Yorkshire Women vs Derbyshire Women, T20 Blast Women 2025 League 2, Today Match Prediction

YORW vs DERW Match Prediction & Analysis

Yorkshire Women will lock horns against Derbyshire Falcons Women in Match 5 of the Women's T20 Blast League 2 on Sunday, June 1st, 2025. The match will be played at Headingley, Leeds, with a scheduled start time of 7:00 PM IST. It will be live-streamed on the official Yorkshire County YouTube channel.

Yorkshire Women are coming off a 10-wicket loss against Warwickshire Women in the quarter-final round of the recently concluded Women's T20 County Cup. Meanwhile, their opponents, Derbyshire Falcons Women, suffered a 122-run loss against Yorkshire Women in the first round of the Women's T20 County Cup 2025.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Yorkshire Women Preview

Yorkshire Women had a commendable County Cup campaign, winning their first three matches against Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and, most notably, a Tier 1 team, Essex Women, whom they defeated by 11 runs. In all three victories, Yorkshire Women batted first and successfully defended their totals. However, in their fourth match, their bowlers faltered as Warwickshire chased down 139 runs to inflict a 10-wicket loss.

Yorkshire will miss the services of Lauren Winfield-Hill, who has been traded to Essex Women for the T20 Blast, and Maddie Ward will make her captaincy debut for Yorkshire on Sunday. Her deputy, Rachel Slater, is also sidelined due to a wrist injury. Maddie Ward has scored 112 runs in 19 matches in her nascent T20 career.

In the bowling department, Beth Langston will spearhead the pace attack; she has picked up 54 wickets in her T20 career and has three wickets to her tally in her last three outings. Grace Hall is another key bowler, with 24 wickets to her name in her relatively short T20 career.

Yorkshire Women Predicted Playing XI:

Maddie Ward (C), Ria Fackrell, Erin Thomas, Rebecca Duckworth, Ami Campbell, Olivia Thomas, Beth Langston, Claudie Cooper, Grace Hall, Amelia Love, Jessica Woolston

Derbyshire Women Preview

Derbyshire Falcons Women were eliminated in the first round of the recently concluded Women's T20 County Cup 2025, where they lost to Yorkshire Women by 122 runs.

The Falcons will be led by Adrianna Darlow, who hasn't had much success with either bat or ball recently and has experienced a lean patch. Jessica Ca, who scored 35 runs in the last match, will be a key batter for the Falcons alongside Ella Porter and Anmie Williams.

In the bowling department, Gemma Rose will lead the attack alongside Perritt. Both bowlers can swing the ball, and if they can secure early breakthroughs, it will allow McDonald Hardwick to apply additional pressure on the Yorkshire batters in the middle overs.

Derbyshire Women Predicted Playing XI:

Jessica Co, Sophia McCollum, Natasha Allen, Annie Williams (wk), Ella Porter, Adrianna Darlow (C), Millie Gray, Harriett Parkin, Caitlin McDonald, Pagan Hardwick, Gemma Rose.

Weather Conditions

The weather at Leeds on Sunday, 1st June is expected to be around 16°C and there is a slight chance of rain and it is going to be mostly overcast. 

YORW vs DERW Pitch Report

The pitch at Headingley, Leeds offers a balanced track that favors both batters and bowlers. There is a bit of grass left on the surface, which will favor the fast bowlers, and spinners will have to stick to stump-to-stump bowling. The average first innings score in the 11 Women's T20 matches played at this venue is 133 runs.

Toss: To Bowl

Teams batting second won 6 of the 11 matches played at Headingley, Leeds, where the conditions get better for batting as the match progresses. We predict the team that wins the toss will opt to bowl first.