Source: Julian Thompson

‘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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Source: Julian Thompson

‘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 <Hollie> 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

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

Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) played between 30 May and 27 July. Women’s 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 by 1 run – Duckworth Lewis Stern ‘DLS’ method (match 13); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/10/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-13/ *Birmingham, Edgbaston § May

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Source: Julian Thompson

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

‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) concludes with finals day on July 27 Matches prefixed ‘§’ indicates ‘double-headers’ (both women’s matches dual ticketed with either women’s or men’s matches); Remaining women’s fixtures with group stage results are listed below, arranged by venue; *Arundel, The Castle Cricket Ground June 7: Durham Cricket (women) 119/6 beat

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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 48

Lancashire Thunder (women) vs Durham Cricket (women) (match 48  – league one ’double-header’ fixture) at Emirates Old Trafford on Sunday, 13 July 2025 (14h30) Northern derby won by Durham Cricket women chasing 149 runs, with honours even – up to a point. Their previous clash minus Emma Lamb (played in wettish June weather – match

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 42

Hampshire Hawks (women) vs Lancashire Thunder (women) (match 42, league one – ‘stand-alone’ fixture) at Falkland CC Newbury, on  Wednesday 9 July 2025 (14h00) Thunder women chalked-up their sixth win from eleven matches played-to-date, now with realistic hopes to finish the group stage as ‘one of the top-three to qualify for the semi-finals. Thunder women

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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 37

Lancashire Thunder vs Birmingham Bears (women) (match 37 league one double-header) at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester on Sunday 6 July 2025 Thunder women chalked-up back-to-back wins this weekend on a ‘slow surface’ at Old Trafford, raising hopes to finish the group stage as ‘one of the top-three.’ On the day, both teams were level-pegging after

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 30

The Blaze (women) vs Lancashire Thunder (women) (match 30, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at the Uptonsteel County Ground Leicester on 19 June (14h30) Scoring the  highest individual score for Thunder ‘for this year,’  Scots International Ailsa Lister [79 runs (from 38 balls)] hit nine ‘fours’ and three ‘sixes.’ No other batter hit a ’six.’

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