rates, because this is what they’ve always wanted – cricket on a professional scale. But some are showing distinct signs of fatigue; this was a

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 22

Hampshire women vs Essex women – (match 22) – at Southampton, The Utilita Bowl Stadium on Sunday 11 May 2025 (10h30) Commentators were impressed by Hampshire women who proved to be the ‘slightly stronger side.’ Both skippers scored centuries. Hampshire’s skipper Georgia Adams (pictured) made top-score: [110*not out runs (from 130 balls)]; adding 114 runs when

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 27

Essex women vs Durham Cricket women – (match 27) at Chelmsford, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground on Wednesday 14 May 2025 (10h30) Durham Cricket women made a ‘fine effort’ to chase down the hosts target score of 178 that was ‘never going to be enough’ (for Essex to defend.) By comparison, Essex openers had been ahead after ten

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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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