Swing and a miss. Ball hits off, a comprehensive 73-run win for Spirit. Fullish ball lands around fourth stump and comes in with the angle. Levick tried to heave it over midwicket. Missed it and Kerr smiles in delight as the high-fives start.
Spirit vs Phoenix, 32nd Match at Birmingham, Women's Hundred, Aug 24 2023 - Match Result
RESULT
32nd Match, Birmingham, August 24, 2023, The Hundred Women's Competition
172/5
(76/100 balls, T:173) 99
Spirit won by 73 runs
Match centre
Scores: K Vairavan | Comms: EkanthScorecard summary
London Spirit (Women) • 172/5(100 balls)
87 (47)
1/29 (20)
29 (17)
1/26 (15)
Birmingham Phoenix (Women) • 99/10(76 balls)
28 (16)
4/13 (16)
14 (14)
2/11 (10)
A thumping win for Spirit to close out the group stage in the Women's comp. The men will take on each other on the same ground. You can find out coverage of the action here. See you in the knockout stages. Goodbye from me, Ekanth, and our scorer, Chandan Duorah.
Grace Harris, POTM: It's one of the better days I've had in England. Happy to have freed up and contributed. Loved the pitch as a batter, wouldn't have if I were a bowler. Lucky I didn't have to roll the arm over. Genuinely a good wicket to bat on. Happy that I scored some runs. (What team were looking for) Wanted to finish on a positive and free up. I had to battle with the mentality of being an opening batter vs having a swing, with the risk in your favour, in the middle order. Glad I didn't overthink the game, which I do sometimes, moving around the order. Heather is a fantastic captain. I'd only played against her, was great to play under her, know how she thinks of and control the game. I've had a ball with the London Spirit, would've loved to have contributed more but maybe next year. Don't know. I name all my bats after burgers because they're all stickered the same, how'd you tell them apart otherwise? This one's already named: Zinger Stacker, it came through today. It has a chunkier middle as does Big Mac, they've just been broken and might have to go to the shop for repairs.
5:21pm: An absolute drubbing. Harris ensured Phoenix never entered the contest in the first innings. Kerr and Glenn did so in the second. Gibson getting Devine early was key. Munro's set being filled with back-of-hand slower balls was a point of note. Kalis was the only batter to get a good start. Burns was very aggressive but couldn't get going. The target and the ever increasing asking rate never gave Phoenix a chance, and, sadly, they'll have to end their season without a win.
76
W
Amelia Kerr to Levick, OUT
Katie Levick b Kerr 0 (3b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 0
Kerr
after 75 balls2 runs • 1 wicket
BP-W: 99/9Need 74 from 25 balls
Katie Levick0 (2b)
Charis Pavely1 (1b)
Sarah Glenn 2/22 (20)
75
•
Glenn to Levick, no run
Length on fourth at 49mph, chopped to backward point
74
•
Glenn to Levick, no run
Full ball is driven to the bowler
73
W
Glenn to Arlott, OUT
Driven hard and straight, Harris settles close to the boundary and takes it with nonchalance. She was trodding to the left, was completely sure she was well in and ran in for the celebrations. Ball was full and Arlott had hit it hard and well, not enough. 99 for 9.
Em Arlott c Harris b Glenn 5 (6b 0x4 0x6 6m) SR: 83.33
72
1
Glenn to Pavely, 1 run
Full on middle and off from around, driven to mid-off for a quick single
71
1
Glenn to Arlott, 1 run
Charges and drives hard. Toes it to long-on
CHANGE OF END
after 70 balls4 runs • 1 wicket
BP-W: 97/8Need 76 from 30 balls
Em Arlott4 (4b)
Danielle Gibson 2/11 (10)
70
W
Gibson to Wong, OUT
Wong tries to clobber the slow, length ball but skies it. Kerr scoots to her diagonal right, from long-on, slides in and takes an excellent catch. Spirit almost there.
Issy Wong c Kerr b Gibson 1 (3b 0x4 0x6 6m) SR: 33.33
69
•
Gibson to Wong, no run
Wide and full, Wong went for a hard square drive, missed it
68
1
Gibson to Arlott, 1 run
Low dipping full toss on leg is worked to deep midwicket
67
2
Gibson to Arlott, 2 runs
Short and slow again, this time it's outside off. Arlott is able to slap it well over cover, fielder runs towards long-off and stops it with a dive. Good fielding
66
1
Gibson to Wong, 1 run
Into the pitch at 56mph, pulled to deep midwicket
after 65 balls5 runs • 1 wicket
BP-W: 93/7Need 80 from 35 balls
Em Arlott1 (2b)
Issy Wong0 (0b)
Amelia Kerr 3/13 (15)
65
1
Amelia Kerr to Arlott, 1 run
Swipes across but doesn't get it. Goes to long-on. Ball was outside off, Arlott took a step down
64
•
Amelia Kerr to Arlott, no run
Shortish ball just outside off, lets it go before practising a punch to cover
63
W
Amelia Kerr to E Jones, OUT
Kerr deceives Jones to have her bowled. Jones charged early, Kerr went wide with her 55mph legbreak, it spun back big to beat the slashing blade. Jones tried to get back to get away from being stumped but it hit leg stump
Eve Jones b Kerr 12 (11b 1x4 0x6 14m) SR: 109.09
62
•
Amelia Kerr to E Jones, no run
Short and wide, a bit late on the cut. Gets it to backward point
Around
61
4
Amelia Kerr to E Jones, FOUR runs
Dances down, doesn't get to the pitch but stays leg side and drives it well over mid-off. One-bounce four
CHANGE OF END
after 60 balls5 runs • 1 wicket
BP-W: 88/6Need 85 from 40 balls
Eve Jones8 (8b)
Charlie Dean 1/14 (15)
60
1W
Dean to Freeborn, 1 run, OUT
Freeborn tries to steal another two, Gibson's throw from deep midwicket is good, Ghosh doesn't have to drag her gloves much before smashing the stumps. Easy call for the third umpire. It was a shortish ball on the pads that was tucked gently.
Abigail Freeborn run out (Gibson/†Ghosh) 12 (10b 1x4 0x6 9m) SR: 120
59
2
Dean to Freeborn, 2 runs
Charges early. Dean goes slow and very short. Pulled to deep midwicket's right, limited timing helps them take two
58
1
Dean to E Jones, 1 run
Charges and slogs, doesn't middle it. Goes to long-on on the bounce
57
1
Dean to Freeborn, 1 run
Guides it to short third for a quick single
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
LS-W
87 runs (47)
13 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
straight drive
22 runs
4 fours1 six
Control
87%
LS-W
29 runs (17)
3 fours1 six
Productive shot
flick
8 runs
0 four0 six
Control
76%
Best performances - bowlers
LS-W
B
16
0s
7
R
13
W
4
RPB
0.81
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
2W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
1W | ||||
Match details
| Edgbaston, Birmingham | |
| Toss | Birmingham Phoenix (Women), elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2023 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Match days | 24 August 2023 - day (100-ball match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | London Spirit (Women) 2, Birmingham Phoenix (Women) 0 |
Language
English
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