Live: Vitality Blast 2 Finals Day, Northampton – Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire’s women are in Vitality Blast Finals Day action at Wantage Road, Northampton today, alongside Glamorgan, Leicestershire and Middlesex. They face Glamorgan in the semi-final from 2.30pm. Can they claim the county’s first trophy of the professional era? Follow this page for updates. 
Here we go. Beth Langston has the new ball.
Rachel Slater bowled Rachana Cambampaty, 9.
Middlesex will require 102 to win.
Maddie Ward top-scored for Yorkshire with 39.
Left-arm spinner Cambampaty finishes with 3-30. 
Beth Langston caught Riva Pindoria bowled Rachana Cambampaty, 5.
Caught long-on.
Maddie Ward still there on 37, with Ria Fackrell joining her.
Maddie Ward has 32 and has played nicely. Beth Langston is with her on four.
Big four overs needed. Maybe 110-120 will be a test. Runs on the board in a final, etc.
Olivia Thomas caught and bowled Rachana Cambampaty, 5.
Beth Langston in now alongside Maddie Ward, who has 25.
Rebecca Duckworth run out, 12.
Duckworth pushes out to cover but is sent back in search of a quick single.
Ami Campbell bowled Hannah Davis, 0.
Yorkshire in all sorts of bother. Olivia Thomas in now.
 
Yorkshire are 24-3 in the seventh over.
Maddie Ward 8 and Rebecca Duckworth 2.
Lauren Winfield-Hill bowled Issy Routledge, 9.
Rebecca Duckworth and Maddie Ward both in on nought. Serious rebuild job on now.
Sterre Kalis caught Riva Pindoria bowled Katie Wolfe, 0.
Early bother for Yorkshire as Kalis is well caught at backward point.
Maddie Ward and Lauren Winfield-Hill, who has 9, aim to settle things.
Georgie Boyce caught Sonali Patel bowled Saskia Horley, 4.
Caught at mid-on.
Sterre Kalis joins Lauren Winfield-Hill at the crease.
Katie Wolfe bowls a tidy first over against Lauren Winfield-Hill and Georgie Boyce.
Ami Campbell powers one of her three sixes in 26 not out off 10 balls to finish off the semi-final against Glamorgan this afternoon.
We’re ready to go in the final.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.
Yorkshire’s bid for a perfect 10 wins and the Vitality Blast 2 trophy will begin with them batting first in the final against Middlesex.
The White Rose are unchanged team wise from the semi-final.
Yorkshire: Georgie Boyce, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Sterre Kalis, Maddie Ward c&w, Ami Campbell, Rebecca Duckworth, Olivia Thomas, Beth Langston, Ria Fackrell, Rachel Slater, Claudie Cooper.
We win by seven wickets with more than two overs to spare, and we’re through to this evening’s final against Middlesex at 6.45pm.
Ami Campbell hits three sixes to finish it and ends on 26 not out. Maddie Ward 21 not out.
Ami Campbell has just launched two leg-side sixes off Katy Cobb’s spin, and it’s now 123-3 after 17 overs. 
Two more to win.
Georgie Boyce caught behind Georgia Parfitt, 38.
Yorkshire need 27 more to win, with Ami Campbell having joined Maddie Ward, who has 15.
Yorkshire 82-2 in the 14th over.
Georgie Boyce has 34 and Maddie Ward 4.
But the pair have had a couple of mix-ups with their running which haven’t been punished, and Glamorgan have dropped a catch.
Sterre Kalis bowled Poppy Tulloch, 1.
A beauty of a delivery from the seamer does for Kalis as she’s stuck on the crease.
Yorkshire need 52 more to win. Maddie Ward in alongside Georgie Boyce, 30.
Lauren Winfield-Hill caught Beth Gammon bowled Poppy Walker, 35.
Winfield-Hill lofts the spin of Walker to long-off.
Yorkshire need 58 more to win with Sterre Kalis in now alongside Georgie Boyce, who has 26.
The White Rose need 56 more to win this one.
Lauren Winfield-Hill 35 and Georgie Boyce 26.
Yorkshire need 82 more to win.
Lauren Winfield-Hill has 27 of them and Georgie Boyce has 13.
Yorkshire cruising to victory over Glamorgan.
Lauren Winfield-Hill has 25 and Georgie Boyce 7. The target is 125.
Solid start for Yorkshire in pursuit of a 125-target and a place in the final against Middlesex this evening.
Georgie Boyce and Lauren Winfield-Hill are opening the batting.
Two wickets in the last over for Beth Langston, and that’s a superb comeback from Yorkshire.
Olivia Thomas finishes with three wickets, Langston two and Claudie Cooper two. Rachel Slater one and Ria Fackrell one.
Yorkshire were excellent in the field.
Yorkshire’s spinners continue to thrive.
Glamorgan are 120-7 in the 19th over. Georgia Parfitt bowled.
Cooper has two wickets.
Ria Fackrell and Maddie Ward celebrate the departure of Bethan Gammon.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.
Olivia Thomas has struck twice in the 16th over, and Glamorgan have slipped from 99-2 to 105-6.
Bea Ellis caught mid-off and Gemma Porter trapped lbw. Brilliant comeback from Yorkshire.
Bethan Gammon caught behind Maddie Ward bowled Ria Fackrell, 11.
Caught behind on the drive.
Two wickets quickly, and Yorkshire are back in business.
Bethan Ellis caught and bowled Claudie Cooper, 41.
Super catch. Drilled back and caught waist high going to her right.
Key breakthrough as Yorkshire look to limit the Welsh side.
Niamh Holland caught behind Maddie Ward bowled Olivia Thomas, 13.
Important breakthrough for Yorkshire as Holland is caught behind trying to cut a ball which is too close to her.
Glamorgan 87-1 after 12 overs.
Bethan Ellis has 40 of them and Niamh Holland 13.
Lauren Parfitt bowled Rachel Slater, 29.
Beauty. Looked like a slower ball, which Parfitt is deceived by. Jagged away and the Glamorgan captain is left groping for it.
Much needed breakthrough.
Glamorgan have a platform courtesy of Bethan Ellis 29 and Lauren Parfitt 16.
Bethan Ellis has 22 of them, Lauren Parfitt 10.
Glamorgan will be the happier at present, but no cause for concern yet for Yorkshire.
Glamorgan are 22-0 after four overs. Lauren Parfitt has just drilled Rachel Slater down the ground for four and has 8. Bethan Ellis 9. Claudie Cooper into the attack.
Quiet start to this one. Rachel Slater concedes only four from her first over.
Rachel Slater sharing the new ball. A boundary to third in the first over for Bethan Ellis.
Beth Langston has the new ball, and Lauren Parfitt and Bethan Ellis are opening the batting for Glamorgan.
Yorkshire: Georgie Boyce, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Sterre Kalis, Maddie Ward c&w, Ami Campbell, Rebecca Duckworth, Olivia Thomas, Beth Langston, Ria Fackrell, Rachel Slater, Claudie Cooper.
The second semi-final between Yorkshire and Glamorgan will begin in just under 45 minutes time from now.
The toss will take place at 2.30pm.
They’re through to the final having cruised to a chase of 108.
We’re expecting the second semi-final to start at 3pm between Yorkshire and Glamorgan. Not confirmed, though.
In pursuit of a revised 108 from 14 overs, they are 57-0 in the sixth.
Middlesex will require 108 from 14 overs to beat Leicestershire and reach the final.
The Middlesex reply has been delayed by rain. Nothing too heavy, but enough to keep us off.
We’re halfway through the first semi-final here at Wantage Road, and the Foxes have a competitive total on the board.
They started well and lost a few wickets at the end.
From Wantage Road…
Yorkshire are in semi-final action from 2.30pm, against Glamorgan, as they chase silverware in the Midlands today.
The winners of that clash will face the winners of Leicestershire v Middlesex, which is ongoing now. That one started at 11am, and Leicestershire are 100-2 in the 15th over.
Yorkshire qualified for Finals Day as the only team out of the 10 in Tier 2 to win all eight matches in the group stages, finishing top of the North. Glamorgan finished second in the South behind Middlesex.
The evening final will begin at 6.30pm.
There was quite a bit of rain around on the drive down to Northampton this morning, so fingers crossed we can get through the day unscathed.
Our preview for the day is available via the embedded X post above this scene-setter.
The live stream is available via our YouTube channel. It’s being run for the day by the ECB.
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