Brave vs Fire, 32nd Match at Southampton, Men's Hundred, Aug 28 2025 - Match Result

RESULT
32nd Match (D/N), Southampton, August 28, 2025, The Hundred Men's Competition
(100 balls, T:168) 163/6

Brave won by 4 runs

Player Of The Match
18* (11) & 3/22
craig-overton
81

Kohler-Cadmore and Ben Kellaway's 81-run partnership is WF-M's highest for the 5th wicket in T20s, breaking the record of 62 between Leus du Plooy and Phillips

330

This is the highest match aggregate (330) involving Brave & Fire in T20s

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Comms: Andrew Miller
Scorecard summary
Southern Brave (Men) • 167/7(100 balls)
70 (39)
2/17 (20)
30 (21)
2/50 (20)
Welsh Fire (Men) • 163/6(100 balls)
3/22 (20)
33 (20)
2/29 (20)
CHANGE OF END
after 100 balls13 runs • 1 wicket
WF-M: 163/6
Chris Green7 (6b)
Saif Zaib1 (1b)
Jordan Thompson 2/29 (20)
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9.26pm So, that wraps up the group stages. We have a day off tomorrow, then it's all about the Eliminators at the Kia Oval on Saturday. Northern Superchargers versus Trent Rockets in the men's competition; London Spirit versus Northern Superchargers in the women's. Oval Invincibles and Southern Brave respectively await in the final at Lord's on Sunday. We'll see you soon for all that!

9.21pm Well, that was fun! When Craig Overton was creating catches in the covers for fun, this looked deeply one-sided. But Tom Kohler-Cadmore outmatched Jason Roy's super knock with a hard-hitting 84 from 46, in partnership with Ben Kellaway. But in the end, Jordan Thompson and Tymal Mills closed it out in style, with Thompson's yorkers simply superb.

Fire duly finish at the foot of the table once again, in men's and women's competitions. Brave end a misfiring campaign with a morale-boosting win, and a fourth-place finish.

Craig Overton is the Meerkat Match Hero: "Great to get over the line. We've been bit-part in this comp, not quite whole performances. It was doing the basics as simple as possible, up top it swung a bit, then slower balls to the longer side. Nail your skill. The fans are awesome here, turn out in numbers, nice to repay the faith."

100
1
Thompson to Green, 1 run

yorker! Nailed it! Hacked out of the full length, his foot is behind the line, Green can only cloth his drive to mid-on! Brave win a thriller and Fire are extinguished for another year!

Green, relatively the set batter, is on strike... he is known for boshing a long ball ...

99
1
Thompson to Zaib, 1 run

wide slower yorker, patted out to cover and Zaib rushes the single.... six or bust it is!

RIght, a brains-trust meeting for Brave... plenty at stake here despite the qualification race being done

A tremendous knock, but Fire need an instant impact from Saif Zaib now

98
W
Thompson to Kohler-Cadmore, OUT

pace off, dragged on! What a response from Thompson! He was making a mess of it in those first few balls, but out comes the back-of-the-hander, perfect length, outside off, demanding aggression from TKC, but his flatfooted swing demolishes his own stumps!

Tom Kohler-Cadmore b Thompson 84 (46b 3x4 7x6 60m) SR: 182.6
97
6
Thompson to Kohler-Cadmore, SIX runs

full toss, honked over the ropes at long-off! Thompson loses his length for a split-second and gets punished! A mighty thrash over the boundary!

96
2
Thompson to Kohler-Cadmore, 2 runs

free hit... length ball, pace off, no yorker this time, cuffed away to deep midwicket, and it's two more to the total. Four off one ball effectively

96
3nb
Thompson to Green, (no ball) 1 run

fires in the inevitable yorker, pace on, cracked out to cover ... but he's overstepped! Oh my...

So... it's going to be a diet of yorkers.... How does Green combat that? Short third and short backward square in place

after 95 balls5 runs
WF-M: 150/5Need 18 from 5 balls
Tom Kohler-Cadmore76 (43b 3x4 6x6)
Chris Green5 (4b)
Tymal Mills 0/24 (20)
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95
1
Mills to Kohler-Cadmore, 1 run

opens the face again, slammed out to deep cover on the full length. Mills gives Thompson 18 to defend, the wooden spoon is winking at Fire here...

Three a ball it is

94
Mills to Kohler-Cadmore, no run

dot ball! That's a huge ball from Mills, holding his line and length across the big-swinging right-hander. Air-shot as TKC swings himself almost off his feet

93
2
Mills to Kohler-Cadmore, 2 runs

fuller length, draws the long-levered drive with an open stance, Evans slides round to limit the damage as the rate climbs towards three a ball

92
1
Mills to Green, 1 run

pace off on the short ball, spliced pull lands safe! The square leg umpire takes evasive action... just another single

91
1
Mills to Kohler-Cadmore, 1 run

attempted ramp on the full length, gets in a bit of a tangle, the bowler fires it into his limbs, and it's just a deflected single

Back comes Mills... what can he leave his team-mate?

CHANGE OF END
after 90 balls5 runs
WF-M: 145/5Need 23 from 10 balls
Tom Kohler-Cadmore72 (39b 3x4 6x6)
Chris Green4 (3b)
Jordan Thompson 1/16 (15)
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90
1
Thompson to Kohler-Cadmore, 1 run

goes for the yorker again, nails it again! Nerveless death bowling. Clubbed out of the length to long-on... 23 left to defend in ten

One big ball here and it's advantage Brave again...

89
1
Thompson to Green, 1 run

goes for it again, a slower yorker this time, that's wonderful variation, looping into the blockhole and hacked to the leg side

Thompson's diet of yorkers is working well here...

88
2
Thompson to Green, 2 runs

right into the toes, well bowled again, but another two with long-on set deep

87
1
Thompson to Kohler-Cadmore, 1 run

pace off, lobbed to the leg side! Cries of anguish as Roy slides in at mid-on, and does well to get his body behind it as the ball plugs in front of him

86
Thompson to Kohler-Cadmore, no run

attempted yorker, thrashed back through the line, intercepted in the followthrough. Another dot...

Back comes Thompson

after 85 balls8 runs
WF-M: 140/5Need 28 from 15 balls
Tom Kohler-Cadmore70 (36b 3x4 6x6)
Chris Green1 (1b)
Tymal Mills 0/19 (15)
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85
Mills to Kohler-Cadmore, no run

hits the pitch hard, as TKC backs away and can't make contact... a priceless dot to keep the rate around two a ball

84
4
Mills to Kohler-Cadmore, FOUR runs

looks for the ramp, gets enough on it! Inside-out stance, doesn't get as much on it as he'd hoped, but the ball pitched and gathered pace away to the rope, past the keeper!

83
1
Mills to Green, 1 run

full length, on the pads, to the on-side

82
1
Mills to Kohler-Cadmore, 1 run

on the back foot, chopped away to deep third

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
T Kohler-Cadmore
84 runs (46)
3 fours7 sixes
Productive shot
straight drive
18 runs
0 four3 sixes
Control
65%
JJ Roy
SB-M
70 runs (39)
6 fours5 sixes
Productive shot
cover drive
20 runs
3 fours1 six
Control
70%
Best performances - bowlers
C Overton
B
20
0s
10
R
22
W
3
RPB
1.10
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
3W
DA Payne
B
20
0s
11
R
17
W
2
RPB
0.85
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
The Rose Bowl, Southampton
TossWelsh Fire (Men), elected to field first
Series
Season2025
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)18.30 start, First Session 18.30-19.35, Interval 19.35-19.50, Second Session 19.50-20.55
Match days28 August 2025 - daynight (100-ball match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsSouthern Brave (Men) 4, Welsh Fire (Men) 0
Language
English
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