Durham Women will take to the field in Chester-le-Street for the final time in 2025, facing Surrey tomorrow at 10:30am.
Dani Hazell has named a squad of 14 with Leah Dobson returning to contention for Durham’s shootout against Surrey to reach the knockout stages of the Metro Bank 50-over competition.
Durham will need to secure victory over fourth-placed Surrey in their final group stage game if they are to reach the final four and progress into the semi-finals of the List A competition.
Following defeat to The Blaze, Durham remain in fifth place with 26 points and five wins from 13 games and go up against a Surrey side who also have five wins, with 29 points.
Hollie Armitage leads the way for Durham with 597 runs, with Phoebe Turner top of the wicket taking tally with 22 poles.
Words from Hollie Armitage
We probably didn’t get enough runs against The Blaze given the short sides on a very good pitch. Then again we were happy given that total to take it down to where we did.
We were very pleased for Mady Villiers, a really good innings. She has been teeing up to get a big 50-over score all season to be honest, so happy for her to contribute with the bat.
We batted pretty well on the whole and towards the back end and made use of the short boundary but sometimes you don’t score enough runs.
We’re disappointed to have lost but we have another game on Saturday against Surrey to turn it around.
We’ve not been at our best for the last couple of games so we’ll be looking to bring our best foot forward for the next game. We’re not fully out of this competition and while we’re happy with the way the season has gone we set out wanting to win trophies and we have a big job to do on Saturday.
Squad v Surrey (13 September)
Hollie Armitage*, Leah Dobson, Katherine Fraser, Abi Glen, Bess Heath, Trudy Johnson, Katie Levick, Emma Marlow, Mia Rogers, Grace Thompson, Phoebe Turner, Sophia Turner, Mady Villiers, Emily Windsor
Opposition Corner
Captain: Bryony Smith
Head Coach: Johann Myburgh
The big questions: Surrey’s predecessors, the South East Stars, were consistently one of the strongest sides in the country, but only had one Charlotte Edwards Trophy to show for it. Will some exceptionally smart new signings in Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Alice Monaghan from the Southern Vipers help them convert a series of second and third-places into silverware?
Player to watch: Alice Capsey is the type of cricketer that can take a game away from the opposition with the bat and ball. After a difficult winter with England, the 20-year-old will be looking to get off to a strong start with her home county to consolidate her position as a key player for England moving forward.
Young gun: Tilly Corteen-Coleman was The Hundred’s youngest-ever player when she made her debut for the Southern Brave last year, aged just 16. She was part of the Stars’ academy and instantly looked at home in the first team.
Final thought: Surrey have plenty of star quality with England players Alice Capsey, Sophia Dunkley, Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Ryana MacDonald-Gay no doubt eager to get to work back in domestic ranks after they were on the winter tour to Australia.
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 Durham’s YouTube channel. Durham Cricket will have full coverage on social media, with a full match report at the close.