tossed up outside off, drilled to mid-on, who lets the ball slip through. That's it, Fire win by three wickets! They've knocked over the double defending-champs on their own manor!
Invincibles vs Fire, 9th Match at London, Women's Hundred, Aug 06 2023 - Match Result
Fire won by 3 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
4.55pm: Right, no time to sit back on Super Double Double-Header Sunday - the men's game down at Southampton looks to be getting away from the home side, chasing Superchargers' super-charged total of 201, and it'll soon be toss time in game two at The Oval. Choose your adventure (there's also a T20I going on in the Caribbean, if that's your thing). Bye!
4.50pm: Sensational from Fire, despite a few nerves in the chase. A second big upset in a row, after becoming the first team in the women's competition to beat Brave at the Ageas Bowl on Friday. They are top of the table with two wins and a no result. A word from Shabnim Ismail, the Match Hero after her 3 for 12: [Pleased?] "Yeah, 100%, I summed up the wicket early on, knew the ball was going to shape here at the Oval, wanted to come out and do well for the team. We spoke about it, go straighter lines and the ball will do a lot here. [Van Niekerk chat at halfway] She said she misses me! The Welsh have been great towards me, so happy and chuffed and excited we won today. [Competitive spirit] It'll always be in my genes, I had a month to prepare, still want to put up winning games for the Welsh."
flat and wide of off, Griffiths pumps it to cover
clubbed over mid-on, good bit of relay fielding prevents them getting back for three. Scores are level
slightly short and cut firmly but straight to backward point
pushed through wide of the stumps and Bryce plays this late off the back foot, fine of short third for one more
Smale staying on to bowl ten
tossed up on off stump, Bryce bunts to mid-off
drops short again and this is muscled away over the infield to deep midwicket
flighted, Griffiths drives off the inside half of the bat
floated on the stumps and turned to leg
Alex Griffiths is in
dragged down, slapped to cover! Flying take from Scholfield! Davies freed the arms and attempted to carve the ball through the infield, but doesn't get a good connection and Scholfield dives low to her right to scoop up the chance. Fire aren't going to flame out here, are they?
Sophia Smale on to bowl, five needed by Fire
turned into the gap at backward square leg, they hustle two more
pace off and dinked into the covers, picks the gap in front of point... and then there's a wild throw from Kapp, which ends up at deep midwicket! No one backing up at the non-striker's end and that could be the game!
quicker ball, 69mph in the channel and Davies is beaten hanging her bat out
full and tailing in, Davies picks out mid-on. No easy singles available here
Keeper is up to the stumps
length ball, driven into the covers
Scholfield to bowl out as well
Kapp finishes with 4 for 18, she's kept her side at the races. Fire only need 12 but they are running out of batters to get them
fullish on off stump, Davies steps into a calm punch to mid-off
Freya Davies is in to face the hat-trick ball
bowled 'er, another first-baller! Fired full and straight, Windsor moved outside leg to hit straight but ended up deflecting the ball into the poles off her pads! Kapp roars in defiance off the odds, and Fire know they're in a contest here
Emily Windsor walks in with 12 needed. She hit the winning runs for Invincibles in last year's final
length and nibbling back in, hit on the pads... Middlebrook shakes his head but van Niekerk reviews. She was quite a long way down, though hit on the back leg. And Hawk-Eye has it smashing into leg stump! The cheer goes up from Invincibles as the replay is shown on the big screen, Kapp has a third
short and flicked fine! Elwiss breaks the wrists and gets it past the dive of the fielder in the ring for four
hits a length, 72mph and skidding into the pads, worked to short fine leg
Kapp back, last roll of the dice for Invincibles
2W | 1W | |||
1W | ||||
1W | ||||
2W | ||||
Kennington Oval, London | |
Toss | Welsh Fire (Women), elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 06 August 2023 - day (100-ball match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Welsh Fire (Women) 2, Oval Invincibles (Women) 0 |