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BBC News
13-07-2025
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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.
BBC News
06-07-2025
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- BBC News
Rain denies Glamorgan Women at Kent
Glamorgan Women were denied a chance to book a place on T20 Tier 2 Finals Day as their game against Kent at Canterbury was washed have four wins from six and are still favourites to qualify along with Middlesex, who beat Sussex the previous day to remain Parfitt won the toss and Glamorgan decided to field rain arrived before the start and kept the players off the remaining two group fixtures for Glamorgan are both double-headers with men's games at Sophia sides face Gloucestershire on Sunday 13 July while the women host Kent on Friday 18 July before the men play Day for the semi-pro counties is at Northampton on Saturday 26 July, with Yorkshire set to win the northern group.
BBC News
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.
BBC News
31-05-2025
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Glamorgan on 'rapid learning curve' ahead of T20 Blast
Middlesex Women v Glamorgan WomenDate: Sunday, 1 June; Start time: 12:00 BST Commentary: BBC Sport Online and BBC Sounds Glamorgan women's coach Rachel Priest says the team's performances have been "amazing" so far as they prepare to start the T20 Blast competition against Priest says they need to keep improving with a move to Tier One, and full professional cricket, scheduled in 2027."We need to keep upping it with Tier One cricket in less than a couple of years, all these experiences are helpful to us," she told BBC Sport Wales."It is a rapid learning curve but we're coping really well, we're coping under pressure against better cricketers." Glamorgan won two rounds of the T20 Counties Cup before going down to fully professional Lancashire have also won three out of four in League Two of the MetroBank One Day cup, only losing narrowly to Middlesex."It's another challenge and the girls have more cricket under their belt than last time we played them," said Lauren Parfitt, 31, is one of the senior stateswomen of a squad including Academy players from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire as part of regional development work."We're really pleased, we've come together as a group with lots of players from different counties in the old structure and we've gelled really well as a group," she said."It's a lot to take in, it is surreal, not to get over-awed by what's going on and just play the game we all know and love."The aim for everyone is to go professional, the way the game is growing at a huge rate is so exciting and lots of girls are wanting to put their hand up for Tier One spots in a couple of years."The semi-pro Glamorgan squad have already been boosted by occasional appearances from Somerset, Hampshire and Surrey professionals, which Priest says is part of the longer-term plan."We need to be competitive and we need our girls to be exposed to professional cricketers wherever possible," she explained."We're looking to recruit players in a year and a half's time and we need to have a look at them, to attract players to play for us when we turn professional."The opening game against Middlesex at Northwood is one of four double-headers with the men's game, with others in Hove and Cardiff."It'll have a massive impact in terms of crowds, there were loads of people and young girls getting involved (in the friendly at Wiltshire), so it can only be a good thing," said comfortably dispatched Wiltshire by 77 runs in their warm-up game in Swindon, with Bethan Gammon hitting 85 not out and Parfitt 72 not out in Glamorgan's 165-1 before they restricted the home side to 88-5.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
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Glamorgan beat Sussex in T20 Women's County Cup
Glamorgan Women booked their place in round three of the Vitality T20 Women's County Cup with a 48-run victory over Sussex Sharks Women. Batting first at Cardiff's Sophia Gardens, Bethan Gammon notched 41 runs, including five boundaries, while Daisy Jeanes and Bea Ellis contributed 35 and 33 respectively. It saw the hosts set a target of 156-7 from their 20 overs in the Welsh capital - with Eve O'Neill and Anna Buckle taking two wickets apiece. Opener Izzy Collis top scored with 29 runs in reply for the Sharks before being run out by Lauren Parfitt. And the visitors only reached 108-7 to fall well short of their target as Glamorgan - who defeated Gloucestershire Women in the previous round - set up a tie with fully professional outfit Lancashire Thunder in round three on Saturday, 17 May. Get cricket news sent straight to your phone Glamorgan beat Gloucestershire to advance in T20 Women's County Cup
