Stars shine as Yorkshire women beat Durham

Durham 0 points, Yorkshire 4 points

Durham, having elected to bat, crumbled to 64 for six as England leggie Glenn and Australian left-armer shared five wickets which all fell bowled.

The hosts recovered to 193 all out on a used pitch, but Yorkshire still claimed only a third win in nine matches, this with 15 balls remaining. Glenn returned three for 40 and Jonassen a miserly two for 18 before opener and captain Lauren Winfield-Hill and Erin Thomas led the chase with 65 and a senior career best 67 respectively.

Durham’s recovery had been led by Grace Thompson’s 40 and tail-enders Trudy Johnson and Katie Levick, who shared 62. The pair contributed 32 not out and 31 respectively in recording the highest 10th-wicket partnership by any team in two years of this competition. This was Durham’s fifth defeat in 10.

Glenn, in her first One-Day Cup appearance of 2026 following a broken finger, bowled Hollie Armitage, Mady Villiers and Emily Windsor - all playing back.

Jonassen, the competition’s leading wicket-taker with 20, then bowled her fellow Aussie Heather Graham and Bess Heath with beauties as Durham lost six wickets inside 18 overs.

Then came the recovery as 129 were added for the last four wickets.

Opener Emma Marlow, with 39, steadied alongside Thompson, who pulled Glenn over wide long-on for six.

But, after Marlow chipped Claudie Cooper’s off-spin to midwicket, breaking a 40-run stand - 104 for seven - Thompson was run out.

Teenager Ines Blackwell struck for the second time when she yorked Abi Glen, leaving the score at 131 for nine. Blackwell’s seam had made the initial breakthrough, getting Mia Rogers caught and bowled.

The Johnson and Levick alliance lasted almost 17 overs and was all about accumulation. Both recorded career List A best scores. Levick’s was her best in all senior cricket.

Yorkshire elevated big-hitting Ami Campbell to open the batting. And while she hit two boundaries off Johnson’s seam in the first over, she holed out against the same bowler in the third.

But Durham needed more. And they didn’t get it in the face of second-wicket pair Winfield-Hill and Thomas, the experience and youth who advanced confidently but steadily.

Their 122-partnership was more poise than power as they took the sting out of the situation on a pitch which was far from a batter’s dream.

At the halfway stage of the innings, Yorkshire were 103 for one.

Winfield-Hill’s fifty came up in 90 balls before 19-year-old Thomas reached her first in Tier 1 in 94.

Winfield-Hill drove Thompson to cover before Thomas was bowled by Villiers - 171 for three in the 42nd. Both hit six fours in 107 and 112 balls respectively.

Jonassen also fell to Marlow’s off-spin with the victory line in sight.

Durham head coach Dani Hazell said: “We were pretty below par today. I don’t think it was a great game for both sides but for a couple of good individual performance. All in all, we were well below our own standards.

“It probably turned into a bit of a dogfight at the end, but you don’t expect to win too many games getting 193 up top.

“Trudy Johnson and Katie Levick, a 50 partnership at the back end was brilliant. They played really and showed a few how to play. But it also showed that it was a pretty decent wicket.

“What we didn’t do is assess quickly enough at the start. We’ve done a lot of good stuff lately, so we won’t dwell too much. We have to learn and learn quickly.

“We have the County Cup coming up this weekend, so it’s an opportunity to go back to T20 cricket. We’re looking forward to that and looking forward to getting back to winning ways.”

Yorkshire batter Erin Thomas said: “I’m buzzing. That was a brilliant win.

“Glenny has been injured, but she’s come back and has shown us what she can do. She was unbelievable. Jess, as well, she’s just class - so, so good.

“It was quite a slow wicket, which we saw from them batting first and losing a few wickets at the start. We had a decent plan, and we didn’t mind taking it quite deep. I’ve face loads of balls there, but it was just about getting the job done.

“I’m very proud of myself there. I’ve worked really hard to get into a position where I can show what I can do. It’s alright getting 20s and stuff, but contributing to winning matches is what I want to do. Hopefully there’s more to come.

“I’ve not done as well as I wanted to this season. I’ve had some decent starts, but today I tried to dig in and kick on. Batting with Loz (Lauren Winfield-Hill) helped me a lot.”