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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 36

Derbyshire Falcons women vs Leicestershire Foxes women  – (match 36, league two) at Duffield Cricket Club, Belper (Derbys) on BH Monday 25 August 2025 (10h40, delayed start ) Local East Midlands derby played as a dead -rubber with insufficient points for semi-finals qualification. Falcons women leaving it a little late to open their account, with

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 37

Gloucestershire women vs Kent (horses) women – (match 37, league two) at Bristol, Seat Unique Stadium on BH Monday 25 August 2025 (10h30) Impressive win for Gloucestershire women, needing to win with bonus points for a wafer-thin chance to qualify for semi-finals in fourth place. Previously, Kent (horses) women were said to have beaten Glos

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 40

Worcestershire Rapids women vs Glamorgan women – (match 40, league two) at Astwood Bank CC  Redditch, on BH Monday 25 August 2025 (10h30) Glamorgan women sent Rapids to a ‘ruthless’ ten-wickets defeat, dashing their semi-final qualification aspirations to finish fourth. On the day, Glamorgan skipper Lauren Parfitt – pictured [66 runs(from 59 balls)] scored ten

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 38

Northamptonshire Steelbacks women vs Yorkshire (White rose) women – (match 38, league two) at Northampton County Ground on BH Monday 25 August 2025 (10h30) A ‘sensational’ run-chase by Steelbacks women over the White roses had Steelbacks ‘looking forward’ to a semi-final tie at home. Key to Steelbacks successful run-chase was top-scorer Beth Ascott – pictured[86*not

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 39

Sussex Sharks women vs Middlesex women – (match 39, league two) at The 1st Central County Ground, Hove on BH Monday 25 August 2025 (10h30) Middx women retain their unbeaten record and were said to ‘smother’ any chance of Sharks women’s qualification hopes beyond the group stage. Having gone to great lengths to explore how

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 34

Worcestershire Rapids women vs  Derbyshire Falcons women  – (match 34, league two) at Wolverhampton Cricket Club, Wolverhampton on Sunday 17 August 2025 (10h30) Rapids women proved their worth to qualify for the up-coming semi-finals in fourth place, sending Falcons to a ‘crushing’ defeat. Previously, Falcons suffered a similar scenario when at the start of the season,

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 35

Northamptonshire Steelbacks women vs Sussex Sharks women (match 35, League two) – at Horton House Cricket Club, Horton (Northamptonshire) on Sunday 17 August 2025 (10h30) Steelbacks women received a boost to their semi-final qualification chances, staging a dramatic turn-around that saw both teams lost all their wickets, playing on a pitch that ‘turned.’ POTM bowler

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 32

Kent (Horses) women vs Glamorgan women (match 32, League two) – at the County Ground, Beckenham on Saturday 16 August 2025 (10h30) Glamorgan women secured their place in the ‘tier-two’ semi-finals with six wickets victory over Kent (Horses); aiming to finish in second place to play at home. Glamorgan women’s reply was dominated by skipper

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 31

Gloucestershire women vs Yorkshire (White Roses) women  – (match 31, League two) –  at Bristol, Seat Unique Stadium on Saturday 16 August 2025 (10h30) Yorkshire White Roses women are on-track as the fourth team destined to qualify for the semi-finals. Their ‘crucial encounter’ made top-scorer [undefeated with 98 runs] Ami Campbell – pictured  ‘happy and relived.’ Yorks

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 33

Leicestershire Foxes women  vs Middlesex women  – (match 33, League two) – at  the Upton Steel County Ground Leicester,  on Saturday 16 August 2025 (10h30) Unbeaten Middlesex women booked their semi-finals place, during a match dominated by a batting masterclass between Middlesex women’s skipper Saskia Horley [114 runs (from 105 balls)] who scored 13 ‘fours;’

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