Leicestershire CCC Women 🦊

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗫𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬 🏆 We win by 16 runs to secure our spot at @VitalityBlast League 2 Finals Day next weekend. Get in!!! 🦊💚 #Foxes🦊

𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 🏏 Scarlett Hughes top-scored with 47, while Cesca Sweet continued her stunning form with 38, but Middlesex ended the Foxes' Finals Day dreams at the penultimate hurdle. READ: 👉 foxeslccc.com/Middlesex-Defe… #Foxes🦊

🗣️ "To get to any Finals Day is a brilliant achievement." Head Coach Stephen Franklin says he's immensely proud of his team after the Foxes bowed out of the inaugural @VitalityBlast League 2 at the semi-final stages. 💭 #Foxes🦊

RESULT | Middlesex win by 10 wickets. Our @VitalityBlast journey ends at the semi-final stage. A run to be proud of in our first year as a Tier Two county and plenty of confidence to take into the remainder of the season. 💚 #Foxes🦊

Wickets needed. 🙏 Middlesex need 23 off 30 balls. Crofts to return for her second over. MID 85/0 (9) #Foxes🦊

Brilliant over, Cesca. 👏 Sweet's first over costs just three runs. Herathge to continue with a wicket or two needed for the Foxes. 🙏 MID 57/0 (6) #Foxes🦊

Middlesex start quickly. Whitfield is about to bowl her first over after Middlesex race out of the traps. The rain is still lightly falling. MID 35/0 (3) #Foxes🦊

We are ready to get underway. 🔓 Thatcher to bowl the first over with Middlesex's revised DLS target 1⃣0⃣8⃣ from 1⃣4⃣ overs. Come on, Leicestershire! 💚 #Foxes🦊

1⃣4⃣0⃣ ON THE BOARD. 🎯 Superb knocks from Hughes (47) and Sweet (38), helped by Phillips' (13*, 5b) late cameo guides us to 140/7. 💪 Over to the bowlers. #Foxes🦊

One over to play. Come on, Leicestershire! 🔋 Crofts and Phillips looking to end on the front foot following the losses of Hughes (47) and Davies (2) as we seek to add late runs in quick time. 💨 LEI 126/6 (19) #Foxes🦊

Scarlett's looking assured. 🫡 Hughes has progressed to 35 not out, with Watson (1*) joining her at the crease in the previous over. Let's finish strongly. 💪 LEI 107/3 (16) #Foxes🦊

Shot, Scarlett. 😮‍💨 Hughes (21*) sweeps immaculately to the ropes as she begins to build a partnership with Weston (4*) after Sweet was caught for 38. 🧹 LEI 86/2 (13) #Foxes🦊

𝗙𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 at halfway. ✈️ Sweet (38*) and Hughes (8*) are motoring along following the loss of Brooker for 16. Keep pushing. 🫸 LEI 66/1 (10) #Foxes🦊

'The Leicester Women's Way'. 🦊 Support for the Foxes on Finals Day. 🥰 #Foxes🦊

Powerplay complete. ✅ Sweet (22*) cuts three balls to the ropes off the penultimate over of the Powerplay, with Brooker unbeaten on 15 alongside her. 👊 LEI 40/0 (6) #Foxes🦊

A 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗧 start. 💨 Brooker (8*) and Sweet (8*) both pick up two boundaries apiece in the opening couple of overs as we start strongly. 💪 Watch Live: 👉 foxeslccc.com/Middlesex-Live LEI 16/0 (2) #Foxes🦊

𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜-𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗫𝗘𝗦 📝 It's semi-final time. Laura Crofts comes back into our XI, as Middlesex win the toss and elect to bowl first in Northampton. 🪙 Let's secure our spot in the final, Foxes. 🏆 #Foxes🦊

A BIG day for more reasons than one. Happy birthday, Emma. 🎂 Let's hope there's cause for a double celebration today. 🥳 #Foxes🦊