Northamptonshire Steelbacks Women kick off their 2025 season on Sunday 20th April, where they will be facing Leicestershire in League Two of the Metro Bank One Day Cup.
Under the leadership of David Ripley, the side are looking to challenge across League Two of the Metro Bank One Day Cup and Vitality Blast, as well as the Women’s T20 County Cup.
The game will be played at the Uptonsteel County Ground, with the format being a 50-over match.
Play is scheduled to begin at 10:30am, innings change around 2:30pm and the fixture is set to finish around 6pm (dependent on match outcome).
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Leicestershire Women
Captain: Rebecca Brooker
Head Coach: Stephen Franklin
Squad information: Leicestershire have a squad of 17, with some new arrivals such as Emma Thatcher, the leading wicket-taker in the Women’s County Championship last summer and Ellen Watson, who is a Scottish wicketkeeper with 30 caps at international level. Like Northamptonshire, the side have a couple of players in the squad who are involved with Tier 1 sides such as Flora Davies (The Blaze Academy), Prisha Thanawala (The Blaze).