Gibson's muscle and Deepti's cool lift London Spirit to maiden Women's Hundred title
Redmayne's anchoring 34 take low-scoring final out of Welsh Fire's grasp
Redmayne's anchoring 34 take low-scoring final out of Welsh Fire's grasp
Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Andrew Miller
5.26pm So that is a wrap from the Women's final. Thanks for joining us, but don't stray too far... the men's final is coming up straight after ... [checks notes] a musical interlude from Zara Larsson. She's not quite Sabrina Carpenter, but she's got some bellows to be fair.
Dani Gibson is speaking to the BBC: "Really important for me to get off to a good start and I've never played a pull shot well. Disappointed with how I bowled but that innings made me feel a lot better. I'm not assessing the pitch at all, see ball, hit ball, play on instincts. Hitting the stumps, Glenny, Deano, Deepti did that really well. This is pretty up there, a great group of girls. It's a really heavy trophy, Heather needs to go to the gym more. A bit of dancing to come, a bit of singing." Baggy Trousers, Madness, is her song of choice, incidentally. "A great group of girls, pleased everyone pulled their weight at diffferent times."
5.17pm Time for the trophy lift! Heather Knight takes the stage, lifts the trophy and leads London Spirit's celebrations!
5.04pm Seven years after lifting the Women's World Cup at Lord's, Heather Knight will claim the Women's Hundred Trophy for the Lord's-based London Spirit! Ismail is gutted by her failure to save the day, but her bowling was a lone stand-out for Fire... between Georgia Redmayne's anchoring 34, and vital impetus from Knight and Gibson, Spirit always had their noses ahead.
Deepti Sharma: "To hit the six to win the game, a great feeling, I was not nervous, I had confidence I could do it. I think positive!"
Charlie Dean: "Not good for the nails, but always thought we had it."
Georgia Redmayne: "A long time between boundaries, Ismail bowled great with key wickets. I don't think you ever feel in control in a final, but so proud in front of a record crowd at Lord's."
Heather Knight: "It was tense, I'm an awful watcher, feeling sick for last 20-30 balls, Deepti made a meal of it in the end, kept us on tenterhooks... I'm worried about the trophy lift, it's quite heavy! Dani Gibson, you little beauty, changed the game!"
Tammy Beaumont: "I'm so proud of the girls to fight like they did, at the time-out it was there to lose. Gutted, we'll have loved to win. We've got in some good people, Gareth (Breese) and I had a vision to make it more than just a franchise that you turn up to. We were ten light with the bat, but credit to Spirit, they kept taking wickets through the middle."
A dot ball here and all bets are off. Dean loves a reverse-sweep...
It's getting rowdy again... We had the first Hundred Super Five last night... is there another loading? Deepti and Dean, reunited in the middle at Lord's... let's have a RONSBU to liven things up further!
AJ Freeborn run out 3 (5m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
England captain proud of personal contribution after claiming maiden title for Spirit
Redmayne's anchoring 34 take low-scoring final out of Welsh Fire's grasp