Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 19

Leicestershire Foxes (women) vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks (women) (match 19-L2 – double-header fixture) at Uptonsteel County Ground Leicester on Friday 27 June 2025 (17h30) ‘Local’ East Midlands derby described by home-team commentator as a ‘professional performance’ and a ‘resounding win.’ Scores were level-pegging after six-overs ‘power-play,’ but Foxes had car advantage by mid-way [75/2 vs 46/6.]

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 9

Worcestershire Rapids women v Northamptonshire Steelbacks women (match 9, league two women’s ‘double-header’) at Visit Worcestershire New Road on Sunday 8 June 2025  Playing the second half of the first women’s back-to-back double-header, Rapids did well to pick themselves up from their first match defeat to ‘go again’ and this time were proud to produce

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 3

Northamptonshire Steelbacks women vs Leicestershire Foxes women (match 3, league two ‘double-header’) at Northampton County Ground (Wantage Road) on Sunday, 1 June 2025 Steelbacks women won by a narrow margin of eight runs, following a closely-contested Midlands derby, on their home ground. Both teams played ‘almost identical innings’ until mid-way. Thereafter, both teams struggled to

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 19

Northamptonshire Steelbacks women vs Worcestershire Rapids women – match 19, L2 – at  Northampton County Ground (Wantage Road) on Thursday 15 May 2025 (10h30) Remarkably each bowler from either team took at least one wicket, as it slowly became the first match in which both teams lost all their wickets. Only one batter (Gemma Marriott

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 14

Northamptonshire Steelbacks women vs Middlesex women – match 14, L2 – at Northampton County Ground (Wantage Road) on Saturday 3 May 2025 (10h30) Middlesex women remain unbeaten as they cruised home win by four wickets in a one-sided low-scoring match. Previously, both teams were unbeaten in their first two matches. For Middlesex, Gayatri Gole had

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