Sophia Dunkley stars with bat and ball as Welsh Fire reach play-offs
London Spirit undone by allround display with qualification already out of reach
20/08Result
28th Match, The Hundred Women's Competition at Cardiff, Aug 20 2023
Player of the Match
20/08Result
28th Match, The Hundred Women's Competition at Cardiff, Aug 20 2023
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
SIR Dunkley
68(48) 10x4 - 0x6
Control %74%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot
- 16 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
SIR Dunkley
- O3
- M0
- R15
- W2
- Eco5.00
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
S Munro
- O3
- M0
- R24
- W2
- Eco8.00
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
London Spirit (Women) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
20 August 2023 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Welsh Fire (Women) 2, London Spirit (Women) 0
Balls per over
5
Scorecard Summary
WELSH FIRE (WOMEN) 161/4 (20 OVERS)
- Tammy Beaumont40 (28)
- Sophia Dunkley68 (48)
- Amelia Kerr1/27 (4)
- Sophie Munro2/24 (3)
LONDON SPIRIT (WOMEN) 138/7 (20 OVERS)
- Heather Knight34 (28)
- Richa Ghosh34 (26)
- Shabnim Ismail2/26 (4)
- Sophia Dunkley2/15 (3)
Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: S Sudarshanan
END OF OVER:20 | 15 Runs | LS-W: 138/7 (24 runs required, RR: 6.90)
- Grace Scrivens22 (13b)
- Lauren Filer4 (5b)
- Freya Davies3.5-0-35-1
- Shabnim Ismail3.5-0-26-2
The top three are sorted in the women's Hundred now - Brave, Fire and Superchargers. Fire could go top if they win their last game and Brave trip up. For now, that's all we have from this clash. Don't go far away as the men's fixture will get underway soon. Thanks for joining us today. Till the next time, take care.
5:24pm Welsh Fire secure a top-three finish to confirm their spot for the playoffs! The win was again set up by a fantastic partnership between Beaumont and Dunkley, who scored her second fifty this season. It was then followed by another stand between Dunkley and Matthews, which helped Fire to 161. Spirit's batting yet again failed to step up and only Knight and Ghosh offered some resistance with 34 apiece
Sophia Dunkley, Player of the Match: "That secures usnin final three. Girls are really buzzing. Definitely a hard decision [to rest from Sri Lanka series]. But the way the game is going, there is a lot of cricket around. Felt time off will help. Going to finals can be nervy but keep going."
19.5
2
Davies to Scrivens, 2 runs, Full and outside off, hits it over the non-striker and wants two, gets it. Spirit fall short by 24
19.5
5w
Davies to Scrivens, 5 wides, Length ball well wide outside off, she misses the slap and Bryce is unable to collect that. It was the back of the hand slower one
19.4
1
Davies to Filer, 1 run, Slower one, full on leg, swung away to deep midwicket
19.3
1
Davies to Scrivens, 1 run, Length ball outside off, heaves it to long-on and wants two, but aborts
19.2
4
Davies to Scrivens, FOUR, Just out of Griffiths' reach! Full and outside off, Scrivens drives it uppishly, just enough to beat mid-off, who dives
19.1
2
Davies to Scrivens, 2 runs, Slower full one outside off, hammered to long-off, where a misfield allows an extra run
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All Match NewsSophia Dunkley stars with bat and ball as Welsh Fire reach play-offs
London Spirit undone by allround display with qualification already out of reach
