Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 41

Derbyshire Falcons vs Sussex Sharks women (match 41, league two) at the Central Co-Op County Ground Derby on Saturday 30 August 2025 (10h30) Dead rubber, with insufficient points for either team to make progress beyond the competition’s group stage. Sharks women’s top-scorers Daisy Mullan – pictured wearing Lancs colours [82*not out (from 101 balls)] partnered

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 36

Derbyshire Falcons women vs Leicestershire Foxes women  – (match 36, league two) at Duffield Cricket Club, Belper (Derbys) on BH Monday 25 August 2025 (10h40, delayed start ) Local East Midlands derby played as a dead -rubber with insufficient points for semi-finals qualification. Falcons women leaving it a little late to open their account, with

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 34

Worcestershire Rapids women vs  Derbyshire Falcons women  – (match 34, league two) at Wolverhampton Cricket Club, Wolverhampton on Sunday 17 August 2025 (10h30) Rapids women proved their worth to qualify for the up-coming semi-finals in fourth place, sending Falcons to a ‘crushing’ defeat. Previously, Falcons suffered a similar scenario when at the start of the season,

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Source: Julian Thompson

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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‘Vitality Blast’ League Two Fixtures with results for Summer 2025

‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) played between 29 May and 26 July Women’s results are listed below with suffix ‘L2,’ arranged by venue:- *Brighton & Hove, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove § July 5: Middlesex (women) 167/5 beat Sussex Sharks (women) by 15 runs (match 25, L2); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/17/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-two-match-25/ § June 1: Sussex

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 37

Derbyshire Falcons (women) vs Leicestershire Foxes (women) (match 37 – league two, stand alone fixture) at Repton School Ground Derbys on Sunday 20 July 2025 14h30 ‘Local’ East Midlands derby, with the same result as previous clash, but this time with Foxes women batting first. Foxes skipper Rebecca ‘Becki’ Brooker [35 runs (from 50 balls)]

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‘Vitality Blast’ League Two Fixtures with Group Stage results – July 2025

‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) concludes with finals day on July 26 Matches prefixed ‘§’ indicates ‘double-headers’ (both women’s matches dual ticketed with either women’s or men’s matches); Remaining women’s finals day fixtures with group stage results are listed below, arranged by venue; League Two Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) started on May

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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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