Brave vs Fire, 21st Match at Cardiff, Men's Hundred, Aug 20 2025 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
21st Match, Cardiff, August 20, 2025, The Hundred Men's Competition
Southern Brave (Men)Â Â (100 balls maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Zaib b Green | 29 | 26 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 111.53 | |||
| c Smith b Henry | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| c Abell b Henry | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| c Smith b Walter | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 140.00 | |||
| c †Bairstow b Dale | 8 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 88.88 | |||
| c †Bairstow b Payne | 8 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 66.66 | |||
| not out | 51 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 268.42 | |||
| c Walter b Payne | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| c Walter b Green | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| not out | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5, w 4) | 9 | |||||||
| Total | 100 balls (RPB: 1.29) | 129/8 | |||||||
Did not bat: | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Leus du Plooy, 14b), 2-18 (Jason Roy, 28b), 3-39 (James Coles, 43b), 4-63 (Laurie Evans, 61b), 5-71 (James Vince, 71b), 6-94 (Michael Bracewell, 82b), 7-114 (Chris Jordan, 91b), 8-126 (Craig Overton, 97b) | |||||||||
| Bowling | B | 0s | R | W | RPB | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 1.25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
82b to MG Bracewell, short ball, Bracewell charges down and edges through to Bairstow. Looking to go down the ground, but Payne was happy to use the dimensions, slamming it in halfway down, and gets his rewards. 94/6 91b to CJ Jordan, angled across him, full and wide outside off. Jordan reaches for it and gets plenty of elevation, but not enough distance. Walter settles underneath it, makes a mess of the first attempt, but the ball pops up and he takes it on the second attempt via the forehead!. 114/7 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
14b to JL du Plooy, charges down, plinks to mid-off! Fire get the reward for a tight start. Back of a length, no room to work with. Du Plooy uses his feet looking to manufacture something, but miscues to Smith via the splice. 8/1 28b to JJ Roy, picks out short midwicket! Roy looks completely bemused. He's been totally worked over by Matt Henry on a green-top and found wanting. Fullish on off stump, looks to whip leg-side. This was the first time that he'd got one anywhere near the middle of the bat, but he played with no conviction and couldn't get it past Abell in tight. 18/2 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 1.70 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
61b to LJ Evans, caught behind on the scoop! Singh Dale jumps and shouts in celebration. Back of a length, Evans got across early looking to shovel him over short fine leg, and gets a thin inside edge through to Bairstow. 63/4 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 1.80 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
43b to JM Coles, wide slower ball, straight up the chimney! Coles looks to swing hard down the ground but Walter angles this across him with the pace off. It hangs in the air, and Smith settles underneath it at mid-off. 39/3 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 1.20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
71b to JM Vince, pulls the drag-down straight to deep midwicket! Vince can hardly believe it. Green spears one in halfway down. Vince swivels and looks to clear the ropes but can only pick out Zaib, 10 yards in off the rope. 29 valuable runs on a green-top, but the Brave needed him to go on once set. 71/5 97b to C Overton, charges down, straight down Walter's throat! Looking to exploit the short straight boundary, but can't get the distance on it. Walter is a couple of yards of the rope, and takes it at the first attempt this time, as the ball settles in his big buckets. 126/8 | ||||||||||
Welsh Fire (Men)Â Â (T: 130 runs from 100 balls)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Vince b Archer | 13 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 185.71 | |||
| c du Plooy b Overton | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 220.00 | |||
| c Cartwright b Archer | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 128.57 | |||
| c †Evans b Jordan | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| c Cartwright b Coles | 25 | 28 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 89.28 | |||
| c Jordan b Overton | 21 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 110.52 | |||
| c Vince b Archer | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| b Coles | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120.00 | |||
| not out | 8 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 88.88 | |||
| not out | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 120.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1, w 9) | 11 | |||||||
| Total | 100 balls (RPB: 1.25) | 125/8 | |||||||
Did not bat: | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Jonny Bairstow, 12b), 2-45 (Luke Wells, 22b), 3-46 (Steven Smith, 25b), 4-50 (Tom Abell, 31b), 5-82 (Saif Zaib, 59b), 6-92 (Paul Walter, 70b), 7-101 (Chris Green, 78b), 8-116 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 92b) | |||||||||
| Bowling | B | 0s | R | W | RPB | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 1.55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
12b to JM Bairstow, du Plooy takes a steepler at midwicket and tumbles onto his backside! Bairstow threw the kitchen sink at this, looking to belt Overton's slot ball down the leg side. It hung it the air for an age, and du Plooy just about clung onto it. 24/1 59b to SA Zaib, skips down, pouched this time! A 32-run partnership comes to an end, and the Brave are still fighting. Double fist-pump in celebration from Overton, as Zaib plinks him to mid-on where Jordan makes it look very easy. Zaib slams the bat into his pad in frustration. 82/5 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 1.40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
22b to LWP Wells, picks out deep backward square leg! Angled across the left-hander on a length. Wells looks to haul it over the leg side, and Cartwright settles underneath it on the rope. 45/2 25b to SPD Smith, miscued to Vince at mid-on, Smith is furious with himself! The Brave are back in it thanks to Jofra Archer. Pace and bounce, Smith looks to drag it across the line with no conviction and says 'oh no!' as soon as it comes off the bat. Lobs up to Vince, and Archer has two in his first set. 46/3 70b to PI Walter, tumbling catch from Vince, the Brave are still brawling! Full, angling in. Walter looks to work it into the leg side but gets a leading edge which loops up agonisingly towards Vince. He races in, dives forwards, and scoops it up to give Archer his third. 92/6 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
31b to TB Abell, leg-side strangle! A nothing ball to start and Jordan can't help but laugh as he runs through to celebrate. A proper loosener, angling down the leg side. Abell looks to work it away behind square but gets a thin edge through to the tumbling Evans. 50/4 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
78b to CJ Green, thuds into leg stump off the pad! Green faked a shimmy down the pitch, then cleared his front leg looking to manufacture some room to a straight ball. It deflects on his back pad and into the stumps, and Coles celebrates after landing a key blow!. 101/7 92b to T Kohler-Cadmore, picks out Cartwright in the deep! The Brave live to fight another day, and the Fire's season is swirling down the drain. TKC steps outside leg, looking to give himself room, but Coles follows him with a full, flat and fast delivery. TKC swings hard but doesn't get enough on it, and Cartwright is 10 yards in off the rope at midwicket to swallow it!. 116/8 | ||||||||||
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Match Flow
- Southern Brave (Men) innings
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 18 runs, 1 wicket)
- Southern Brave (Men): 50 runs in 48 balls, Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Southern Brave (Men) - 56/3 in 55 balls (JM Vince 23, LJ Evans 6)
- Southern Brave (Men): 100 runs in 84 balls, Extras 8
- Innings Break: Southern Brave (Men) - 129/8 in 100 balls (HWR Cartwright 51, JC Archer 1)
- HWR Cartwright: 50 off 19 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Welsh Fire (Men) innings
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 3 wickets)
- Welsh Fire (Men): 50 runs in 29 balls, Extras 1
- Welsh Fire (Men): 50 runs in 30 balls, Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Welsh Fire (Men) - 73/4 in 50 balls (T Kohler-Cadmore 9, SA Zaib 15)
- Welsh Fire (Men): 100 runs in 77 balls, Extras 4
Match Details
| Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | |
| Toss | Welsh Fire (Men), elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2025 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Hours of play (local time) | 15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.05, Interval 16.05-16.20, Second Session 16.20-17.25 |
| Match days | 20 August 2025 - day (100-ball match) |
| Umpires | |
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| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | Southern Brave (Men) 4, Welsh Fire (Men) 0 |
Language
English
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