Live: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Yorkshire Women, MBODC

Beth Ascott finishes 86 not out as the hosts chase 260 inside 47 overs to seal their semi-final place.

We are still fourth in the table with four wins and four defeats, but we’re in a three-way fight for the last semi-final place with Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. It will all be decided on Saturday when we we travel to face Kent at Canterbury.

Gemma Marriott caught Claudie Cooper bowled Jess Woolston, 50.

Caught at point as Yorkshire pick up a consolatory wicket immediately after Marriott reaches her fifty.

Northamptonshire need 15 more to win.

Beth Ascott 82 and Gemma Marriott 47.

The hosts need 19 more to win.

The hosts are 225-3 after 40 overs, needing 35 more to win.

Beth Ascott is 80 not out.

Northamptonshire need 56 more to win this one.

Beth Ascott has 73 and Gemma Marriott 23.

Unfortunately, Yorkshire haven’t been able to build on the wicket of Michaela Kirk as of yet, and the Steelbacks are on course at this point.

Amelia Oliver is now keeping wicket for Yorkshire.

Northamptonshire 168-3 in the 32nd over chasing 260.

Beth Ascott has reached her maiden List A fifty off 51 balls, with Northamptonshire moving to 165-3 in the 31st over.

They need 95 more to win.

Gemma Marriott is unbeaten on 9.

Maddie Ward and Beth Langston are currently searching for wicket number four.

Michaela Kirk bowled Ines Blackwell, 77.

Played on cutting at an in-swinger. That ends a 109 partnership with Beth Ascott, 39.

Northamptonshire need 116 more to win.

Olivia Breese is now keeping wicket for Yorkshire, with Maddie Ward now fielding at mid-on. It looks like Ward is going to bowl.

From our vantage point, we can’t see the whole field, but it looks like Olivia Thomas is off the field.

Northamptonshire 137-2 in the 27th over.

Northamptonshire need 124 more to win.

Michaela Kirk 73 and Beth Ascott 35.

They have shared 101 unbroken for the third-wicket.

Yorkshire need a wicket, and preferably Kirk.

Michaela Kirk has reached her fifty off 46 balls, with Northamptonshire 108-2 after 20 overs.

They need 152 more to win.

They’ve advanced to 101-2 after 19 overs chasing 260.

Beth Ascott has 30 and Michaela Kirk 43.

Michaela Kirk and Beth Ascott, on 24 and 27, have just taken 37 off the last three overs against the spin of Claudie Cooper and Olivia Thomas.

They have taken the score to 78-2 after 15 overs chasing 260.

Amelia Kemp caught Ami Campbell bowled Olivia Thomas, 15.

Stunning catch at slip from Campbell. Kemp tries to cut, and she takes it one-handed diving to her right. Fabulous.

Northamptonshire in early bother chasing 260.

Bella Howarth caught behind Maddie Ward bowled Jess Woolston, 6.

Howarth tries to almost get out of the way of a ball which follows her and can only edge it behind.

Yorkshire have the breakthrough defending a 260-target.

Northamptonshire are 8-0 after one over.

The Steelbacks are chasing 260, and Beth Langston has the new ball.

Amelia Kemp has hit an early boundary down the ground. Bella Howarth is the other opener.

Glamorgan have beaten Worcestershire by 10 wickets chasing 117, which is good news for Yorkshire considering the latter are a threat to their semi-final hopes.

Excellent fightback from Yorkshire having been 6-2.

Olivia Thomas, pictured, stood out with 57 but last pair Claudie Cooper 24 and Jess Woolston shared an unbroken 48.

Bethan Robinson 4-46 from eight overs, but she didn’t complete her full allocation of overs.

Elsewhere, and this is good news for Yorkshire, Glamorgan are 79-0 in the 13th over chasing 117 to beat Worcestershire at Redditch.

Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.

Jess Woolston and Claudie Cooper have put on 39 for the last wicket to take Yorkshire to 250-9 after 49 overs.

Strong shots galore.

Woolston 14, Cooper 20.

Ines Blackwell caught Alicia Presland bowled Mabel Reid, 17.

Caught at cover, and Claudie Cooper is the last batter in.

Ria Fackrell stumped Chloe Hill bowled Anisha Patel, 7.

Jess Woolston in now alongside Ines Blackwell, who has 17.

Beth Langston caught Gemma Marriott bowled Amelia Kemp, 30.

Langston is well caught on the deep backward square-leg fence.

Ria Fackrell in alongside Ines Blackwell 9.

Beth Langston has 29 and Ines Blackwell 8.

Yorkshire trying to eek out the runs now. Get up to 250 and that will pose Northamptonshire a real challenge.

Northamptonshire off-spinner Ella Phillips has just finished her 10-over spell, returning 1-13.

Fabulous effort, but Yorkshire have ridden out the storm, and you feel they’re in a decent position here at 186-6 after 38 overs.

Beth Langston 25 and Ines Blackwell 5.

Olivia Thomas lbw Ella Phillips, 57.

Really unlucky to have been given lbw there and falls for an excellent half-century. Initial instinct was bat involved.

Ines Blackwell in now alongside Beth Langston, who has 22.

Olivia Thomas has 55 and Beth Langston 19.

They have shared an excellent half-century partnership.

Olivia Thomas reaches her fifty off 71 balls with 8x4s.

Yorkshire 159-5 in the 29th over.

Excellent knock.

Olivia Thomas has 46 and Beth Langston 15.

Olivia Thomas 34 and Beth Langston 4.

Yorkshire are going ok have recovered from 6-2.

Their closest rivals in the table, Worcestershire, are 105-9 against Glamorgan.

Ami Campbell caught Bethan Robinson bowled Mabel Reid, 32.

Caught long-on, and it looks like one-handed as well over her head running in and around from long-on.

Robinson has had a hand in every wicket so far.

That ends a 61-run stand with Olivia Thomas, 28.

Beth Langston in now.

Yorkshire 108-4 after 18 overs.

Olivia Thomas and Ami Campbell have 25 apiece.

Excellent from these two.

Ami Campbell and Olivia Thomas put on a 78-run partnership in Yorkshire’s victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol last week, and they are at the crease together again and have shared 38 and counting.

Yorkshire 96-4 in the 17th over.

Thomas 22 and Campbell 16.

Olivia Thomas 10 and Ami Campbell 2.

Yorkshire may be in a sticky situation here, but in terms of semi-final qualification there’s no panic just yet.

Worcestershire, directly below Yorkshire, are 54-5 at home to Glamorgan.

Erin Thomas caught Gemma Marriott bowled Bethan Robinson, 25.

Pulled to mid-on.

Ami Campbell in now alongside Olivia Thomas, 5.

Maddie Ward bowled Bethan Robinson, 17.

Ward plays on trying to scoop, handing Robinson a third.

That came after Amelia Kemp’s first over went for 24.

Olivia Thomas in now alongside Erin Thomas, 23.

Maddie Ward 17 and Erin Thomas 5 are trying to advance here.

Ward is trying to put the pressure back onto the Northamptonshire bowlers and has been inventive in the early stages of her innings.

Rebecca Duckworth bowled Bethan Robinson, 0.

Crikey. Two decent deliveries, and Yorkshire are in early bother.

Maddie Ward in now.

Amelia Oliver bowled Bethan Robinson, 0.

Not much you can do about those. Off-stump goes cartwheeling.

Rebecca Duckworth in now.

Amelia Oliver is facing the off-spin of Ella Phillips.

Erin Thomas is her opening partner.

Yorkshire: Erin Thomas, Amelia Oliver, Rebecca Duckworth, Maddie Ward c&w, Ami Campbell, Olivia Thomas, Beth Langston, Ines Blackwell, Ria Fackrell, Claudie Cooper, Jess Woolston.

Preview: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Yorkshire Women, MBODC

From Wantage Road, Northampton, where it’s a glorious day ahead of Yorkshire’s penultimate Metro Bank One-Day Cup group fixture – against the Steelbacks.

We’ve reached crunch stage in the race for qualification for the semi-finals.

Both of these teams currently sit in the all-important top four places. Northamptonshire are second and Yorkshire fourth.

The top four teams after seven of eight games are Middlesex on 33 points, Northamptonshire 29, Glamorgan 28 and Yorkshire 20.

A reminder, it’s a maximum five points for a win, so we still have 10 to play for.

Directly below Yorkshire are Worcestershire Rapids, also on 20 points but with an inferior net run-rate.

They face Glamorgan today and Middlesex on Saturday in their last two games. Yorkshire travel to face second-bottom Kent at Canterbury on Saturday.

Yorkshire won last time out at Gloucestershire last Saturday, by 150 runs. That was their fourth win in seven.

It also ended a three-game losing streak across the competitions, which ironically started with a defeat to Middlesex in the Vitality Blast final at the end of July on this ground.

You can read our preview for this game, with Ami Campbell, via the link above.

We get going at 10.30am.

Enjoy the day.