- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.4 Lanning falls too! Welsh Fire in the ascendancy! Zipped in full on middle and leg. Lanning looks to flick it away but just ends up missing a straightish delivery. Goes past the bat, perhaps pin-balls off the pads and then smashes into the stumps. The London Spirit, all of a sudden, in a spot of bother! 61/42.4 knocks her over with a peach! More swing for Langston and she gets the length right too. Starts off on middle and then curves back in on a good length. Redmayne tries to work it leg side but is beaten by the inward movement. Sneaks past the inside edge and topples the leg bail. The Welsh Fire's pressure pays dividends! 6/17.3 stumped by a mile! Tossed up invitingly on a length outside off. Griffith charges down the track but gets nowhere close to the pitch of the ball. Swishes at it anyway and misses it (unsurprisingly). Bryce does the rest, with Griffith stranded. A promising partnership comes to an end! 55/28.2 Knight bites the dust! Length outside off. Knight looks at the width and thinks she can go inside out. However, she neither keeps it down, nor does she try to go over extra cover. In the end, offers a simple catch to Elwiss, and the London Spirit are now three down! 60/316.5 the missed stumping does not cost Welsh Fire at all! Darted in full on middle and leg. Gibson looks to tug it past mid wicket but the bat face closes upon impact. Pops up into the air and Beaumont, stationed at mid wicket, makes no mistake! 128/5Extras8 (nb 2, w 6)TOTAL150/5 (20 Overs, RR: 7.5 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Georgia Redmayne, 2.4 ov), 2-55 (Cordelia Griffith, 7.3 ov), 3-60 (Heather Knight, 8.2 ov), 4-61 (Meg Lanning, 8.4 ov), 5-128 (Danielle Gibson, 16.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB FR Davies 4 0 19 2 4.75 10 1 1 0 0 HK Matthews 3 0 29 0 9.66 7 5 1 1 0 BA Langston 3 0 26 1 8.66 7 3 1 2 1 JL Jonassen 4 0 28 1 7.00 4 1 1 2 0 GA Elwiss 3 0 26 0 8.66 4 3 1 1 0 GK Davis 3 0 22 1 7.33 4 3 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.2 nicked and gone! Dug into the track on middle and leg. Dunkley skips down, trying to swipe it over cow corner. All she manages, though, is a faint tickle through to the keeper. Dunkley was cramped for room and also hurried into her stroke, which ultimately led to her dismissal! 33/22.1 vicious swing, and there is a huge lbw shout. Not given, though! Fullish delivery that starts on off stump and swerves back into Beaumont. She falls over a touch and then misses the line completely. Gets pinned on the back leg. Was it high? London Spirit have reviewed. Clearly no bat involved. And Ball Tracking reckons the ball would have smashed into the top of middle stump. Beaumont has to go! 17/111.4 Bryce perishes! Full and wide outside off. Bryce hangs back and throws the kitchen sink at it. Gets a decent chunk of it but hits it too close to Norris at backward point. She tracks it all the way, stoops down low and snares a sharp chance. Vital wicket in the context of the game! 80/316.4 holes out to deep mid wicket! This game takes another twist! A friendly full toss that Jonassen, on most days, will have dumped into the stands. On this occasion, though, she does not get the power to clear deep mid wicket. Might have checked her stroke too. Griffith runs in, settles herself and does the rest. Just the wicket London Spirit would have wanted! 123/4Extras9 (lb 4, nb 2, w 3)TOTAL151/4 (19 Overs, RR: 7.94 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Tammy Beaumont, 2.1 ov), 2-33 (Sophia Dunkley, 4.2 ov), 3-80 (Sarah Bryce, 11.4 ov), 4-123 (Jess Jonassen, 16.4 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Welsh Fire (Women) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
01 August 2024 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Welsh Fire (Women) 2, London Spirit (Women) 0
Balls per over
5
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 1 wicket)
- London Spirit (Women): 50 runs in 36 balls, Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: London Spirit (Women) - 84/4 in 55 balls (DR Gibson 16, DB Sharma 6)
- London Spirit (Women): 100 runs in 71 balls, Extras 5
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (DR Gibson 34, DB Sharma 14, Ex 2)
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Ball 94 - 100 (extra fielder inside the circle)
- London Spirit (Women): 150 runs in 101 balls, Extras 8
- Innings Break: London Spirit (Women) - 150/5 in 100 balls (DB Sharma 39, CE Dean 5)
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 2 wickets)
- Balls 11: Review by London Spirit (Women) (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - WRP Fernando, Batter - TT Beaumont (Upheld)
- Welsh Fire (Women): 50 runs in 37 balls, Extras 5
- Welsh Fire (Women): 100 runs in 72 balls, Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Welsh Fire (Women) - 101/3 in 75 balls (HK Matthews 42, JL Jonassen 8)
- HK Matthews: 50 off 37 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Welsh Fire (Women): 150 runs in 96 balls, Extras 9
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