Source: Julian Thompson

‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One – match 48

Warwickshire (women) vs Essex  (women) – league one, match 48 – at the  Edgbaston Foundation Ground (Portland Road) Birmingham on Sunday on 7 September 2025 Rare (second victory this season from 12 matches) for Essex women, scoring at least one-run-per-ball and narrowly winning despite adverse weather. Earlier this season, Essex lost to Warwicks by a wide

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Source: Julian Thompson

‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup – League One, match 44

Warwickshire women vs Durham Cricket women – (League One, match 44) at Edgbaston Foundation Ground (Portland Road) Birmingham, on Thursday 4 September 2025 Play was called-off without a ball bowled, at 11h48 Result: Match abandoned *Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#m0b683150-0236-442a-848b-965e5ddfb998 *BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225560  & SKY Sports@url:

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Source: Julian Thompson

‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One  – (match 40)

Warwickshire (women)  vs Surrey (women) – match 40 – League One – at Birmingham, Edgbaston Foundation Ground (Portland Road) on Wesnesday 30 July 2025 <CAPSEY> Setting the scene, just three days ago Surrey women lifted the inaugural Vitality Blast trophy at their resident Kia Oval, defeating Warwickshire Bears in the final. In contrast, Warwickshire women came with

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‘Vitality Blast’ League One Fixtures with results for Summer 2025

Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) played between 30 May and 27 July. Women’s 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 by 1 run – Duckworth Lewis Stern ‘DLS’ method (match 13); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/06/10/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-one-match-13/ *Birmingham, Edgbaston § May

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‘ 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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Source: Julian Thompson

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’ 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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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 31

Birmingham Bears (women) vs The Blaze (women) (match 31, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Birmingham, Edgbaston Stadium on Friday 20 June (15h00) Bears women notched-up their fourth consecutive win with a ‘dominant display,’ to continue their ‘winning streak’ against strong competition. Key to Bears women’s success were firstly Davina Perrin and Meg Austin opening fifty-run partnership; secondly a ‘well-deserved fifty’ from

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 18

Durham Cricket (women) vs Birmingham Bears (women) (match 18, league one – ‘double header’ fixture) at Banks Homes Riverside Chester-le-Street, on Wednesday, 11 June 2025 Mady Villiers (on three-year Durham Cricket contract, with 20 England caps-to-date) put on an impressive show of batting, chalking-up her season’s-best score [85*not out runs (from 56 balls).] Openers Davina

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