Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league  two, match 31

Yorkshire (women) vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks (women) (match 31, L2); double header at Leeds Headingley Stadium on Sunday 13th July 11h00 Unbeaten Yorkshire women pulled-off their sixth successive victory at 20 overs with two matches to play. Standing top-of the Northern group competition table, Yorkshire had ‘already qualified’ for the semi-finals. Playing on a ‘belter’ of

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league  two, match 26

Northamptonshire Steelbacks (women) v Worcestershire Rapids (women)(match 26, league two) double-header fixture at Northamptonshire County Cricket Ground on Sunday  6 July 2025 at 11h00 Match abandoned without a ball bowled. Covers were removed and replaced (at least twice) after ninety minutes, for successive pitch inspections. Weather: Stormy with occasional rain clearing. *Scorecard with video highlights,

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Cup League Two Fixtures for season 2025

League Two Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) started on May 29 Matches prefixed ‘§’ indicates ‘double-headers’ (both women’s and men’s matches); Women’s July fixtures and results until June 2025 are listed below with suffix ‘L2,’ arranged by venue:- *Brighton & Hove, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove § Saturday, July 5@15h00 Sussex Sharks (women) vs

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 23

Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Yorkshire (women) (match 23-L2) at Peterborough Town Ground, Peterborough Cricket Club on Sunday 29 June  Yorkshire women wrapped-up a comfortable five-wicket win with two overs to spare. Top-of-table with three games-in-hand, they’re the first team to book their place at Finals Day at Northampton on July 26. Post-match, Head women’s coach Rick Pyrah told reporters

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 14

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Derbyshire Falcons (women) (match 12-L2 stand alone fixture) at Northamptonshire County Cricket Ground Wantage Road on Sunday 15 June Local Midlands Derby won by Falcons who carried 20-30 runs advantage throughout the low-scoring match. Speaking post-match for Steelbacks, Anisha Patel – pictured mentioned that the spinner’s wicket was ‘used earlier in the week;’ and that

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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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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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