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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 13

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

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 12

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

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 6

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

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 1

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)];

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One  – (match 36)

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

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One  – (match 29)

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

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One  – (match 28)

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

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One  – (match 21)

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

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‘Metro Bank’ One Day Cup League One  – (match 23)

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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