Game One

Cambridgeshire Women were the visitors at Holmer Green, and after winning the toss, they elected to bowl first in Game One.

After a tight pair of opening overs from Sophia Mannix and Jessica Pugh, Bucks opener Chloe Hill kept the scoreboard ticking over nicely for several overs.

While boundaries were hard to come by for the home side, Hill and Amelia Peck put on an impressive 91-run partnership before Hill (41) was eventually run out in the 15th over following a mix-up.

The second wicket fell in the very next over, with Peck (39) stumped by Millie Rawlins off the bowling of Sophie Singer.

New batters Rosie Burton-Pye and Cara Duggan wasted no time in boosting the Bucks total, taking 21 runs from a single Mannix over and moving Bucks to 116/2 with three overs remaining.

The runs continued to flow as Burton-Pye and Duggan pushed the tempo, adding a valuable 48 runs in just four overs and setting Cambridgeshire a target of 143 to win.

The visitors applied pressure from the start, as Lulu Harding punished the bowling of Natasha MacBean and scored 14 runs in the first over.

Tegan Stockdale pulled it back nicely with her first over before Molly Carter claimed the first wicket, with Singer (3) caught by Megs Woodward.

Stockdale then struck in her second over—clean bowling opener Harding for 14 and bringing Bucks back into the game at 21/2.

Stockdale’s economy continued into a third over, which went for only two runs, and the required run rate began to climb.

With pressure building, sharp fielding forced an error, and Burton-Pye ran out May Busher (9).

Duggan then struck in her third over, bowling Millie Rawlins (2) and leaving Cambridgeshire still needing 92 runs from nine overs.

With the required run rate climbing above 10, Anabel Kaser and Kelly Haynes attempted to counter-attack the spin of MacBean and Ridgway from both ends.

Although a few boundaries followed, Kaser (5) mistimed a delivery from Ridgway, which looped into the hands of Stockdale.

With Carter returning to the attack, Cambridgeshire required 67 from the final four overs. The dangerous Haynes (30) was then run out by Stockdale after a flurry of shots in her 37-ball innings.

Despite a late charge from Pugh and Jessica McCrum, who added 24 runs in the final three overs, Bucks secured victory in Game One by 42 runs.

Game Two

Cambridgeshire once again won the toss at Holmer Green CC, but this time elected to bat first.

Harding was unable to replicate her Game One start, as Carter bowled her for a golden duck on the second ball of the innings.

Things went from bad to worse for the visitors in the next over, as the other opener, Singer (4), was run out by some sharp fielding from Amelia Peck.

A spell of tight bowling from Bucks made runs hard to come by, and in the eighth over, captain Duggan bowled Busher (13), putting her side firmly on top.

Cambridgeshire once again looked to target the spin of MacBean and Ridgway. While it appeared to work initially, Millie Rawlins (26) found Amelia Peck in the deep off Ridgway’s bowling.

Shortly after their 42-run partnership was broken, Haynes (29) was bowled by Stockdale in the next over, leaving the visitors at 77/5 after 16 overs.

Wickets continued to fall—Ridgway trapped Kaser (2) LBW for her first, then struck again in her following over, with Stockdale taking a catch to dismiss Pugh (7).

Duggan returned to bowl the final over and sealed an impressive bowling performance as Sophia Pearson (4) struck the last ball of the innings straight into the hands of Peck.

Bucks Women required 91 runs to win.

Once again, a classy opening stand from Hill and Peck brought the home side close to victory until Peck (31) was bowled by Pearson, with Bucks 70/1 after 11 overs.

Burton-Pye picked up where she left off in Game One, striking 13 runs from the 12th over alongside Hill, leaving just 9 runs to win with eight overs remaining.

After a single from Hill, it was left to Burton-Pye to smash two more boundaries and seal an emphatic nine-wicket win with over seven overs to spare.

Chloe Hill finished unbeaten on 37*, with Rosie Burton-Pye 14*.

Following the two victories and results elsewhere, Bucks Women now sit second in the group, with two matches remaining against Staffordshire.