The Blaze (women) vs Warwickshire Bears (women) (match 21, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 5 June 2026 Commentators emphasised the importance of having a team such as The Blaze that was ‘used to winning’ and ‘knows what to do’ (to get results) having won four of their five t20 matches
Durham Cricket (women) vs Warwickshire Bears (women) (match 13, league one – stand-alone fixture) at Chester-le-Street, Bank Homes Riverside, on 29 May 2026 Durham Cricket women bounced-back from their chaotic defeat by Surrey women, during which a new world record was set (by Surrey.) Durham Cricket top-scorer Bess Heath – pictured wearing England coloursmade career-best
Warwickshire Bears (women) vs The Blaze (women) (match 12, league one – stand-alone fixture) at Birmingham, ‘Edgbaston’ Stadium on 27 May 2026 The Blaze women chalked-up their third consecutive win, sending Bears to their third back-to-back defeat. Batting first, Bears were on-track by mid-way, beyond which point they twice lost three wickets in the space
Warwickshire Bears (women) vs Somerset (women) (match 6, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Birmingham, ‘Edgbaston’ Stadium on 24 May 2026 Somerset cruised to victory with ‘ impressive batting’ by guest Australian Anika Learoyd who made top-score [60*not out(from 49 balls).] Bears had ‘much to reflect upon,’ having given the Somerset skipper a reprieve with
Essex (women) vs Warwickshire Bears (women) (match 1, league one – ‘double-header’ fixture) at Chelmsford, The Ambassador Cruise Line Ground (Essex) on Friday 22 May 2026 Essex women went ‘off-to-a-flyer,’ defeating last year’s finalists and bagging a bonus point to go top-of-table. Batting first, Bears womens opener Abbey Freeborn made top-score [86 runs (from 56 balls)];
Yorkshire (women) vs Warwickshire (women) – match 36 – League One – at Scarborough Cricket Club, North Marine Rd, Scarborough; on Saturday 16 May 2026 Warwickshire Bears bowled-out their hosts, lost three fewer wickets and two more batters made ‘double-figures.’ Both innings followed a similar pattern until mid-way, by which point Yorks women were 20
Lancashire (women) vs Warwickshire Bears (women) – match 29 – League One – at Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club Southport (Trafalgar Road) on 13 May 2026 Match played in difficult scoring conditions with a ’soggy’ ball-slowing outfield, and eight overs docked for late start. Lancs women looked set for an easy win until top-scorer Charis Pavely
Warwickshire Bears (women) vs Durham Cricket (women) – match 28 – League One – at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham on Wednesday 06 May 2026 ‘Great win’ by Durham Cricket women, who chased-down Bears’ total with five wickets to spare. Key to DC women’s success was a match-winning partnership of 91 runs between best batter Mady Villiers – pictured – [106 runs
Durham Cricket (women) vs The Blaze (women) – match 21 – League One – at Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street (Co. Durham) on Saturday 02 May 2026 An unbeaten half-century from Blaze skipper Kirstie Gordon – pictured wearing England ODI colours [60*not out(from 73 balls)] who made top-score, took The Blaze to a convincing 92 win over Durham
Warwickshire Bears (women) vs Somerset (women) – match 23 – League One – at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham on Saturday 02 May 2026 Competition history was made when ‘All-rounder’ Charis Pavely – pictured [127 runs (from 103 balls)] became the first woman batter to score first back-to-back ‘tons’ in ‘league one’ (previously having scored 128 on 29
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