Full ball follows her, she whacks it and clears long-on.
Brave vs Invincibles, 6th Match at London, Women's Hundred, Aug 14 2022 - Match Result
Today's double-header had a close game first up and a relatively one-sided game following it. On both instances, the score seemed to be short but the batting teams found ways to lose wickets, and in this game, Anya Shrubsole's savviness was out on display. That's it from the Women's comp, the men's sides of these two franchises take on each other. It's starting soon and you can follow that here. Signing off is me, Ekanth, on behalf of my fellow commentator S Sudarshanan, and our scorers: Binoy and Thilak.
Georgia Adams: We've come a long way, it was an accident. Anya said she wanted me to bowl, the wicket spun. We bowled straight and it came off. I did not expect to bowl in key moments, the ball to Lauren was one of the best. I'll take it. I know a lot of girls from the Southern Vipers days and am fitting in like a dream.
Brave realised that the pitch offered little to no pace. Shrubsole gave part-timers overs. Wyatt and Dunkley were successful. Adams was so good she gets the POTM award. Lauren and the skipper Anya, herself, were good too. So, no short of positives for them.
5:20 pm: Macdonald-Gay has hit three sixes which salvages Invincibles' net run rate. But this has been a comprehensive win for Brave. It was a good track when this innings began. Winfield-Hill and Bates started well but could not continue, nor could Cranstone or Kapp. They lost regular wickets in the middle overs and never got close in the end.
Full on the pads, it beats the flick. Hits pad and deflects to the off side. They sneak a run.
Full ball angles in down leg. It beats a mighty swing aimed at long-on.
The game's mathematically over now. It was a full ball following Gray who was making room. Goes to long-on.
Yorker on leg, jams a flick. It's off the bottom to long-on.
Final set, McGrath given the responsibility.
Down the track, gets a slower back of length ball that comes in. Beats the pull after staying down, falls in front.
Shortish ball coming in, she tries to slog it off the backfoot to the legside. Gets it off the splice to mid-off.
Short over off, Macdonald-Gay pulled so hard that she swung herself out of shape.
Pulls a short ball outside off but finds deep midwicket.
Makes room, gets followed but there's some room for Gray to guide it to short third. Shrubsole there runs to her right, fumbles. She looks around after having lost it, thus allowing two.
Bell's back on
Slower one into the pitch, the wide ball beats the pull. The keeper took off the bails, it goes to the third umpire. The foot is always grounded, not out it is.
Makes room and pulls a length ball at the stumps to long-on.
Length on the thigh-pad, flicked off the backfoot to wide long-on.
Free hit is a shortish, slow ball outside off. Pulled to long-on.
Outside the cut strip, this will be a no ball! Gray was way outside off, she tried to reverse-ramp the full ball but got it off the edge towards point.
Pulls a short ball outside off to long-on.
Another lofted on-drive, another six! This was full and coming in towards her, she cleared her front leg and whacked it on the move. No holding shape, she just went for connection.
Length outside off, beaten on the cut. The batter came down but dragged her foot back early.
Full and flighted, MacDonald-Gay comes down and lofts it over long-on. It was an on-drive with an extension.
Shuffles across, gets a full ball on middle. Adjusts late to reverse-paddle it through the vacant slip area to short fine.
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Kennington Oval, London | |
Toss | Oval Invincibles (Women), elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2022 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 14 August 2022 - day (100-ball match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Southern Brave (Women) 2, Oval Invincibles (Women) 0 |