Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

No head-to-head record exists in the last three meetings because these teams have not played each other before. There is no most recent match between Warwickshire W and Yorkshire W to reference. This will be their first meeting.

Warwickshire W

Warwickshire W are 7th in the T20BW Regular Season with 12 points and a 3W-6L record. They come into this match on a three-game winning run, mixing a tight 1-run result with more comfortable wins. Their latest win was a 5-wicket chase finished with 24 balls remaining.

WAWarwickshire W 119/5

ESEssex W 116/8

2026-07-01 · WAR-W won by 5 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)

WAWarwickshire W 160/9

LALancashire W 159/8

2026-06-28 · WAR-W won by 1 run

WAWarwickshire W 172/5

SUSurrey W 130/10

2026-06-26 · WAR-W won by 42 runs

Yorkshire W

Yorkshire W are 9th in the T20BW Regular Season with 6 points and a 1W-7L record. Their last match was their first win of the season, an 11-run result after scoring 210/4. Either side of that, they lost by 6 wickets and by 42 runs in their previous two games.

YOYorkshire W 210/4

SOSomerset W 199/5

2026-07-03 · YOR won by 11 runs

YOYorkshire W 160/7

LALancashire W 163/4

2026-07-01 · LAN-W won by 6 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)

YOYorkshire W 132/7

HAHampshire W 174/5

2026-06-26 · HAM-W won by 42 runs

Playing XI

Key Stats

Verdict

All four models favour Warwickshire W, with the average projection at 66% for WAR-W. Bookmakers agree, pricing WAR-W at 60% (1.56) vs YOR at 40% (2.26). Key stats favour WAR-W 5-1 overall; the gap in season output and the bowling edge outside the middle overs are the main levers. The counterweight is model-noted lineup impact absences for WAR-W and a death-overs matchup factor that leans Yorkshire’s way.

Jonassen owns the chase

Jess Jonassen’s 65 off 40 was the innings that refused to let Warwickshire’s 161/3 become a winning total, driving Yorkshire W home by five wickets with three balls left. Warwickshire looked well set after Abigail Freeborn and Georgia Redmayne built a platform, but Jonassen’s tempo in the chase meant Yorkshire were rarely forced into high-risk hitting. Even when wickets fell early, she kept the pursuit calm and on schedule.

Powerplay sets the tone

The game swung in the first six overs of Yorkshire’s reply. They surged to 52/2 in the powerplay at 8.7 an over, immediately shaving down the asking rate and ensuring Warwickshire’s strong middle-overs batting wouldn’t translate into scoreboard pressure. Warwickshire’s own powerplay, 39/1, was solid but not explosive; Yorkshire’s faster start effectively “won back” the runs Warwickshire had banked through the middle (86/1). From there, the chase became a matter of management rather than rescue.

Freeborn’s platform, Jonassen’s punch

Freeborn’s 65 off 49 and Redmayne’s 52 off 36, plus their best stand of 72, gave Warwickshire a defendable total and a sense of momentum. But Jonassen’s 103-run partnership with Player 19161 was the decisive counter, combining stability with boundary bursts. Arlott’s 2/27 briefly threatened to drag Yorkshire into a scramble, yet Jonassen’s strike rate of 162 ensured the finish stayed in Yorkshire’s control.

Favourites, but no squeeze

Pre-match numbers leaned heavily Warwickshire: better form, a sizeable Elo edge, and a projected bowling advantage at the death. Yet the match-up flipped because Yorkshire never let the innings reach a frantic finish. By keeping the rate under control through the powerplay and middle (83/2), Jonassen and her partner removed the very scenario where Warwickshire’s death-overs edge could bite.