Invincibles vs Fire, 9th Match at London, Women's Hundred, Aug 06 2023 - Match Result

RESULT
9th Match, The Oval, August 06, 2023, The Hundred Women's Competition

Fire won by 3 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
3/12
shabnim-ismail
Match centre 
Scores: Binoy George | Comms: Alan Gardner
Scorecard summary
Oval Invincibles (Women) 80/10(98 balls)
Welsh Fire (Women) 81/7(80 balls)
CHANGE OF END
after 80 balls5 runs • 1 wicket
WF-W: 81/7
Alex Griffiths4 (7b)
Sarah Bryce9 (10b 1x4)
Sophia Smale
1/5 (10)

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."

80
1
Smale to Griffiths, 1 run

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!

79
Smale to Griffiths, no run

flat and wide of off, Griffiths pumps it to cover

78
2
Smale to Griffiths, 2 runs

clubbed over mid-on, good bit of relay fielding prevents them getting back for three. Scores are level

77
Smale to Griffiths, no run

slightly short and cut firmly but straight to backward point

76
1
Smale to Bryce, 1 run

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

75
Smale to Bryce, no run

tossed up on off stump, Bryce bunts to mid-off

74
1
Smale to Griffiths, 1 run

drops short again and this is muscled away over the infield to deep midwicket

73
Smale to Griffiths, no run

flighted, Griffiths drives off the inside half of the bat

72
Smale to Griffiths, no run

floated on the stumps and turned to leg

Alex Griffiths is in

71
W
Smale to Davies, OUT

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?

Freya Davies c Scholfield b Smale 5 (6b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 83.33

Sophia Smale on to bowl, five needed by Fire

CHANGE OF END
after 70 balls7 runs
WF-W: 76/6Need 5 from 30 balls
Sarah Bryce8 (8b 1x4)
Freya Davies5 (5b)
Paige Scholfield 2/19 (20)
70
2
Scholfield to Bryce, 2 runs

turned into the gap at backward square leg, they hustle two more

69
5
Scholfield to Davies, 5 runs

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!

68
Scholfield to Davies, no run

quicker ball, 69mph in the channel and Davies is beaten hanging her bat out

67
Scholfield to Davies, no run

full and tailing in, Davies picks out mid-on. No easy singles available here

Keeper is up to the stumps

66
Scholfield to Davies, no run

length ball, driven into the covers

Scholfield to bowl out as well

after 65 balls4 runs • 2 wickets
WF-W: 69/6Need 12 from 35 balls
Freya Davies0 (1b)
Sarah Bryce6 (7b 1x4)
Marizanne Kapp 4/18 (20)

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

65
Kapp to Davies, no run

fullish on off stump, Davies steps into a calm punch to mid-off

Freya Davies is in to face the hat-trick ball

64
W
Kapp to Windsor, OUT

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 b Kapp 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 0

Emily Windsor walks in with 12 needed. She hit the winning runs for Invincibles in last year's final

63
W
Kapp to Elwiss, OUT

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

Georgia Elwiss lbw b Kapp 33 (29b 4x4 0x6 38m) SR: 113.79
62
4
Kapp to Elwiss, FOUR runs

short and flicked fine! Elwiss breaks the wrists and gets it past the dive of the fielder in the ring for four

61
Kapp to Elwiss, no run

hits a length, 72mph and skidding into the pads, worked to short fine leg

Kapp back, last roll of the dice for Invincibles

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
L Winfield-Hill
42 runs (35)
5 fours0 six
Productive shot
cover drive
11 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
57%
GA Elwiss
33 runs (29)
4 fours0 six
Productive shot
on drive
8 runs
1 four0 six
Control
76%
Best performances - bowlers
M Kapp
OI-W
B
20
0s
13
R
18
W
4
RPB
0.90
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W
1W
1W
S Ismail
B
20
0s
13
R
12
W
3
RPB
0.60
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
2W
Match details
Kennington Oval, London
TossWelsh Fire (Women), elected to field first
Series
Season2023
Player Of The Match
Match days06 August 2023 - day (100-ball match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsWelsh Fire (Women) 2, Oval Invincibles (Women) 0
Language
English
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