Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 44

Leicestershire Foxes women  vs Gloucestershire women – (match 44, league two) at the Upton Steel County Ground Leicester, on Saturday 30 August 2025 (10h30) Fifth-placed Gloucestershire women narrowly missed-out on a semi-final place, beating Leicestershire Foxes by a narrow margin. By comparison, Yorks women bagged bonus points for winning their match by a wide margin. Foxes womens

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 33

Leicestershire Foxes women  vs Middlesex women  – (match 33, League two) – at  the Upton Steel County Ground Leicester,  on Saturday 16 August 2025 (10h30) Unbeaten Middlesex women booked their semi-finals place, during a match dominated by a batting masterclass between Middlesex women’s skipper Saskia Horley [114 runs (from 105 balls)] who scored 13 ‘fours;’

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 29

Sussex Sharks women vs Leicestershire Foxes women   (match 29, league two)- at Arundel, Arundel Castle Cricket Ground cricket festival on Saturday 9 August 2025 (10h30) Sussex Sharks women ‘kept their hopes alive’ to qualify for the up-coming semi-finals. Looking to create ‘scoreboard pressure’ by positing more than 250, only one Sharks batter scored ‘fifty’

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 21

Glamorgan (women) vs  Leicestershire Foxes (women) – (match 21, league two) – at Neath CC, Neath (South Wales) on Saturday 2 August 2025 (10h30) Both teams had much in common as beaten semi-finalists from the 20 overs contest, whereas second-placed Glamorgan women are playing a series of ‘must-win’ matches to qualify as semi-finalists from at 50

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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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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league  two, – semi-final 1

Middlesex (women) vs Leicestershire Foxes (women) (match 41 – league two semi-final 1) at Northampton County Ground on Saturday, 26 July 2025, at 11h00 Middlesex women made a ‘completely dominant’ display during their north-south semi-final, having lost one solitary match-to-date. Drama struck during Foxes innings when Issy Routledge’s ball to dismiss Ellen Watson broke a

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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 35

Leicestershire Foxes (women) vs Yorkshire (women) (match 35-league two) double-header fixture at Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester on Friday 18 July 2025. Yorkshire women were said to be ‘unstoppable’ when wrapping-up their seventh ‘controlled’ win, having already booked their place in the Northern group semi-finals at Northampton on July 26. Key to Yorkshire womens’  batting performance, was Georgie

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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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