Sussex Sharks Women vs Kent Women

Sussex Sharks Women welcome Kent Women to Hove on Sunday as Alexia Walker's side go in search of back-to-back Metro Bank One Day Cup victories.

It was a fortnight ago that Sussex produced a complete performance with both bat and ball to defeat Worcestershire Rapids by a mammoth 155 runs. An outing that provided some wonderful achievements, as both Izzy Collis and Nancy Harman recorded centuries to set a total of 341-3.

And then swarmed the Sharks attack: Captain Chiara Green leading the charge with four wickets, whilst Anna Lewis and Bella Johnson both picked up a pair of wickets to seal the Rapids' fate. It was the perfect response to the loss at Leicestershire in the opening game of the campaign, as the Sharks head into this one against Kent with one win and one defeat.

The Opposition

A campaign that had positives but left plenty of space for improvements, Kent's 2025 One Day Cup efforts saw them win just the one game in the group, losing the remaining eight including on their trip to Hove where the Sharks ran out winners by 43 runs.

This time around and they've seemingly made those improvements, narrowly losing out to Northamptonshire Steelbacks but following that up with a simple enough victory over Derbyshire as they also go into Sunday's clash with momemtum.

Former Shark, Rachel King - who joined Kent on loan at the start of the season - has not been released by Surrey to play in this match whilst Tilly Callaghan remains out with a knee injury. Hollie Young made her Kent debut last time out in the Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup, whilst Pathway seamer Naomi Scott is again included in a first-team squad.

Team News

Eve O’Neill returned from the England U19 tour of Australia alongside winter acquisition, Shristi Patil, for last Sunday's T20 County Cup defeat to Norfolk, but now Mollie Adams, too, is back and in line to make her first Sussex appearance of the campaign.

Kali-Ann Docherty overcame her injury to also feature last weekend, taking a wicket in the process and keeping her place in the squad.

Squad News

Mollie Adams, Anna Buckle, Izzy Collis, Kali-Ann Docherty, Indigo Gentry, Chiara Green (c), Bella Johnson, Faye Mullins, Eve O'Neill, Shristi Patil, Poppy Tulloch, Phoebe Wilkinson.

How to Watch

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The action gets underway at 10.30am on Sunday. Gates will open at 9.30am. Entry is completely FREE!