Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 45

Middlesex women vs Worcestershire Rapids women – (match 45, league two) at Merchant Taylors’ School Ground, Sandy Lodge, Northwood  on Saturday 30 August 2025 (10h30) Middlesex women chalked up their ninth straight win on a ‘tricky surface’ from nine matches played. Destined to play Yorks at home (Radlett CC), in the up-coming semi-finals, Skippered by

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 40

Worcestershire Rapids women vs Glamorgan women – (match 40, league two) at Astwood Bank CC  Redditch, on BH Monday 25 August 2025 (10h30) Glamorgan women sent Rapids to a ‘ruthless’ ten-wickets defeat, dashing their semi-final qualification aspirations to finish fourth. On the day, Glamorgan skipper Lauren Parfitt – pictured [66 runs(from 59 balls)] scored ten

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 34

Worcestershire Rapids women vs  Derbyshire Falcons women  – (match 34, league two) at Wolverhampton Cricket Club, Wolverhampton on Sunday 17 August 2025 (10h30) Rapids women proved their worth to qualify for the up-coming semi-finals in fourth place, sending Falcons to a ‘crushing’ defeat. Previously, Falcons suffered a similar scenario when at the start of the season,

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 26

Gloucestershire women vs Worcestershire Rapids women – (match 26, league two );  at Bristol, Seat Unique Stadium on Saturday 9 August 2025 (10h30) Billed as a ‘crucial encounter’ for Gloucestershire women, said to be on-track to qualify as one of four teams destined to play the up-coming semi-finals. By comparison, Rapids women had won their

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 25

Worcestershire Rapids women vs Kent Horses women – (league two, match 15); at Royal Grammar School, Worcester on Sunday 3 August 2025 (10h30) Exciting match for the home team saw Rapids post a defendable score, to secure equal fourth place with Yorkshire, whom they beat in the opening round. Playing innings anchor-role Clare Boycott [43

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

‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) played between 29 May and 26 July Women’s results are listed below with suffix ‘L2,’ arranged by venue:- *Brighton & Hove, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove § July 5: Middlesex (women) 167/5 beat Sussex Sharks (women) by 15 runs (match 25, L2); @url: http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2025/07/17/vitality-blast-women-t20-league-two-match-25/ § June 1: Sussex

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league  two, match 38

Worcestershire Rapids (women) v Yorkshire (women)  (match 38 – league two) at Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester on Sunday 20 July 2025 (14h30) Yorkshire women kept a clean sheet with eight wins from eight. Yorkshire head coach Rich Pyrah told reporters he was ‘pleased’ to finish the group stage top-of-table, with a good performance and

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‘Vitality Blast’ League Two Fixtures with Group Stage results – July 2025

‘Vitality blast’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) concludes with finals day on July 26 Matches prefixed ‘§’ indicates ‘double-headers’ (both women’s matches dual ticketed with either women’s or men’s matches); Remaining women’s finals day fixtures with group stage results are listed below, arranged by venue; League Two Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) started on May

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Source: Julian Thompson

Vitality Blast women T20 – league  two, match 30

Worcestershire Rapids (women) vs Leicestershire Foxes (women) (match 30, league two double-header fixture) at Visit Worcestershire New Road on Sunday, 13 July 2025 at 10h30 ‘Rapids women beat Foxes in a low-scoring thriller that Rapids won convincingly both with bat-and-ball. Foxes arrived with triple back-to-back wins, also having previously beaten Rapids at Home. An extraordinary

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Vitality Blast women T20 – league  two, match 26

Northamptonshire Steelbacks (women) v Worcestershire Rapids (women)(match 26, league two) double-header fixture at Northamptonshire County Cricket Ground on Sunday  6 July 2025 at 11h00 Match abandoned without a ball bowled. Covers were removed and replaced (at least twice) after ninety minutes, for successive pitch inspections. Weather: Stormy with occasional rain clearing. *Scorecard with video highlights,

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