It’s semi-final action for Northamptonshire Steelbacks Women as they travel to Radlett to take on Middlesex Women in the Metro Bank Women’s One Day Cup League Two.
Victory on Sunday would see the Steelbacks secure a spot in the final which will take place at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol on Sunday 20th September.
Steelbacks Women finished the league phase in fourth place despite victory over Derbyshire but were only three points away from Middlesex in first place.
Match Information:
The match will take place at Radlett Cricket Club with the toss scheduled for 10am and play to start at 10:30am.
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The host county will provide a live stream which will be available to watch on YouTube.
Steelbacks Women squad to face Middlesex Women:
Anisha Patel (c), Beth Ascott, Ava Clive, May Drinkell, Chloe Hill (wk), Amelia Kemp, Michaela Kirk, Gemma Marriott, Ella Phillips, Alicia Presland, Mabel Reid, Bethan Robinson, Liz Russell, Lenny Sims
On Thursday, we caught up with David Ripley ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Middlesex Women.
Last time we met:
It has only been just over a month since the two sides last met in the One Day Cup and it was the Steelbacks who put in an impressive performance to secure victory.
Having been put in to bat first, a brilliant 93 from 125 balls from Chloe Hill which was supported by a quick 33 from Anisha Patel and 31 from Ria Fackrell gave Ripley’s side a strong total of 298 to defend.
Amelia Kemp was the pick of the bowlers for the Steelbacks as she took four wickets for 21 runs in only six overs.
The Steelbacks were able to bowl Middlesex out for only 193 runs in 35.2 overs which earned a 105-run victory.
Opposition Preview:
A dominant 10 wicket win over Glamorgan in the final match of the league phase meant that Middlesex stole top spot in the table.
Throughout the whole campaign they were able to pick up six victories and only suffered two defeats as well as just falling short of a semi-final spot in the Blast.
Abbie Whybrow is Middlesex’s top scorer in this year’s competition with 288 runs and a best of 80 which came in that fixture against the Steelbacks.
Middlesex do boast the top wicket taker of the One Day Cup League 2 as Saskia Horley has taken 18 wickets in the six matches she’s played at an average of only 11.94.