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

Hampshire Women host Surrey in a star-packed clash at Utilita Bowl with the Rose and Crown looking to go four games unbeaten

Hampshire Women v Surrey

Metro Bank One Day Cup

Wednesday 29 April (10:30am start)

Utilita Bowl


Hampshire host Surrey in the women’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup in a star-packed clash, with potentially up to ten England players on show across both sides.

Led by Naomi Dattani in the absence of the injured Georgia Adams, Hampshire demolished Durham at Utilita Bowl on Saturday, as Lauren Bell’s second spell of 4.1 overs, five wickets for four runs skittled the visitors for just 118.

Maia Bouchier’s 47 off 53 balls set the tone for the reply, as the target was chased down in just 24.3 overs to secure a bonus point win.

Surrey fell to a surprise defeat to Somerset at Taunton in their last outing, with a century from Heather Knight and 50s from Dani Gibson and Sophie Luff powering the Wyverns for 337/9, with former Southern Viper Maitlan Brown claiming four wickets for the Three Feathers.

In response, only Alice Capsey passed 50, with Alice Davidson-Richards making 48 as Surrey were bowled out for 201 as spinners Charlie Dean and Laura Harris claimed three wickets each – Dean finishing with 3/22 from 7.2 overs.


Hampshire

Hampshire have named a 14-player squad for their home match against Surrey at Utilita Bowl.

The squad is unchanged from Hampshire’s emphatic win over Durham on Saturday, with all four England players available.

Georgia Adams remains unavailable due to a quad injury.

Full Hampshire squad

Lauren Bell (63)

Abi Norgrove (12)

Maia Bouchier (14)

Linsey Smith (50)

Naomi Dattani Captain (11)

Rhianna Southby (17)

Daisy Gibb (15)

Megan Sturge (3)

Hannah Hardwick (19)

Francesca Sweet (13)

Freya Kemp (6)

Bex Tyson (35)

Ella McCaughan (8)

Amanda-Jade Wellington (10)


Surrey

Previewed by Jon Batham, ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay.

Captain: Kira Chathli 

Head coach: Johann Myburgh

2025 finish: 4th

2025 highest run-scorer: Alice Davidson-Richards (595)

2025 highest wicket-taker: Dani Gregory (19)

Winter moves: Australian all-rounder, Maitlan Brown joins the Three Feathers and is available for the first block of Metro Bank One-Day Cup. The right-arm fast bowler will add both depth and experience to Surrey’s bowling attack. Two other additions to the squad are Rachel King and Emily Burke. Wicketkeeper-batter King signed a rookie contract in October after spending much of last year in Surrey’s Vitality Blast squads while Burke is promoted from the academy. Big-hitting seamer Emma Jones has permanently headed north to The Blaze while another quick, Alexa Stonehouse, has gone on a season-long loan to Warwickshire.

The big question: Surrey were all-but unstoppable in the Vitality Blast last season but must uncover the secret of how to transfer that dominance to the longer white-ball format. There were several instances in 2025 of the bowling attack coming up short defending scores of around 300, most notably in the semi-final against Hampshire where their total of 287 was overhauled with almost three overs to spare.

Player to watch: Tilly Corteen-Coleman. Given the teenager was sold at the recent Hundred auction for £105,000, it seems spurious to flag her as one to watch. However, much of her success so far has come in T20 whereas in the 2025 One Day Cup she took only two wickets. Only 18, the slow left-armer is still learning her craft and if she makes a leap forward in this format, Surrey may do too.

Final thought: Alice Capsey, Sophia Dunkley, Ryana MacDonald-Gay and Danni Wyatt-Hodge are centrally contracted to England, and Stonehouse has been loaned out, so there are question marks over availability in a World Cup year. Much may rest on the shoulders of last season’s leading run-scorer Alice Davidson-Richards and spinners Corteen-Coleman and Dani Gregory if Chathli is to enjoy success in her first season as skipper.


Head-to-Head

Hampshire Women’s record in Metro Bank One Day Cup matches v Surrey:

Played

Won

Lost

Tied

Abandoned/No Result

3

2

1

0

0

Previous meetings:


Ticketing

Tickets for Hampshire Women v Surrey in the Metro Bank One Day Cup are available online or on the gate.

Click here to buy tickets.

Tickets for Under 17s are priced at £5.


Coverage

The match will be live streamed on the Hampshire Cricket YouTube channel with commentary from Kevan James, Jemma Green, and Phil Green.

A live match centre with scorecard, statistics, and insight will be available via www.utilitabowl.com/cricket/news.

Fans can stay updated on the match via the Hampshire Cricket X/Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts where regular score updates, photos from the game, and match clips will be shared.


Weather Forecast

Please follow the link to view the latest weather forecast for Utilita Bowl: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2634447.

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