RESULT
24th Match, Manchester, August 10, 2021, The Hundred Women's Competition
(98/100 balls, T:128) 131/5

Spirit won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
34* (23) & 2/10
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5.30 pm The visitors looked like they were out of it at one stage during Hartley's spell but Deepti Sharma breathes life back into the contest in the latter stages to get the Spirit over the line. It means the Originals remain anchored to the bottom of the table. Meanwhile the Spirit stay in the playoff hunt on six points, now just one point out of second place where there's a three-way tie among three sides on seven points.

Today's Match Hero is Deepti Sharma: "I believe on me, on my team. We did chase really well this target. I finished this total and I was thinking yes I can do it for my team."

That does it for the coverage of the early match. Flip over to the men's match feed for coverage of the evening half of today's doubleheader. Take care!

98
4
Brown to Dean, FOUR runs

full and wide, slams a slog through mid-on and it races to the rope to clinch victory, a Spirited chase indeed!

Scores level.

97
1
Brown to Sharma, 1 run

full outside off, driven to the cover sweeper.

96
2
Brown to Sharma, 2 runs

full on off, flicked to long-on and they scamper another two taking on the throw for the second run.

after 95 balls10 runs
LS-W: 124/5Need 4 from 5 balls
Deepti Sharma31 (21b 3x4)
Charlie Dean8 (6b 1x4)
Kate Cross 2/29 (20)
95
2
Cross to Sharma, 2 runs

Deepti charges and heaves to long-on for what could be a catch. The fielder decides to hang on the rope rather than emulate du Preez and fields on a bounce instead of going for a possible catch, but botches the collection and turns it into two runs.

94
Cross to Sharma, no run

wide yorker, Sharma can't stab this out.

Around the wicket now for Cross.

93
4
Cross to Sharma, FOUR runs

short on the legs, pulls this toward deep backward square. Du Preez goes all out laying herself out trying to pull off a wicket in desperation but she can't reach this and it bounces past her for four. That may be the match now...

92
2
Cross to Sharma, 2 runs

full toss on the legs, pulled to deep midwicket and Sharma scampers a pair.

91
1
Cross to Dean, 1 run

full and driven back to Cross, who misfields to allow the run.

91
1w
Cross to Dean, 1 wide

short and wide, way too wide to play at. Extra given.

Cross brings herself on here at the death.

CHANGE OF END
after 90 balls11 runs
LS-W: 114/5Need 14 from 10 balls
Charlie Dean7 (5b 1x4)
Deepti Sharma23 (17b 2x4)
Alex Hartley 3/32 (20)
90
1
Hartley to Dean, 1 run

short on the stumps, pulls this along the ground through the leg side for one.

89
1
Hartley to Sharma, 1 run

full toss on middle, pulls this again through to deep midwicket for one.

88
4
Hartley to Sharma, FOUR runs

full outside off, slog sweeps this into another gap between deep square leg and deep midwicket. Deepti is doing it for the Spirit!

87
4
Hartley to Sharma, FOUR runs

uses her feet to slam a drive to a full ball over wide long-on, elegant shot and picks the gap.

86
1
Hartley to Dean, 1 run

short outside off, pulled to wide long-on.

after 85 balls7 runs
LS-W: 103/5Need 25 from 15 balls
Charlie Dean5 (3b 1x4)
Deepti Sharma14 (14b)
Sophie Ecclestone 0/26 (20)
85
Ecclestone to Dean, no run

sliding down leg, goes to scoop and misses. No wide called again on a ball down leg.

84
4
Ecclestone to Dean, FOUR runs

inventive! Good length ball on fifth stump, goes to reverse scoop this over third man and connects well to get to the rope.

83
1
Ecclestone to Sharma, 1 run

full outside off, driven to long-off.

82
2
Ecclestone to Sharma, 2 runs

full and wide, slog sweeps to wide long-on, diving stop along the rope to turn four into two.

81
Ecclestone to Sharma, no run

full and wide, driven firmly to extra cover.

CHANGE OF END
after 80 balls9 runs
LS-W: 96/5Need 32 from 20 balls
Deepti Sharma11 (11b)
Charlie Dean1 (1b)
Hannah Jones
0/14 (20)

Strategic timeout called.

80
1
Jones to Sharma, 1 run

full on the legs, sweeps to deep backward square for one.

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