Live: Vitality County T20 Cup, Round One – Yorkshire Women v Derbyshire Falcons

Caitlin McDonald caught Ria Fackrell bowled Claudie Cooper, 10.

McDonald drives Cooper to cover, and that’s it. Yorkshire by 122 runs and set up a Round Two clash with Staffordshire at Weetwood on Saturday.

Cooper finishes with three wickets, as does Grace Hall. Ria Fackrell and Olivia Thomas claimed two wickets apiece.

Pagan Hardwick bowled Ria Fackrell, 3.

Second wicket for Fackrell.

Millie Gray caught and bowled Olivia Thomas, 7.

Two for Thomas, and Yorkshire are on the verge of victory here.

Harriett Parkin bowled Olivia Thomas, 3.

Parkin shimmies down the pitch trying to attack against Yorkshire’s leg-spinner and seems to york herself.

Ella Porter bowled Ria Fackrell, 2.

Yorkshire are on their way into round two. Another wicket for off-spin, with Fackrell backing up their earlier success of Claudie Cooper.

Bowled through the gate. Lovely delivery.

Adrianna Darlow lbw Grace Hall, 0.

Derbyshire’s captain falls for a two-ball duck, and Hall has her third wicket.

Jessica Couser caught Olivia Thomas bowled Grace Hall, 35.

Caught in the mid-wicket region trying to go over the top.

Yorkshire continue to excel.

Derbyshire opener Jessica Couser is playing nicely.

She has 30 out of 53-3 in the eighth over, including a six over mid-wicket off the leg-spin of Olivia Thomas.

Annie Williams lbw Claudie Cooper, 5.

Williams is trapped lbw playing back and around one which scoots through.

Cooper has her second wicket.

Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.

Natasha Allen caught Beth Langston bowled Grace Hall, 5.

Allen drills an out-swinger from Hall to mid-off.

Derbyshire are 29-1 after four overs chasing 206.

After that early wicket, they have steadied the ship through opener Jessica Couser and Natasha Allen. Though they are going to have to do more to win this one.

Sophia McCollum lbw Claudie Cooper, 0.

Yorkshire strengthen their grip on this contest.

Cooper’s off-spin strikes immediately at the start of the second over.

Her impressive start to Yorkshire life continues.

Yorkshire finish with a commanding total.

Ami Campbell and Sterre Kalis finished with 41 and 22 not out respectively. Lauren Winfield-Hill top-scored with an excellent 88.

After Yorkshire posted 381-6 against Derbyshire in Saturday’s 50-over game at the County Ground, there’s no let up for the Falcons’ bowlers.

Picture by John Clifton/SWPix. Lauren Winfield-Hill celebrates her fifty.

We’re into the closing stages of the innings, and Ami Campbell has moved to 23 off 12 balls with a six and two fours. Yorkshire are 169-3 with 14 balls remaining in the innings.

Rebecca Duckworth caught Jessica Couser bowled Gemma Rose, 27.

Duckworth clubs a full toss out to deep mid-wicket.

Ami Campbell and Sterre Kalis together heading into the final five overs.

Lauren Winfield-Hill caught Gemma Rose bowled Harriett Parkin, 88.

Oh no. Winfield-Hill has sliced a short ball from the off-spin of Parkin to short third.

Sterre Kalis is in now alongside Rebecca Duckworth, who has 18.

Lauren Winfield-Hill is 88 not out off 50 balls. She has hit 18 fours in her knock, which has put Yorkshire in an excellent position at 132-1 in the 14th over.

She has shared 72 with Rebecca Duckworth, who has 18.

Rebecca Duckworth has clubbed a full toss from leg-spinner Gemma Rose for six over mid-wicket to bring up our 100.

We’ve since moved to 109-1 after 11 overs. She has 17 and Winfield-Hill 66.

When she gets it right, Rose is a real danger. Unfortunately for Derbyshire, she has just bowled too many full tosses even though she got a wicket with one.

Lauren Winfield-Hill reaches her fifty off 35 balls with 10x4s.

Yorkshire are 90-1 after 10 overs and going very nicely indeed.

Keep going, skip!

Picture by John Clifton/SWPix.com.

Erin Thomas caught Ella Porter bowled Gemma Rose, 22.

Thomas has clubbed a full toss from the looping leg-spin of Gemma Rose down to wide long-on.

Rebecca Duckworth is in to join her captain Lauren Winfield-Hill, who has 34.

Rose claimed four wickets at Derby on Saturday.

I can do too.

After Erin Thomas took four fours off Sophia McCollum in the last over, Lauren Winfield-Hill has just taken three in the over off Caitlin McDonald.

She has 29 out of 55-0 after six overs.

Erin Thomas has just hit the seam of Sophia McCollum for three boundaries in a row in the fifth over, moving to 18 and taking the score to 37-0.

It hasn’t been the easiest of starts to the summer for the England Under 19s opener, so a score today would do just nicely.

Yorkshire are 22-0 midway through the fourth over.

Lauren Winfield-Hill has 16, including three boundaries.

It doesn’t look like run-scoring will be straightforwards on this page. We’ve already seen one shoot through low against Lauren Winfield-Hill from the new-ball seam of Pagan Hardwick. Having said that, Winfield-Hill has just scored her first boundary.

Staffordshire await the winners of this tie having beaten Cumbria by seven wickets at Stafford.

We’re all set to go at Harrogate.

Lauren Winfield-Hill has elected to bat first this afternoon.

Yorkshire: Lauren Winfield-Hill c&w, Erin Thomas, Rebecca Duckworth, Sterre Kalis, Ami Campbell, Maddie Ward, Olivia Thomas, Beth Langston, Ria Fackrell, Claudie Cooper, Grace Hall.

The winners of this tie will face either Staffordshire or Cumbria in round two on Saturday.

Staffordshire are chasing 109 to win and are 75-2 in the 11th over.

Yorkshire may well have won very comfortably on Saturday, but Derbyshire are expected to be better for that run today.

They won the national T20 title in the old county structure last year, under the leadership of their current captain Adrianna Darlow and coach Jon Dyson.

Saturday’s centurion Ami Campbell said after that game: “We have to enjoy these days when they come, but also let’s get back on it on Monday. We’ll keep going at them and keep backing ourselves. It’s was my day today, and it’ll be someone else’s day on Monday I’m sure.”

This new knockout tournament has been billed as the FA Cup of county cricket.

It pits all three tiers in the new county structure together, with the professional Tier 1 counties entering the fray in round 3 on May 17.

Yorkshire have to win six matches to lift the trophy between now and May 26.

There is a Finals Day at Taunton, including semi-finals.

The draw has already been decided, and should Yorkshire win through the first two rounds they will face Essex Eagles at home on May 17.

Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix: Opening batter Erin Thomas will be desperate to get Yorkshire off to a flyer today.

There are a host of Round One fixtures today. Some are underway already.

Lincolnshire v Cheshire

Staffordshire v Cumbria 39-2

Shropshire 101-3 v Norfolk

Cambridgeshire 66-6 v Herefordshire

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Worcestershire Rapids

Sussex Sharks v Buckinghamshire

Hertfordshire v Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire 123-5

Middlesex v Kent

Cornwall v Berkshire

Wiltshire v Oxfordshire

Dorset v Devon

Glamorgan v Gloucestershire

Hello and welcome to our live blog, covering today’s first round action in the Vitality County T20 Cup against Derbyshire from Harrogate, starting at 2.30pm.

It was a fabulous start to the Bank Holiday weekend on Saturday when the White Rose beat Derbyshire at the County Ground in Derby by a mammoth 315-run margin in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup.

Yorkshire racked up 381-6 thanks mainly to Ami Campbell’s stunning career best 165 not out before bowling the Falcons out for 66.

The winners of today’s clash at St George’s Road will face the winners of today’s clash between Staffordshire and Cumbria in Round Two at Weetwood on Saturday.

You can see Yorkshire’s squad for this game, and read the preview with Lauren Winfield-Hill, via the embedded X post above.