Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Sarah Glenn bowls against Durham today.
Yorkshire v Durham
Vitality Blast, Women
Friday June 5, 2026, 3pm
Headingley
Toss: Durham won it and elected to bat
Teams – Yorkshire: Lauren Winfield-Hill c/w, Erin Thomas, Alice Clarke, Jess Jonassen, Sterre Kalis, Rebecca Duckworth, Maddie Ward, Sarah Glenn, Ines Blackwell, Hannah Rainey, Claudie Cooper.
Durham: Mady Villiers, Hollie Armitage c, Emily Windsor, Bess Heath, Heather Graham, Mia Rogers w, Grace Thompson, Sophia Turner, Trudy Johnson, Abi Glen, Katie Levick.
Match Summary: Yorkshire were beaten by 21 runs by Durham this afternoon as they fell short of chasing 156.
On-loan debutant Alice Clarke top-scored with an impressive 32 off 26 balls in Yorkshire’s 134-8, though by that stage Durham were in not far off an unassailable position.
Katie Levick’s leg-spin returned an impressive 2-13 from four overs, while Australian Heather Graham struck three times for a Durham side who have won four from five in this season’s Blast. Earlier, Bess Heath top-scored with 36 off 25 for them.
Unfortunately, Yorkshire have now lost five from five.
The positives were Clarke and also that seamer Hannah Rainey struck twice in her first game of the season following injury, while Sarah Glenn also struck once with her leg-spin and hit 19 with the bat in her first game of 2026 – also following injury.
Report: Durham got off to a flyer thanks to openers Hollie Armitage and Mady Villiers, who took 32 off the first three overs, including three successive boundaries from the latter against Hannah Rainey.
However, the brakes were applied as both seam and spin prospered, with Rainey getting Villiers caught at deep midwicket pulling for 17 and Emily Windsor caught at point for 18. Sandwiched in between Armitage was bowled for 24 by Maddie Ward’s spin as the score reached 72-3 after 10 overs.
Top-scorer Bess Heath tried to regain the early momentum and was leg-side dominant. But just as she was ready to really accelerate, she miscued Glenn to mid-off with the score on 108 in the 15th.
Lots of Durham batters got starts without being able to go on. Australian all-rounder Heather Graham was another. She had made it to 17 when she was bowled by Claudie Cooper’s off-spin, with Grace Thompson picking out cover four balls later – 127-6 after 17 overs.
Wicketkeeper-batter Mia Rogers then played a key role in adding late runs with an unbeaten 29.
Yorkshire openers Lauren Winfield-Hill and Erin Thomas both miscued to mid-on against Katie Levick and Trudy Johnson as the chase slipped to 27-2 inside five overs.
Glenn and Jess Jonassen steadied. But more was required.
Jonassen was bowled by fellow Australian overseas Graham – 59-3.
Sterre Kalis, in her last game before representing the Netherlands at the forthcoming T20 World Cup, holed out to long-on off Sophia Turner before Glenn was bowled playing back at Levick for 19.
That left the score at 67-5 in the 12th over.
Turner, who played for the old Headingley-based Northern Diamonds alongside the likes of Levick, Armitage and Winfield-Hill, later had Maddie Ward caught at long-on.
On-loan Lancashire player Clarke mixed invention and power at the end, but she was bowled by Graham.
Magic moment: Not exactly one moment, but the three wickets which Hannah Rainey and Sarah Glenn took combined would have been a huge boost to them and their coaches and team-mates after an incredibly frustrating start to 2026.
Turning point: Yorkshire were unable to get the momentum they needed in the first half of their chase, which reached 62-3 after 10 overs, with Lauren Winfield-Hill, Erin Thomas and Jess Jonassen all falling. It left them with a mountain to climb.
Alice Clarke, obviously later impressed as well.
Stat of the match: Each of Durham’s top six made at least 17. While no-one made a massive impact, they combined to compile a winning total.
What they said – Yorkshire seamer Hannah Rainey: “I think we were a lot better in the field today. We’ve had a real focus on that, trying to cut off the runs that we’ve let slip in the last couple of games.
“We felt really tight out there as a unit, but our batting has let us down again. We lacked a partnership, especially up top.
“They bowled well, and we struggled to find the boundary in that powerplay. That always set you up in a T20 innings.
“There’s a lot of frustration, and we wanted to get that win on the board. But we do feel like we’re heading in the right direction.
“I’m really happy to be back and contributing. I had a bit of a nervous start, and I think that’s natural having not played in a while. Alice Clarke came into the side and put in a really solid performance in a tricky situation. That was nice to see her do well.”
What’s next: These two sides meet twice in five days in the Blast. The return fixture is at the Banks Homes Riverside on Tuesday afternoon at 2.30pm.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Alice Clarke played very nicely late in today’s defeat against Durham.
