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In the One Day Cup League Two final held in Bristol, Middlesex defeated Glamorgan by 67 runs to win their first title. Captain Saskia Horley scored an impressive century of 117 runs off 86 balls, including 13 boundaries, while Finty Trussler and Pippa Sproul contributed with scores of 43 each. Despite Bethan Gammon's top score of 58 for Glamorgan, Middlesex's strong batting performance and Horley’s four-wicket haul in the bowling department secured their victory.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-20,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
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In the Metro Bank Women's One Day Cup League Two final held in Bristol, Middlesex secured their maiden title by defeating Glamorgan with a 67-run victory. Captain Saskia Horley was instrumental, scoring an impressive century of 117 runs off 86 balls, including 13 boundaries. Middlesex posted a formidable total of 278-6, boosted further by contributions from Finty Trussler and Pippa Sproul, both scoring 43 runs each. Glamorgan's Bethan Gammon top-scored with 58 runs, but their poor fielding and bowling left them short at 211 all out in 44.5 overs. Horley also shined with the ball by taking 4 wickets for 36 runs. The win marked Middlesex's first One Day Cup title, while Glamorgan missed an opportunity to end their time in tier-two cricket on a high note before turning professional.
Written for “One Day Cup Final Win” on 2026-10-04,
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Metro Bank Women's One Day Cup League Two final, Bristol
Middlesex 278-6 (50 overs): Horley 117, Sproul 43, Trussler 43
Glamorgan 211 (44.5 overs): Gammon 58, Freeborn 43; Horley 4-36, Davis 3-36
Middlesex win by 67 runs
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Middlesex → publish → runs
Captain Saskia Horley hit a remarkable century as Middlesex beat Glamorgan by 67 runs to win the One Day Cup League Two final in Bristol.
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Middlesex → hit → Bristol
Horley hit 117 from 86 balls, including 13 boundaries, and put on 131 for the fourth wicket with Finty Trussler.
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Horley → hit → Trussler
Trussler and Pippa Sproul both scored 43 in a dominant batting performance as Middlesex posted 278-6, aided by some below-par Glamorgan fielding.
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Middlesex → score → fielding
Bethan Gammon top scored for the Welsh side with 58 but they were all out for 211, with Horley also leading from the front with the ball when taking 4 for 36.
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Horley → score → 36
Middlesex secured their maiden One Day Cup title while Glamorgan were denied the perfect farewell to tier-two cricket in their final match before turning professional.
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Glamorgan → secure → match
Middlesex started strongly when opener Artemis Downer, who hit an unbeaten 60 when they hammered Glamorgan by 10 wickets earlier in September, impressed with a couple of boundaries before being caught at point off Anna-Mae Shearn.
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they → start → Shearn
Izzy Routledge and Sproul helped steady the ship with a fluent 60-run partnership, before Routledge was caught at mid-off from a Nicole Reid delivery.
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Routledge → help → delivery
Sproul soon followed for a solid 43 from 67 balls when caught and bowled by Poppy Walker.
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Sproul → follow → Walker
Poor Glamorgan fielding, with several dropped catches and a missed stumping, boosted Middlesex as Horley and Trussler put on 131 before the latter was stumped by Abbey Freeborn off the bowling of Eve Jackson.
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latter → drop → Jackson
Horley's innings was ended on 117 but she helped Middlesex set a tough target of 279.
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Middlesex → end → 279
They got their breakthrough in the fifth over when influential captain Lauren Parfitt was bowled by Siya Nanavati for eight.
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Parfitt → get → eight
Glamorgan's woes continued when the hard-hitting Daisy Jeanes was caught at mid-wicket off Issy Routledge.
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Jeanes → continue → Routledge
The wickets continued to tumble when Horley followed up her century by taking the wickets of Bethan Ellis and Megan Sturge as Glamorgan slumped to 72-4.
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Glamorgan → continue → 72
A 72-run partnership between Freeborn and Gammon offered some hope, until the former was bowled by Anaya Patel for 43.
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former → offer → 43
Glamorgan won the League Two T20 Blast but Hannah Davis extinguished any hopes of a double with two swift wickets, including the key one of Gammon when she was caught in the deep for 58.
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she → win → 58
It was fitting that Horley had the final say when she had Gemma Porter caught by Trussler.
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Porter → have → Trussler
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