Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One Day Cup Women League Two Semi-Final 2 (match 47)

Middlesex vs Yorkshire women – League Two Semi-Final 2 (match 47) – at Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett Cricket Club (Middx) on 7 September 2025 Resounding victory for Yorkshire women with a ‘dominant performance,’ but a ‘painful’ defeat for Middlesex women – a young side who ‘stormed’ their way undefeated through the competition’s group stage. Commentators

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 45

Middlesex women vs Worcestershire Rapids women – (match 45, league two) at Merchant Taylors’ School Ground, Sandy Lodge, Northwood  on Saturday 30 August 2025 (10h30) Middlesex women chalked up their ninth straight win on a ‘tricky surface’ from nine matches played. Destined to play Yorks at home (Radlett CC), in the up-coming semi-finals, Skippered by

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Source: Julian Thompson

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 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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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 28

Middlesex women vs Derbyshire Falcons women (match 28, league two) at Northwood, Merchant Taylors’ School Ground (Greater London) on Saturday  9 August 2025 (10h30) Middlesex women stay top-of-table, unbeaten and assured of a ‘top-four finish’ to qualify for the semi-finals, with a convincing eight wickets win over Falcons women. Falcons lost their first wicket from the first

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 24

Yorkshire (women) vs Middlesex (women) – (match 24, league two) – at Headingley Stadium Leeds (Yorks) on Saturday 2nd August 2025 (10h30) Middlesex women remain top-of-table undefeated with five wins from five, said to be an ‘enthralling’ sequel to last week’s County Cup Final, that Middx won ‘convincingly’ when playing the same team. Yorkshire women took

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

‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) played between 29 May and 26 July Women’s results are listed below with suffix ‘L2,’ arranged by venue:- *Brighton & Hove, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove § July 5: Middlesex (women) 167/5 beat Sussex Sharks (women) by 15 runs (match 25, L2); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/17/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-two-match-25/ § June 1: Sussex

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league  two, match 43

Middlesex (women) vs Yorkshire (women) (match 43 – league two final) at Northampton County Ground on Saturday, 26 July 2025, at 18h45 Commentators remarked on an ‘unusual situation’ where Yorkshire women are promoted next year, to become ‘league-one professionals’ without any trophy to their name following their ‘top order collapse’ in the final; whereas Middlesex

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league  two, – semi-final 1

Middlesex (women) vs Leicestershire Foxes (women) (match 41 – league two semi-final 1) at Northampton County Ground on Saturday, 26 July 2025, at 11h00 Middlesex women made a ‘completely dominant’ display during their north-south semi-final, having lost one solitary match-to-date. Drama struck during Foxes innings when Issy Routledge’s ball to dismiss Ellen Watson broke a

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

‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) concludes with finals day on July 26 Matches prefixed ‘§’ indicates ‘double-headers’ (both women’s matches dual ticketed with either women’s or men’s matches); Remaining women’s finals day fixtures with group stage results are listed below, arranged by venue; League Two Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) started on May

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