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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 32

The Blaze women vs Somerset women  – (match 32) – at Loughborough (University) Haslegrave Ground on Tuesday 20 May 2025 (10h30) The Blaze women made domestic women’s cricket history by chasing-down the second highest ‘List A’ run-chase, needing to score more than three hundred runs. Batting first, Somerset women set the challenge. Somerset women’s skipper

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 30

Hampshire women vs Warwickshire women – (match 30) – Arundel, The Castle Cricket Ground on Monday 19 May 2025 (10h30)  Hampshire stay top-of-table, until the competition restarts (after the T20s) during late July. Spectators were wrong to expect a whitewash when the visitors lost four early wickets during their ‘power-play’ on 42/4. Warwickshire women’s batter Abbey

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 31

Lancashire women vs Durham women – (match 31)- Blackpool, Stanley Park on 19 May 2025 (10h30) Northern derby described by commentators as a ‘fantastic’ match, albeit  low-scoring: between second-placed Lancashire women and fifth-placed Durham Cricket women. A remarkable juggling catch by international player Katie MacK left Durham Cricket women thirty-five runs short of their third back-to-back win. Left-armer

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 29

Essex women vs Surrey women  – (match 29) – Chelmsford, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground  19 May 2025 (10h30) Remarkable all-round performance with both bat-and-ball by Ryana MacDonald-Gay (pictured) who scored her maiden ‘fifty,’ followed by taking a three-wicket haul of tail-enders, instrumental to winning the match. Commentators looked forward to their hosts passing 250 for

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 28

Warwickshire women vs Lancashire women – (match 28)- at Birmingham, Edgbaston on Wednesday 14 May 2025 (10h30) Lancashire women won ‘convincingly’ by 100 runs. When batting a foundation was laid by three ‘fifties’ from Emma Lamb 88, Katie MacK 57 and Sophie Ecclestone 50. Warwickshire skipper Georgia Davis 3/45 was ‘pick of bowlers 3/45. Commentators

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 25

Somerset women vs Hampshire women – (match 25) at Taunton, The Cooper Associates County Ground  on Tuesday 13 May 2025 (10h30) Hampshire women won the match to go top-of-table, despite their fair share of bad luck when batting first. Firstly, skipper Georgia Adams was ‘run out’ when the ball cannoned onto her stumps from the

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 20

Warwickshire women vs Somerset women – (match 20) – at Birmingham, Edgbaston on Wednesday 7 May 2025 (10h30) Warwickshire women’s skipper Georgia Davis had guided her side to two wins and a draw from their opening four games. On the day, Somerset women’s skipper Sophie Luff (pictured) posted a ‘magificent’ 111*not out. Together with former England

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 27

Essex women vs Durham Cricket women – (match 27) at Chelmsford, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground on Wednesday 14 May 2025 (10h30) Durham Cricket women made a ‘fine effort’ to chase down the hosts target score of 178 that was ‘never going to be enough’ (for Essex to defend.) By comparison, Essex openers had been ahead after ten

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 21

Durham Cricket women vs Warwickshire women – (match 21) – ay Chester-le-Street, Banks Homes Riverside on Sunday 11 May 2025 (10h30) Having won their first match followed by back-to-back losses ever since, Durham Cricket ‘DC’ needed to lift themselves from seventh-place. In contrast, Warwickshire women started the match as one of the top-three teams. After thirty

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 23

Lancashire women vs The Blaze women – (match 23) – at Manchester, Emirates Old Trafford on Sunday 11 May 2025 (10h30) Significant win for Lancashire women, having beaten The Blaze both home and away. Previously, Lancashire women won when playing away at Trent Bridge, by eight wickets (on 23 April.) Much as expected by commentators

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