20/08Result
28th Match (N), The Hundred Men's Competition at Cardiff, Aug 20 2023
Fire won by 6 wkts (7b rem)
Player of the Match
Tom Abell
Tom AbellWelsh Fire (Men)
20/08Result
28th Match (N), The Hundred Men's Competition at Cardiff, Aug 20 2023
Fire won by 6 wkts (7b rem)
Player of the Match
Tom Abell
Tom AbellWelsh Fire (Men)

  • London Spirit (Men) Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    Z Crawley
    2
    11
    9
    0
    0
    18.18
    2.4 A torturous innings comes to an end! Might be one of the worst knocks of the competition. Crawley tries to slog sweep - Mal Loye style - but gloves onto his pad, and the ball balloons up for a simple take to Joe Clarke down the leg side 5/1
    AM Rossington †
    2
    4
    22
    0
    0
    50.00
    5.3 Rossington goes, Fire raging! Hoik across the line, trying to force a ball outside off stump through the leg side. Abell takes a smart swirling catch running back from cover 19/4
    DW Lawrence (c)
    0
    2
    1
    0
    0
    0.00
    3.1 The captain's gone! Dan Lawrence takes a step down and goes to drive inside-out over cover but the length isn't there and cover has a routine catch at head height 5/2
    MS Wade
    11
    6
    5
    1
    1
    183.33
    4.2 Wade goes! Just as this looked like being the start of a salvo for Spirit, Wade skims another scoop through to the keeper 16/3
    DJ Mitchell
    15
    23
    25
    1
    0
    65.21
    10.3 Gone! Short ball, hit to the long side with the wind blowing the other way... and Willey takes a catch about 20 yards in from the boundary sponge 43/5
    RS Bopara
    not out
    24
    20
    52
    2
    0
    120.00
    MJJ Critchley
    21
    19
    14
    1
    1
    110.52
    15.2 What a catch! Short, heaved towards midwicket, but not all the way. Glenn Phillips charges across and puts in a dive to take the catch a few inches from the ground. 74/6
    LA Dawson
    24
    14
    12
    2
    1
    171.42
    18.5 Lockie gets the last laugh! Goes for the stumps again, this time nailing the yorker and burning a hole through middle and off stump 102/7
    JA Thompson
    0
    1
    2
    0
    0
    0.00
    19.4 Sharp from Clarke! Slower into the pitch and Bopara scuffs through to the keeper. Thompson runs through but Clarke, already with a glove off, throws down the stumps 109/8
    NT Ellis
    0
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0.00
    19.5 Brilliant finish! Slower, slightly fuller... Ellis goes to heave away to the leg side but misses completely and loses his off stump 109/9
    Extras
    10 (b 1, lb 2, nb 2, w 5)
    TOTAL
    109/9 (20 Overs, RR: 5.45 per 6 ball)
    Did not bat: DJ Worrall
    Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Zak Crawley, 2.4 ov), 2-5 (Dan Lawrence, 3.1 ov), 3-16 (Matthew Wade, 4.2 ov), 4-19 (Adam Rossington, 5.3 ov), 5-43 (Daryl Mitchell, 10.3 ov), 6-74 (Matt Critchley, 15.2 ov), 7-102 (Liam Dawson, 18.5 ov), 8-109 (Jordan Thompson, 19.4 ov), 9-109 (Nathan Ellis, 19.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    DJ Willey411824.50142100
    MJ Henry401523.75110100
    LH Ferguson402526.25102101
    DA Payne401724.25122000
    RE van der Merwe403107.7521010

Match Notes

Fire 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12JM BairstowSS Eskinazi
2nd3JM BairstowJM Clarke
3rd0JM BairstowLWP Wells
4th54JM BairstowTB Abell
5th41TB AbellGD Phillips