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 24

Somerset women vs Surrey women  – (match 24)- at Taunton, The Cooper Associates County Ground on Sunday 11 May 2025 (10h30) Surrey women won ‘quite convincingly,’ by a 100-run margin. Surrey skipper Bryony Smith [110runs(from 103 balls)] played a skipper’s innings in difficult conditions. England’s Sophia Dunkley [79(from 81)] also made ‘fifty.’ International All-rounder Amanda-Jade

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 26

Surrey women vs The Blaze women – (match 26) at County Ground, Beckenham on Wednesday 14 May 2025 (10h30)  With level-pegging scores for most of the match, all eyes were on unlikely match hero Dani Gregory, the tail-end bowler-turned-batter who scored the decisive ‘single’ to square the match; having previously bagged a 3-fer (taking 3

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 10

Surrey women vs Durham Cricket women – (match 10) County Ground, Beckenham Wednesday 30 April 2025 (10h30)  Headline England batter Sophia Dunkley (pictured) [(92 runs (from 94 balls)] partnered by Alice Capsey [79 runs (from  balls)] shared a match-winning century partnership of 155 runs. According to commentators, that resulted in a one-sided ‘heavy defeat’ for Durham

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 6

Essex women vs Warwickshire  women at Chelmsford (Ambassador Cruise Line Ground) on Sunday 27 April 2025 (10h30) ‘Brilliant game’ unfolded with Essex ‘definitely on top’ as Warwickshire faced a ‘tricky start.’ Seamer Eva Gray dismissed all-but-one of Warwickshire’s top five batters. More than half of Eva Gray’s deliveries were non-scoring ‘dot’ balls. That chalked-up her

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 5

Durham Cricket women vs The Blaze at Chester-le-Street (Banks Homes Riverside) on Sunday 27 April 2025 (10h30) Durham Cricket commentators were confident that their first thirty-six overs provided a good start. Century partnership between batters Hollie Armitage who played a skipper’s innings [81 runs (from 90 balls)] and Mady Villiers 45(75) were together said to be ‘cruising along.’

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 4

Warwickshire women vs Hampshire women at Birmingham, Edgbaston Stadium on Wednesday 23 April 2025 (10h30) Hampshire pulled-off an unlikely ‘last ball’ tie, as the Warwick skipper was ‘run-out’ with level scores. Last-wicket pair Georgia Davis and Hannah Baker took scores level with one ball left, but Georgia Davis was’ run out’ when attempting the single

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 2

Surrey women vs Somerset women at County Ground, Beckenham on Wednesday 23 April 2025 (10h30) Somerset as visitors pulled-off a bizarre ‘last ball’ victory in a rain-affected match with 17 overs docked from each innings, on the opening day of the new season. Almost as soon as Surrey openers went in to bat, rain stopped

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