Source: Julian Thompson

‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League Two  – (match 6)

Derbyshire Falcons (women) vs Kent (Horses) (women) – match 6 – League Two – at The Spitfire Ground St Lawrence, Canterbury – on Sunday, 19 April 2026 Horses women bagged their first win-of-the-season on a docile ‘flat’ pitch. Derbys Falcons remain winless despite arriving beefed-up with three Yorks-trained players, two of whom made competition history

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Source: Julian Thompson

‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League Two  – (match 7)

Middlesex (women) vs Gloucestershire (women) – match 7 – League Two – at Radlett, Cricket Club (Brunton Memorial Ground) on Sunday, 19 April 2026 Middlesex women secured back-to-back victories, following bowling-out Gloucestershire women for a barely defendable score. Beefed-up by ‘league-one’ all-rounder Chloe Brewer who made top-score [60runs(from 74 balls)]; only four other batters made

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Source: Julian Thompson

‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League Two  – (match 5)

Glamorgan (women) vs Leicestershire Foxes (women) – match 5 – League Two – at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on Sunday, 19 April 2026 Glamorgan women’s skipper Lauren Parfitt -pictured – made top-score [73 runs (from 70 balls) scoring ‘fifty’ from 63 balls and chalking-up back-to-back ‘fifties.’ Post-match, Lauren Parfitt told BBC Sport Wales that Gemma Porter’s

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Source: Julian Thompson

‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League Two  – (match 4)

Northamptonshire Steelbacks (women) vs Kent (Horses) (women) – match 4 – League Two – at Wantage road, Northamptonshire County Ground; on Sunday, 12 April 2026  Expecting bad weather that ‘never materialised,’ both teams made record total scores. Steelbacks women were put in to bat, posting three hundred runs. That beat their previous best: 264 (vs

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Source: Julian Thompson

Inaugural MetroBank One Day Cup (2025): Women’s top ten

Inaugural MetroBank One Day Cup (2025): Women’s top ten batters strike rates and averages in both leagues As might have been expected, professional batters scored at faster rates for ‘league one’ with highest ranked individuals scoring fastest for the shorter format of the game; even though the standard ODI ‘power play’ is longer (60 balls

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 3

Yorkshire Women vs Worcester Rapids Women at Leeds (Headingley) on Sat 19 April 2025 (10h30) Described by commentators as a ‘massive victory’ for Rapids – chalked-up in 23.1 overs; to co-launch league two’s opening day for this season’s fifty overs competition. Rapid posted two match-winning ‘fifty’ partnerships, both scored at one-run—per-ball (i.e.: at a strike-rate

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