Pulled, but it's along the ground to long-on.
N S-Chargers vs Spirit, 5th Match at Leeds, Women's Hundred, Aug 14 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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5th Match, Leeds, August 14, 2022, The Hundred Women's Competition
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after 100 balls7 runs • 1 wicket
LS-W: 122/7
Natasha Wraith1 (1b)
Sophie Luff39 (30b 5x4 1x6)
Alice Davidson-Richards 2/20 (20)
It's a busy day at the Hundred. So before this sinks in, Oval Invincibles and Southern Brave will be on. Sudarshanan's already there. The men's sides of these two franchises will face off as well, catch the action here. See you around.
Hollie Armitage, Northern Superchargers captain: I'm chuffled, proud of the girls with the way they held their nerve. The way they held their lengths was really good. (On the feeling at the beginning of the last set) Keep your foot behind the line and execute what you could, which she did. I was nervous after the ball but I trusted her and she trusted herself which got us through. ADR and Bess were great, Bess set the tone. She's outstanding. (On time-management and the field restriction) You've got to weigh it up, bowlers cannot execute when rushed. Luckily, it worked well in the end. (On the talent) We have fantastic players and look forward to see how we go ahead. The atmosphere here has been great.
Bess Heath: We're talking about building partnerships. We set a good innings, decided I'll go big. Thought I'll find boundaries or go for singles when that was not possible. I wanted to go down the ground, it was a batter's wicket. At halftime, it felt 15-20 under. So we went with intent. We do well under pressure, thrive on it.
The bowlers were great at cutting down runs. Higham, Langston came back well. Katie Levick got Kerr. Smith was good and ADR took two key wickets and finished off the game.
1:45 pm: Jumps, high-fives and hugs among the Superchargers camp. They've pulled a win off the pyre. They were short with the bat, Mooney and Scrivens started well. The latter was struck in front, but it was the Aussie opener's run out that opened the floodgates, she fell when the scoring rate was going a bit low. Her wicket, followed immediately by that of Danielle Gibson meant rebuilding could not be risky. Luff took up that role, got a few away. But Amelia fell, and she found very little support from the lower middle order. There were options to farm strike towards the end which weren't taken. But the turning point seemed to be that Mooney run out.
100
1
Davidson-Richards to Wraith, 1 run
Six to tie, no super set in the group stages.
99
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Davidson-Richards to Dean, OUT
The non-striker runs from the get go but it don't matter as the full ball ballooned off the edge to cover point. Dean tried to slash it as hard as she could but got nowhere near enough.
Charlie Dean c Heath b Davidson-Richards 5 (3b 1x4 0x6 7m) SR: 166.66
A couple of conferences, one from each side.
98
1
Davidson-Richards to Luff, 1 run
Makes room, gets a full ball that follows her, she tries to whack it over long-on. But it's off the bottom To the fielder and it's only one.
97
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Davidson-Richards to Dean, 1 run
Length on off, shuffles across and whacks a flick to long-on. Just one but Dean's done her job.
96
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Davidson-Richards to Dean, FOUR runs
Slashes, tries to get it straight. But it goes over cover, no one in the deep. It cleared the infield and the outfield was too quick for cover and mid-off running back.
Extra fielder up as the Superchargers have gone past the cut off time.
after 95 balls10 runs • 1 wicket
LS-W: 115/6Need 13 from 5 balls
Sophie Luff38 (29b 5x4 1x6)
Charlie Dean0 (0b)
Linsey Smith 1/24 (20)
95
1
Smith to Luff, 1 run
Full ball swept to short fine. They take the run, Luff won't be on strike next ball!
95
1w
Smith to Luff, 1 wide
Full but down leg, wide given.
94
1W
Smith to Luff, 1 run, OUT
Direct hit from deep square leg by Wolvaardt! It was worked there with limited timing, they went for two. It was sacrifice, the run was made to look more impossible by the accurate throw.
Alice Monaghan run out (Wolvaardt) 4 (4b 0x4 0x6 6m) SR: 100
93
4
Smith to Luff, FOUR runs
Swept to the gap at the left of short fine.
92
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Smith to Monaghan, 1 run
Comes down but yorks herself. Jams the ball off the bottom but it falls in front. They charge for one.
91
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Smith to Monaghan, 2 runs
Misfield by short fine leg, it allows two. That's not too bat for the fielding team. It was full on the stumps, Monaghan tried to slog it but got it off the bottom to the left of short fine.
At this point, Spirit are 12 runs shorter and two wickets up on Superchargers. Wolvaardt's struggle doesn't seem as bad for now. Let's see if there's space for one more comeback.
CHANGE OF END
after 90 balls8 runs • 1 wicket
LS-W: 105/5Need 23 from 10 balls
Alice Monaghan1 (2b)
Sophie Luff32 (26b 4x4 1x6)
Lucy Higham 1/28 (20)
Luff does not farm strike there. Higham gets some high-fives from her team-mates. With that, it's timeout time.
90
1
Higham to Monaghan, 1 run
Wide and full, whipped along the ground to long-on.
89
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Higham to Monaghan, no run
Wide length ball keeps very low, it was slow. Monaghan tried to shuffle across and cut it but the grubber went right under.
88
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Higham to Dattani, OUT
Flighted full toss, flicked across the line... straight to deep midwicket! It was a filthy ball but Dattani could not get enough power to get it over Wolvaardt.
Naomi Dattani c Wolvaardt b Higham 5 (8b 0x4 0x6 12m) SR: 62.5
87
1
Higham to Luff, 1 run
Full and wide, swipes it. Along the ground to long-off.
86
6
Higham to Luff, SIX runs
Drags a flighted, full ball with a powerful flick over cow corner. Six! She danced across, towards the line of the ball and swung through.
31 off 15. Higham from around the wicket.
after 85 balls7 runs
LS-W: 97/4Need 31 from 15 balls
Sophie Luff25 (24b 4x4)
Naomi Dattani5 (7b)
Beth Langston 0/23 (20)
85
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Langston to Luff, no run
Nails a wide yorker, Luff tries to down her bat to jam it in time. Gets beaten.
84
4
Langston to Luff, FOUR runs
Slaps a length ball outside off to the right of mid-off for four.
83
1
Langston to Dattani, 1 run
Run out chance missed! It was a full ball that fell off the edge in front. Dattani was late on the single, Luff came across. She underarmed it at the striker's end, but it was at the other end where danger loomed larger.
82
1
Langston to Luff, 1 run
Back of a length slower one on middle, waited for and clipped fine. It's straight to the fielder, so will only be one. Luff was setting up for two there.
81
1
Langston to Dattani, 1 run
Underedge off the slashy drive, hits the turf below and goes to the leg side. They take one. It was full outside off.
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