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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 44

Somerset (women) vs Birmingham Bears (women) (match 44  – league one ’stand-alone’ fixture) at The Coopers Associates County Ground, Taunton on Friday, 11 July 2025 (18h30) Bears women defended their third position in the T20 table, against Somerset women who’d collected their first win. Dutch international Sterre Kalis -pictured – hit ‘fifty’ for Bears from 38

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, Bears vs Somerset women (match 11)

Birmingham Bears vs Somerset (match 11, league one ‘double-header’) at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham on Friday, 6 June 2025 (15h00) Bears made an ‘emphatic’ performance, bagging a bonus point to go top-of-table. Post-match, ‘Bears TV’ interviewed congratulated Vertu POTM Australian Laura Harris for her unprecedented achievement, scoring back-to-back ‘fifties’ in less than 20 balls. Aaron Viles

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league one, match 8

Essex women vs Birmingham Bears women (match 8 league one ‘double-header’) at the Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on Wednesday, 4 June 2025 (18h00) Essex bagged their second home win in four days following a rain-affected match during which six overs were docked from each innings. When play resumed, Essex batters continued to score faster

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Vitality Blast women – league one, match 4

Bears vs Durham Cricket women (match 4 league one ‘double-header’) at Birmingham, Edgbaston Stadium on Saturday, 31 May 2025 (15h00) History unfolded as Australian International Laura Harris broke Sophie Devine’s (NZ) long-standing record ‘fastest fifty’ that had stood for ten years. Beyond mid-way (on 72/1) Bears new signing Laura Harris took four overs to score

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‘Metro Bank’ League One Fixtures and results up to May 2025

Metro Bank One Day Cup, Women’s (tournament for 50 overs) continues from 24 July Women’s fixtures and results arranged by venue for 2025 are listed below, with remaining matches marked in bold; *Arundel, Castle Cricket Ground (hosted by Hampshire CCC) Saturday 13 September @10h30: Hampshire v Lancashire – (match 55); 7 May, Hampshire women 193/3 beat

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 30

Hampshire women vs Warwickshire women – (match 30) – Arundel, The Castle Cricket Ground on Monday 19 May 2025 (10h30)  Hampshire stay top-of-table, until the competition restarts (after the T20s) during late July. Spectators were wrong to expect a whitewash when the visitors lost four early wickets during their ‘power-play’ on 42/4. Warwickshire women’s batter Abbey

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 28

Warwickshire women vs Lancashire women – (match 28)- at Birmingham, Edgbaston on Wednesday 14 May 2025 (10h30) Lancashire women won ‘convincingly’ by 100 runs. When batting a foundation was laid by three ‘fifties’ from Emma Lamb 88, Katie MacK 57 and Sophie Ecclestone 50. Warwickshire skipper Georgia Davis 3/45 was ‘pick of bowlers 3/45. Commentators

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 20

Warwickshire women vs Somerset women – (match 20) – at Birmingham, Edgbaston on Wednesday 7 May 2025 (10h30) Warwickshire women’s skipper Georgia Davis had guided her side to two wins and a draw from their opening four games. On the day, Somerset women’s skipper Sophie Luff (pictured) posted a ‘magificent’ 111*not out. Together with former England

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 21

Durham Cricket women vs Warwickshire women – (match 21) – ay Chester-le-Street, Banks Homes Riverside on Sunday 11 May 2025 (10h30) Having won their first match followed by back-to-back losses ever since, Durham Cricket ‘DC’ needed to lift themselves from seventh-place. In contrast, Warwickshire women started the match as one of the top-three teams. After thirty

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 14

Surrey women vs Warwickshire women – (match 14) at County Ground, Beckenham on Sunday 4 May 2025 (11h00) Bryony Smith [78runs(from 72 balls)] played a skipper’s innings, adding 76 runs when partnered by Sophia Dunkley 102*not out (110) who scored a ‘ton’ in breezy conditions. Once Surrey’s total passed 300, it became clear that Warwickshire

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