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Metro Bank One Day Cup Women, final – Hampshire vs Lancs

Hampshire (women) vs Lancashire (women) – league one, match 59 – final at  The Utilita Bowl Stadium, Southampton on Sunday 21 September 2025 Lancashire Women made history before 2,536 spectators when collecting the inaugural competition trophy, beating Hants women by six wickets. POTM was International player Gaby Lewis who carried her bat [141*not out(from 143

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Metro Bank One Day Cup, ‘League One’ results for 2025

Metro Bank One Day Cup, Women’s (tournament for 50 overs) Women’s ‘League One’ results by venue for 2025 *Arundel, Castle Cricket Ground (hosted by Hants) 7 May, Hampshire women 193/3 beat Durham Cricket women 190/8 by seven wickets –match 18;@url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/05/10/metro-bank-one-day-cup-league-one-match-18/ 19 May, Hampshire women 246/7 beat Warwickshire women 243/7 by three wickets –match 30;@url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/05/21/metro-bank-one-day-cup-league-one-match-30/

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One Semi-final 1 – Blaze vs Lancs

The Blaze (women) vs Lancashire (women) – league one, match 57 – at Trent Bridge Nottingham, on Tuesday 16 September 2025 Lancashire Women triumphed over The Blaze, in the absence of three players missing from both sides for England call-up. Lancs womens’ skipper Ellie Threlkeld – pictured wearing ‘England A’ [92runs (from 108 balls)] partnered by Ailsa

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One – match 51

Lancashire (women) vs Warwickshire (women) – league one, match 51 – at Sale Cricket Club (Lancs) on Wednesday 10 September 2025 ‘Superb victory’ for Lancashire women, increasing their chance of semi-finals qualification. Batting first, Warwickshire women posted shy of 300, with ‘fifty’ from Abbey Freeborn [60runs (from 86 balls.] Lancs women’s reply was promptly interrupted

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One – match 55

Hampshire (women) vs Lancashire (women) – (match 55) at The Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel, on Saturday 13 September 2025  Hampshire women’s skipper Georgia Adams – pictured can look forward to a semi-final match with home-team advantage on Wednesday 17 September, versus Surrey women: (‘their opponents’ mis-reported elsewhere as ‘either Lancs or The Blaze’.)  Speaking to

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One – match 51

Lancashire (women) vs Warwickshire (women) – league one, match 51 – at Sale Cricket Club (Lancs) on Wednesday 10 September 2025 ‘Superb victory’ for Lancashire women, moving them forward toward semi-finals qualification. Batting first, Warwickshire women posted shy of 300, with ‘fifty’ from Abbey Freeborn [60runs (from 86 balls.] Lancs women’s reply was promptly interrupted

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup – League One (match 42)

Lancashire (women) vs Somerset (women) – League One match 42 – at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, on Thursday 4 September 2025 10h30 ‘Brilliant performance’ by Somerset women, winning despite adverse weather. Batting first, Lancs women recovered from their low power-play score (25/2); having added 100 runs from their last 20 overs. Lancs key partnership [between Kate

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup – League One (match 38)

Lancashire (women) vs Essex (women)  – match 38 – League One –  at Sedbergh School, Cumbria on Wednesday 30 July 2025 Lancashire women gave an ‘all-round great performance’ posting a ‘300’ score to beat Essex women by a sizeable margin. Commentators elsewhere have remarked on the total number of ‘300’ scores posted this season already exceeding

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One – (match 33)

Durham Cricket (women) vs Lancashire (women)  – match 33 – League One – at Banks Homes Riverside Chester-le-Street (Co. Durham) on Thursday 24 July 2025  History was made on home turf when skipper Hollie Armitage – pictured [111 (from 123 balls)] scored Durham Cricket’s women’s maiden century during a ‘northern derby’ in the season’s new

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