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5 days ago
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Glamorgan Women cruise to Finals Day spot
Women's Vitality Blast, CardiffGloucestershire 114-5 (20): Willis 28; Shearn 2-27Glamorgan 117-1 (13.4): Bethan Ellis 67*, Gammon 40*Glamorgan Women won by 9 wicketsMatch scorecard Glamorgan Women sealed a League Two Finals Day place with a match to spare, as they cruised to a nine-wicket victory over Ellis (67*) and Bethan Gammon (40*) made short work of a target of 115 in the 14th over, taking Glamorgan to their fifth win in six completed was the first time Glamorgan Women had played a home double-header with the men's Willis top-scored with 28 in Gloucestershire's 114-5, while Anna-Mae Shearn was the most successful bowler with captain Melissa Story chose to bat and Willis got them off to a decent start, reaching 36-1 in the Shearn bowled her in the eighth over and Gloucestershire could not accelerate on a pitch with large wide boundaries in place for the men's game, with Georgia Cant's 16 not out the best of a series of Gemma Porter was as usual the most economical home bowler, with 1-16 in the powerplay and death Lauren Parfitt fell to Charlie Phillips (1-17) in the first over of the Glamorgan reply, but Ellis and Gammon rode their luck and went hard in the powerplay with 20 coming off the sixth loanee Ellis, 25, had most of the strike, bringing up her 50 off 42 balls, but Gammon was equally aggressive as their century stand took just 11 belted her ninth four over mid-on to end the contest, while Gammon's runs came off just 26 deliveries to give her an impressive qualify alongside Middlesex from the South Group for Finals Day at Northampton on Saturday, 26 July.
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29-06-2025
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Glamorgan cruise to Women's T20 win over Glos
T20 Blast, League Two Southern Group, BristolGloucestershire 114-8 (20 ov): Reddy 39; Tulloch 3-22Glamorgan 115-4 (16.3 ov): Bethan Ellis 25Glamorgan won by six wicketsMatch scorecard Glamorgan Women moved closer to a place on the Tier Two Blast finals day as they eased to a six-wicket win over Gloucestershire with 21 balls to spare and move top of the South Group.A target of 115 proved relatively undemanding with loanee Bethan Ellis making the top score of 25 off 33 Parfitt's 23 off 15 gave them a positive start, while Charlotte Scarborough took them home with 21 not out. Prarthana Reddy (39) steered Gloucestershire in their 114-8 with seamer Poppy Tulloch claiming who are due to turn professional in Tier One in 2027, have four wins from five in the South Group while Gloucestershire have just one victory from five. Tulloch struck twice in the course of her extraordinary opening 12-ball over which also conceded eight wides, and Gloucestershire struggled to 39-4 in the seventh before producing a and Emily Geach added 58 for the fifth wicket, but Reddy was run out by a direct hit from Gemma Porter, and Geach was caught off Tulloch for a lively 29 off 33 Katy Cobb, Eve Jackson and Nicole Reid all finished with economical figures as Glamorgan were left chasing less than a run a ball. Lauren Parfitt (23 off 15) and Emily Burke (14) got Glamorgan off to a brisk start at 50-2 in the powerplay, taking all the pressure off the Daniels bowled tidily for 2-19 in four overs, but Ellis and Scarborough got Glamorgan to the verge of victory with a stand of 40 before Alice Bird's second wicket provided only consolation for the Shire. Glamorgan overtake Middlesex on run-rate at the top of the group, with the two sides strongly placed to confirm their places on Finals Day at Northampton.
