2025 Women's One-Day Cup

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2025 Women's One-Day Cup
Dates19 April – 21 September 2025
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format List A
Host(s)Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Participants18
Official website ecb.co.uk

The 2025 Women's One-Day Cup (also known as 2025 Metro Bank Women's One-Day Cup for sponsorship reasons) will be the inaugural season of the Women's One-Day Cup, a professional List A cricket tournament that will be played in England. [1] The tournament will begin from 19 April to 21 September 2025 with local teams taking part. [2]

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Format

The tournament will be split into two categories: one contested by the eight counties in League One and the second featuring the 10 remaining teams split into two groups in League Two.

Teams

Eight teams from League One will compete in the inaugural season: the Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire, Somerset, Surrey, The Blaze and Warwickshire. [1] [3] Yorkshire and Glamorgan will be awarded tier-one status and will join the league in 2026 and 2027 seasons respectively, while a further two clubs will be awarded tier-one status in 2029. [4]

The remaining ten teams will compete in League Two in which each county plays eight group-stage matches (home-and-away) against the other four counties in their group. The top two teams from each group will progress to Finals Day. The teams are divided into the following groups:

North GroupSouth Group

Points table

League One

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1 Durham 00000Advance to Finals Day
2 Essex 00000
3 Hampshire 00000
4 Lancashire 00000
5 Somerset 00000
6 Surrey 00000
7 The Blaze 00000
8 Warwickshire 00000
First match(es) will be played: 23 April 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]

League Two

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1 Derbyshire 00000Advance to Finals Day
2 Glamorgan 00000
3 Gloucestershire 00000
4 Kent 00000
5 Leicestershire 00000
6 Middlesex 00000
7 Northamptonshire 00000
8 Sussex 00000
9 Worcestershire 00000
10 Yorkshire 00000
First match(es) will be played: 19 April 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]

League One

Match 1
23 April 2025
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Match 2
23 April 2025
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Match 3
23 April 2025
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Match 4
23 April 2025
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Match 5
27 April 2025
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Match 6
27 April 2025
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Match 7
27 April 2025
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Match 8
27 April 2025
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Match 9
30 April 2025
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Match 10
30 April 2025
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Match 11
30 April 2025
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Match 12
30 April 2025
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Match 13
4 May 2025
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Match 14
4 May 2025
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Match 15
4 May 2025
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Match 16
4 May 2025
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Match 17
6 May 2025
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Match 18
7 May 2025
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Match 19
7 May 2025
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Match 20
7 May 2025
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Match 21
11 May 2025
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Match 22
11 May 2025
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Match 23
11 May 2025
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Match 24
11 May 2025
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Match 25
13 May 2025
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Match 26
14 May 2025
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Match 27
14 May 2025
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Match 28
14 May 2025
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Match 29
19 May 2025
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Match 30
19 May 2025
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Match 31
19 May 2025
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Match 32
20 May 2025
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Match 33
24 July 2025
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Match 34
24 July 2025
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Match 35
24 July 2025
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Match 36
24 July 2025
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Match 37
30 July 2025
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Match 38
30 July 2025
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Match 39
30 July 2025
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Match 40
30 July 2025
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Match 41
4 September 2025
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Match 42
4 September 2025
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Match 43
4 September 2025
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Match 44
4 September 2025
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Match 45
7 September 2025
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Match 46
7 September 2025
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Match 47
7 September 2025
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Match 48
7 September 2025
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Match 49
10 September 2025
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Match 50
10 September 2025
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Match 51
10 September 2025
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Match 52
10 September 2025
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Match 53
13 September 2025
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Match 54
13 September 2025
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Match 55
13 September 2025
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Match 56
13 September 2025
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League Two

Match 1
19 April 2025
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Match 2
19 April 2025
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Match 3
19 April 2025
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Match 4
20 April 2025
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Match 5
20 April 2025
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Match 6
26 April 2025
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Match 7
26 April 2025
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Match 8
26 April 2025
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Match 9
27 April 2025
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Match 10
27 April 2025
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Match 11
3 May 2025
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Match 12
3 May 2025
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Match 13
3 May 2025
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Match 14
3 May 2025
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Match 15
3 May 2025
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Match 16
15 May 2025
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Match 17
15 May 2025
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Match 18
15 May 2025
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Match 19
15 May 2025
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Match 20
15 May 2025
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Match 21
2 August 2025
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Match 22
2 August 2025
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Match 23
2 August 2025
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Match 24
2 August 2025
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Match 25
3 August 2025
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Match 26
9 August 2025
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Match 27
9 August 2025
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Match 28
9 August 2025
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Match 29
9 August 2025
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Match 30
9 August 2025
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Match 31
16 August 2025
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Match 32
16 August 2025
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Match 33
16 August 2025
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Match 34
16 August 2025
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Match 35
17 August 2025
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Match 36
25 August 2025
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Match 37
25 August 2025
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Match 38
25 August 2025
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Match 39
25 August 2025
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Match 40
25 August 2025
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Match 41
30 August 2025
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Match 42
30 August 2025
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Match 43
30 August 2025
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Match 44
30 August 2025
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Match 45
30 August 2025
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Finals Day

League Two

Semi-final 1
6 September 2025
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Semi-final 2
6 September 2025
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Final
14 September 2025
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League One

Semi-final 1
17 September 2025
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Semi-final 2
17 September 2025
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Final
21 September 2025
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