The 2025 Women's One-Day Cup (also known as the 2025 Metro Bank Women's One-Day Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural season of the Women's One-Day Cup, a professional List A cricket tournament that is played in England and Wales by county clubs. The tournament started on 19 April and concluded with the final on 21 September 2025.
In the League 2 final, Yorkshire defeated Glamorgan by 9 wickets to win the inaugural title. In the League 1 final, Lancashire defeated Hampshire by 6 wickets to win the inaugural title.
Format The tournament was 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 and background Eight teams from League 1 competed in the inaugural season: Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire, Somerset, Surrey, The Blaze (Nottinghamshire) and Warwickshire. Yorkshire and Glamorgan will be awarded tier-one status and will join the league in the 2026 and 2027 seasons, respectively, while a further two clubs will be awarded tier-one status in 2029.
The remaining ten teams competed in League 2, in which each county played eight group-stage matches (home-and-away) against the other four counties in their group. The top two teams from each group progressed to the knockout stage. The teams were divided into the following groups:
North Group South Group Derbyshire Leicestershire Northamptonshire Worcestershire Yorkshire Glamorgan Gloucestershire Kent Middlesex Sussex
Points table League One table
League Two table
League One Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
League Two Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Knockout stage League Two
League One
See also 2025 One-Day Cup (men's competition)
References
External links Metro Bank Women's One-Day Cup Series home on ESPNCricinfo Metro Bank One Day Cup Women Division-II Stats at CricTracker