Durham Women return to Metro Bank One Day Cup action tomorrow [10:30am] taking on Surrey at Banks Homes Riverside as Durham look to bounce back from Wednesday’s defeat to Yorkshire.
Dani Hazell has named a 13-player squad for round 11 of the 50 over format as Durham go up against the team just above them in the division.
Durham sit fifth with 19 points while Surrey occupy fourth spot with 22 points in a tightly contested Metro Bank competition – with the top three progressing to the knockout stages , as the Blaze lead the way at the top with 36 points.
Bess Heath is on England A duty and is unavailable for this fixture.
Words from Dani Hazell
We were pretty below par against Yorkshire. I don’t think it was a great game for both sides but for a couple of good individual performance. All in all, we were well below our own standards.
It probably turned into a bit of a dogfight at the end, but you don’t expect to win too many games getting 193 up top.
Trudy Johnson and Katie Levick, a 50 partnership at the back end was brilliant. They played really and showed a few how to play. But it also showed that it was a pretty decent wicket.
What we didn’t do is assess quickly enough at the start. We’ve done a lot of good stuff lately, so we won’t dwell too much. We have to learn and learn quickly.
We go again in this format next week against Surrey the we will be up for it – on the back of a great couple of matches against Surrey at the Oval this season already.
Squad v Surrey (23 June)
Hollie Armitage*, Leah Dobson, Abi Glen, Heather Graham, Trudy Johnson, Katie Levick, Emma Marlow, Harriet Robson, Mia Rogers+, Grace Thompson, Sophia Turner, Mady Villiers, Emily Windsor.
Opposition Corner
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)
Key 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.
Match Centre
The Club’s match centre will be in operation for the fixture with live scorecards, statistics & video highlights as they happen. You can watch the game live via Durham’s match centre and the Durham Cricket YouTube channel. Durham Cricket will have full coverage on social media, with a full match report at the close.