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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 53

Surrey (women) v Birmingham Bears (women) (match 53 – league one stand alone fixture) London (South) at The Kia Oval (Kennington) on Friday 18 July 2025 (18h30 with floodlights) Friday Finale became a ‘dress rehearsal’ for the competition’s semi-finals – albeit that third-placed Bears women would need to beat The Blaze who stand-in-the-way of playing

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Source: Julian Thompson

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

‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) concludes with finals day on July 27 Matches prefixed ‘§’ indicates ‘double-headers’ (both women’s matches dual ticketed with either women’s or men’s matches); Remaining women’s fixtures with group stage results are listed below, arranged by venue; *Arundel, The Castle Cricket Ground June 7: Durham Cricket (women) 119/6 beat

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 50

Durham Cricket (women) vs Surrey (women) (match 50 – league one) at Banks Homes Riverside Chester-le-Street  on Tuesday 15 July 2025 After a hiatus following successive pitch inspections it became clear that neither side could complete the minimum playing requirement for five overs for each innings, so there was no result. Resident commentators for Durham Cricket

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 49

Surrey (women) vs Somerset (women) (match 49  – league one ’double-header’ fixture) at the Kia Oval on Sunday, 13 July 2025 (14h30) Having set Somerset women their highest score of the tournament to win, Surrey women clinched their tenth win (versus Somerset’s solitary win) from twelve matches played-to-date. Undefeated top-scorer Alice Monaghan [57*not out(from 32

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 45

The Blaze (women) vs Surrey (women) (match 45 league one) – ‘double-header’ fixture at Trent Bridge on Friday, 11 July 2025 Top-of-table Surrey women ‘clinched their place’ at the competition’s inaugural finals day, with level-scores for most of the match (as noted below) but leaving The Blaze ‘eleven short’ of their ‘meagre’ target score. Described as an

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 41

Birmingham Bears (women) vs Surrey (women) (match 41) at the Edgbaston Stadium on Wednesday 9 July 2025 (15h00) Surrey women chalked-up a resounding win with ‘clinical’ fielding, to stay top-of-table and  remain on-track to book their place to qualify for the semi-finals. Bears women did well to recover from three dismissals during their power-play, only

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 38

Surrey vs Essex (women) (match 38, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Kia Oval, Kennington on Sunday 6 July 2025 With a match interrupted by rain between innings, play resumed with ten overs docked from Essex women’s innings and a new target set. Batting first for Surrey, the hosts were quickly ‘in trouble’ on 45/4;

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‘Vitality Blast’ League One Fixtures and results to June 2025

‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) continues on July 4 Matches prefixed ‘§’ indicates ‘double-headers’ (both women’s matches dual ticketed with either women’s or men’s matches); Remaining women’s fixtures with mid-way results are listed below, arranged by venue; *Arundel, The Castle Cricket Ground June 7: Durham Cricket (women) 119/6 beat Hampshire Hawks (women) 33/2

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 26

Hampshire Hawks (women) vs Surrey  (women) (match 26, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at the Utilita Bowl Southampton on Tuesday 17 June (15h00) Watched before 3537 spectators, Surrey women collected their sixth win from a ‘last-ball thriller.’ Match came down-to-the-wire as Paige Scholfield partnered by Alice Davidson-Richards ‘A-DR’ tackled Surrey women’s deficit until ‘A-DR’ scored the winning

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