Metro Bank One Day Cup

Women’s (tournament for 50 overs) League Two – September update 2026 Women’s League Two results for 2026 are listed below, with remaining September’s matches marked in bold; all arranged by venue with suffix ‘L2’ :- *Arundel, Arundel Castle Cricket Ground (Sussex) 02 August: Middlesex (women) 249/8 beat Sussex Sharks (women) 248 ‘All out’ by two

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League Two  – match 32

Sussex Sharks (women) vs Derbyshire Falcons (women) – (match 32, L2) at Horsham Cricket and Sports Club (W Sussex) on Sunday 16 August 2026   Academy star Lauren Kenvyn – pictured right took most wickets, scored a ‘ton,’ and carried-her-bat after striking two winning ‘fours.’ Batting first on a green square with parched outfield, Sharks openers

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League Two  – match 25

Gloucestershire (women) vs Sussex Sharks (women) (match 25, L2) at Cheltenham College on Saturday, 8 August 2026 History was made at the Towergate Cheltenham cricket festival, on which occasion, Emily Geach became the first woman to bag a ‘festival 5-fer.’ That created ‘mounting scoreboard pressure’ with uncertainty that was decided during Sharks womens’ penultimate over.

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League Two  – match 23

Sussex Sharks (women) vs Middlesex (women) – (match 23, L2) at Arundel, Arundel Castle Cricket Ground on Sunday, 2 August 2026 Middx women won a well-contested match in which Abbie Whybrow [49 runs (from 51 balls)] played a ‘match-defining’ innings; and at one point Layla Judge took three wickets for 5 runs. When summing-up, commentators

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Women’s Vitality Blast ‘league two’ top-ten for 2026

Women’s Vitality Blast (2026): top-ten batters and bowlers strike-rates ‘sr’ at group-stage from ‘league two’  *History was made when Saskia Horley  – pictured scored the competition’s first ‘ton’ (from 47 balls) and highest individual score as Middlesex womens skipper: 111 from 56 balls, on June 5. *For new readers, understanding a batter’s impact is not

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 32

Sussex Sharks (women) vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks (women) (match 32 – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Hove: The 1st Central County Ground, Brighton & Hove on 3 July 2026 Sharks women’s second competition win, albeit with neither side ‘able to make it’ to finals day with insufficient points at group-stage. Batting first, Steelbacks women lost three early wickets

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‘Vitality Blast’ League Two Results – July 2026

‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) played between 22 May and 12 July 2026. Women’s ‘league two’ L2 results are listed below, arranged by venue:- *Brighton & Hove, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove May 31: Glamorgan (women) 167/2 beat Sussex Sharks (women) 166/5 by eight wickets (match 11, L2)@url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2026/06/10/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-two-match-11-2/ June 5: Leicestershire

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two, match 35

Middlesex (women) vs Sussex Sharks  (women) (match 35, league two-‘stand-alone’ fixture); at Radlett Cricket Club, Brunton Memorial Ground (Herts) on 5 July 2026  Even before the first ball was bowled, Middlesex women were destined to miss-out from defending their title on finals day. On the day, the defending champions beat Sharks by scoring with a

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league two  – match 28

Worcestershire Rapids (women)vs Sussex Sharks (women)(match 28, league two -‘double-header’ fixture); at Visit Worcestershire, New Road Worcester on 28 June 2026  Dead rubber, won by Rapids women who ‘got home comfortably.’ Batting first, Sharks womens’ first three partnerships chalked-up 102/3 inside 14 overs. Falling short of a defendable score, only 18 runs were added, costing

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