Spirit vs Fire, 6th Match at Cardiff, Women's Hundred, Aug 09 2025 - Match Result

This is astounding, how on Earth did Welsh Fire made a mess of it? Length ball aimed at her body as she backs away and tries to heave it down the ground, fielder takes a stunning catch running backwards from mid-on and London Spirit have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat!

pushed full and outside off, scythes it away in front of point, 3 off 1 required

Touch full and skidding on at middle and leg, nurgled away to deep midwicket and the throw is not quite spot on but the keeper quickly gets rid of the ball and the batter is a few mms short of her crease, excellent work! It is Fire's game to lose! They will be cursing themselves to leave it that late

Tension on the field is palpable. Inverses her stance and goes for a reverse, just fell short of the fielder at short third, fielder was in business for a moment

Around the wicket, shorter in length and outside off, goes back, flexes her muscles and launches it to deep midwicket, fell short of the fielder

Rams a heat-seeking yorker on middle, jams her bat down just in the nick of time to protect her stumps. Did you expect this game to go right down to the wire?

low full-toss on the pads, slugged out to deep midwicket, hares for a couple but ends up settling for a one

Near yorker dipping on the toes, smears her away to square of midwicket

On a length and slanting away outside off with not much to work with, flings her bat out and nearly spooned to fielder at short cover who puts in a dive

Around the wicket, flung full on the toes and clipped away to deep midwicket

Pushed on a length and it skids on, straightens down the line middle, hacked away to cover, dot ball

Around the wicket, tasty half-volley on the stumps, wanders down leg and clobbers it up and over over for a thunderous boundary! Impeccable timing and placement

Once again pushed to long on

Drives it down the ground to long-on and adds two more giddy sprinting runs, marching towards the target

Around the wicket, good-ish length and skidding on at middle, blocked firmly

Shorter in length and aimed at her body as she shimmied away, insolent swiped down the ground towards long-on

shorter and the ball follows her as she steps down to the on side, pulled away heftily to midwicket, fumble leaks an extra run, pressure

around the wicket, goes short and sprays it down leg-side, fantastic full-stretch dive from the keeper, she has been excellent throughout the day

Good length and on a nettlesome zone outside off, cloned onto the on-side and dashes across to the other end

Shortens her length and outside off, uses her subtle wrists to slice it down to backward point