Match Preview: Durham v Hampshire Women, Metro Bank One Day Cup

Durham v Hampshire Women

Women's Metro Bank One Day Cup

Sunday 7^th September (10:30am start)

Banks Homes Riverside

Hampshire Women travel up to the north east as they face Durham in the 12^th round of Metro Bank One Day Cup fixtures.

The Rose and Crown defeated Essex by just four runs in a heavily rain-affected match at Chelmsford on Thursday, when the game started five hours late due to the weather.

Maia Bouchier and Freya Kemp made quickfire 30s before tidy bowling from Freya Davies (2-15) and Bex Tyson (2-20) along with a stellar diving catch from Naomi Dattani kept the hosts to under three figures in the 17-over match.

Durham’s previous match, against Warwickshire, was abandoned without a ball bowled at the Edgbaston Community Sports Ground, but they hammered Somerset by 105 runs in their last result before The Hundred.

Sitting in fifth place, with their hopes of a semi-final not far away, Durham will hope to overtake Surrey whilst Georgia Adams’ will know that victory seals a spot inside the top four for Hampshire and hopefully en route to the final, held at Utilita Bowl on Sunday 21st September.

Hampshire

Hampshire have named a 14-player squad for their trip to Chester-le-Street.

The squad remains unchanged from Thursday’s victory over Essex at Chelmsford.

England World Cup duo Lauren Bell and Linsey Smith are unavailable and opening batter Ella McCaughan continues to recover from injury.

Full Hampshire squad

Durham

Captain: Hollie Armitage 

Head Coach: Dani Hazell 

2025 leading run scorer: Hollie Armitage (498)

2025 leading wicket taker: Phoebe Turner (21)

The big questions: Durham have assembled a squad including some star signings and some smart signings. Will they be able to hit the ground running at the start of a new era for women’s cricket in the county? Spin bowling looks to be their super-strength, with Katie Levick, Mady Villiers and Katherine Fraser leading the way. 

Player to watch: Captain Hollie Armitage promises to be a talismanic presence. She bats, bowls leg-spin, fields superbly and is one of the best leaders in English cricket. Batting is her main suit, and she will be hoping big runs will help her go from the fringes of England’s team and be a regular pick. 

Young gun: All-rounder Phoebe Turner has impressed in Northern Diamonds colours in the last couple of seasons, including a match-winning six for 20 in a 50-over match against Lancashire Thunder last September with her seamers. Dynamic with the bat in the middle order too. There’s a bit of Nat Sciver-Brunt about the 21-year-old. 

Final thought: Durham will be confident they can challenge the likes of Surrey and The Blaze this summer, though a lot rests on the shoulders of Hollie Armitage and New Zealand captain Suzie Bates with the bat. Bates has penned an overseas deal for the full summer at the Banks Homes Riverside. England pacer Lauren Filer will bring an X-Factor to their bowling attack.

Squad: Hollie Armitage (captain), Suzie Bates, Leah Dobson, Lauren Filer, Katherine Fraser, Abi Glen, Bess Heath, Trudy Johnson, Katie Levick, Emma Marlow, Mia Rogers, Lizzie Scott, Phoebe Turner, Sophia Turner, Mady Villiers, Emily Windsor.

Tickets

Tickets for Hampshire Women’s Metro Bank One Day Cup match against Durham are available here.

Coverage

A live stream will be available for the match and a link to this stream will be available in the at www.utilitabowl.com/cricket, along with a live match centre with the scorecard, statistics and insight available throughout the match.

Weather Forecast

Please follow the link to view the latest weather forecast for Chester-le-Street: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2653224.