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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 26

Hampshire Hawks (women) vs Surrey  (women) (match 26, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at the Utilita Bowl Southampton on Tuesday 17 June (15h00) Watched before 3537 spectators, Surrey women collected their sixth win from a ‘last-ball thriller.’ Match came down-to-the-wire as Paige Scholfield partnered by Alice Davidson-Richards ‘A-DR’ tackled Surrey women’s deficit until ‘A-DR’ scored the winning

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 24

Essex (women) vs Surrey (women) (match 24, league one – ‘stand-alone’ fixture) at The Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on Sunday 15 June (14h00) Commentators described a ‘good match’ in which Surrey collected their fifth win.Essex women were ‘disappointed’ with nothing for hard lines, pointing to fielding standards that were ‘allowed to slip.’ In contrast,

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 28

Surrey (women) vs Lancashire Thunder (women) (match 28, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Kia Oval, Kennington (London South) on Wednesday 18 June (14h00) Introducing the match, Thunder had bagged the silverware so far, beating Surrey who were ‘looking to go one better’ by seeking they seventh ‘Vitality Blast’ win. Following a dramatic ‘power-play’ when

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 23

Birmingham Bears (women) vs Hampshire Hawks (match 23, league one – ‘stand-alone’ fixture) Sunday 15 June at Edgbaston Stadium Bears chalked-up their third win from three games played-to-date. Match-winning opening partnership between Meg Austin [51 runs(from 38 balls)] and Davina Perrin 30(22) came from their first six overs of power-play. Partnered by Meg Austin (misreported elsewhere

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 25

Somerset (women) vs Durham Cricket (women) (match 25, league one – ‘stand-alone’ fixture) at The Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton  on Sunday, 15 June 2025 Durham Cricket women chalked-up their second win from six matches played, despite Somerset women scoring their highest ‘league one’ score at 20 overs. Commentators felt that Somerset ‘lost their way’ beyond

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 20

Essex women vs Hampshire Hawks women (match 20, league one – ‘double-header’) Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on Thursday, 12 June 2025 Leading run-scorer Ella McCaughan [106 runs (from 60 balls)] made history at least three times: firstly becoming the first women to score a ‘Vitality Blast T20 century.’ Secondly Ella McCaughan partnered by Charli Knott

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 18

Durham Cricket (women) vs Birmingham Bears (women) (match 18, league one – ‘double header’ fixture) at Banks Homes Riverside Chester-le-Street, on Wednesday, 11 June 2025 Mady Villiers (on three-year Durham Cricket contract, with 20 England caps-to-date) put on an impressive show of batting, chalking-up her season’s-best score [85*not out runs (from 56 balls).] Openers Davina

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 21

Durham Cricket (women) vs The Blaze (women) (match 21, league one – ‘stand-alone’ fixture) Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street on Friday, 13 June 2025 Home team commentators lauded Durham Cricket ‘DC’ women who ‘gave everything’ for their mammoth score of 188. Elation became ‘Friday-the-thirteenth’ heartbreak when The Blaze chased-down that score – a feat that had

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 22

Somerset women vs Lancashire Thunder women (match 22, league one – standalone) at The Cooper Associates County Ground Taunton on Friday, 13 June 2025 A record-breaking crowd of 3000 spectators turned-out to watch Somerset women play against Lancashire on ‘Friday-the-thirteenth.’ Batting first, mustering 85/6 with less than five overs remaining, Somerset women depended upon Amanda-Jade Wellington’s

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