Issy Wong hits fifty, takes four-for as Bears roar into final
England quick blows The Blaze away with stunning all-round display in Oval eliminator
27/07Result
1st Semi-Final, Vitality Blast Women at London, Jul 27 2025
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![Warwickshire Women]( "Warwickshire Women")
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![The Blaze Women]( "The Blaze Women")
143 (19.1/20 ov)
Player of the Match
27/07Result
1st Semi-Final, Vitality Blast Women at London, Jul 27 2025
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![Warwickshire Women]( "Warwickshire Women")
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![The Blaze Women]( "The Blaze Women")
143 (19.1/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Warwickshire Women , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Warwickshire Women advanced
Season
Match days
27 July 2025 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
WARWICKSHIRE WOMEN 163/8 (20 OVERS)
- Sterre Kalis45 (33)
- Issy Wong59 (38)
- Sarah Glenn3/29 (4)
- Grace Ballinger1/27 (3)
THE BLAZE WOMEN 143 (19.1 OVERS)
- Georgia Elwiss53 (45)
- Marie Kelly35 (20)
- Issy Wong4/14 (3.1)
- Millie Taylor3/20 (4)
3.25pm So, the inaugural Women's Blast final will be a repeat of the inaugural Men's Twenty20 Cup final in 2003. Surrey versus Warwickshire, all getting underway at about 4.30pm. This one was effectively done and dusted in Issy Wong's first over, when Tammy Beaumont and Kathryn Bryce fell for ducks in consecutive balls. Georgia Elwiss battled hard for her fifty, but it wasn't to be, especially once Millie Taylor had got to work on the middle-order. Sarah Glenn had a good allround game for the Blaze, but Wong is the runaway player of the match after her hard-hitting fifty in partnership with Sterre Kalis.
19.1
W
Wong to Ballinger, OUT, Wonderful catch from Kumar to seal the Bears' place in the final! Got good hold of it, hoisted out through the leg-side from round the wicket, but not quite enough. Wong mops up with her fourth of a stellar spell
G Ballinger c Surenkumar b Wong 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
Wong is back, with 20 needed for a Super Over
END OF OVER:19 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | BLZ-W: 143/9 (21 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.52, RRR: 21.00)
- Cassidy McCarthy1 (2b)
- Grace Ballinger1 (1b)
- Em Arlott4-0-35-2
- Georgia Davis2-0-22-1
18.6
0
Arlott to McCarthy, no run,
18.5
1
Arlott to Ballinger, 1 run,
18.4
W
Arlott to Gordon, OUT, walks way too far across her stumps, and another one bites the dust! The last rites are upon us
KL Gordon b Arlott 15 (10b 2x4 0x6) SR: 150
18.4
1w
Arlott to Gordon, 1 wide,
18.3
4
Arlott to Gordon, FOUR, good use of the crease, timed to perfection at short third, as Gordon gave herself room to pick off the boundary
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