Bears Women v Essex Women
Vitality Blast
Edgbaston
Wednesday 18 June 2025, 11:30am
Essex Women travel to Edgbaston to take on the Bears in the next fixture of the Vitality Blast T20 contest.
Essex Women lost to Surrey by five wickets in a nail-biting match at the Ambassador Cruise Line Ground on Sunday.
Grace Scrivens topped the score board for Essex with 39 runs from 29 balls. Esmae MacGregor had a stand out performance, taking a trio of wickets against the Surrey side and winning the ‘Woodland Group Eagle of the Match’ award.
You can see all of the highlights from the exciting game and view the match report here.
The last time the Eagles faced the Bears, Essex won by 19 runs in front of home fans. Sterre Kalis scored 52 in 23 balls, she was stopped in her tracks by bowling prodigy Esmae MacGregor, caught by Sophia Smale.
Essex Women had a total of 154/4 that the Bears were chasing and the Eagles were triumphant in this exhilarating match.
The Inside Line: LISSY MACLEOD
Squad
Head Coach Andy Tennant has named a 13-player squad for the match against Birmingham Bears Women.
Flo Miller and Sophie Munro continue to recover from injuries.
The Opposition: Birmingham Bears WomenÂ
Captain: Georgia Davis
Overseas Player/s: Laura Harris (Australia, full competition)
Key Moves: Bears entered the new era needing to keep up without the Joneses (Amy and Eve) after they departed to The Blaze and Lancashire respectively. That drained the top order of experience which the signing of Laura Harris is designed to rectify while Sterre Kalis is on a season’s loan from Yorkshire.
The Big Question: Consistency has proved elusive for the Bears in the early weeks of the season so can they find enough to be contenders for the T20 title? They have individuals capable of match-winning exploits, and have pulled off some eye-catching run chases in the 50-over comp, but is the group good enough to challenge?
Wildcard Watch: Amu Surenkumar, a highly talented, 18-year-old all-rounder from Rugby School who can change games with bat or ball. Played for England Under-19s earlier this year has the ability to make a big impact if her chance arrives after the important matter of her A Levels are out of the way!
Final Thought A fast start is always a massive asset in a group campaign and Warwickshire have been handed a very tough opening with away games at The Blaze and Essex. Emerge from that double-header with at least one win and who knows what might happen for a team whose highly-talented spin trio – Georgia Davis, Hannah Baker and Charis Pavely – can put any side under pressure?
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