Big lbw appeal. Not given. Ball deflects off the pad to cover and Shrubsole steals a single. No review left for Fire and Brave hurtle to a win. Was a length ball from wide of the crease that pitched outside off and angled in sharply to beat the flick. Hawk-Eye shows it would have gone down leg.
Fire vs Brave, 17th Match at Cardiff, Women's Hundred, Aug 12 2023 - Match Result
Brave won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
Brave are now on top of the points table but Fire put in a spirited performance. Let's hope that trend with the male counterparts of both these teams taking on each other. Brave have won the toss and will bowl. Here's Shashwat's coverage of the game. Buh-bye from here.
6,516 - A record attendance for a women's game in The Hundred at Sophia Gardens.
One of the key moments in the chase came early when Mandhana went across and got hit on the pad after missing the pull. A subdued lbw appeal was not upheld and Fire didn't review. Hawk-Eye said it was going on to hit leg stump. After that, she joined hands with Bouchier and the duo cleared the infield with skill and consistency to keep Brave ahead. Dunkley's quiet sets created wickets. Fire were, well, fire in the field. But Adams' day dawned over Dunkley's day, and the chaos in the end worked in Brave's favour with the four byes. The desperate, stolen singles off the last two balls were timely and took Brave over the line. In the end, only three of the ten batters needed to get to double-digit scores, the invaluable ten from the extras took it away.
Georgia Adams, POTM: I'm on an adrenaline come-down. We've had a few nail-biters. Great to get over the line like that. I try to bowl at the stumps and not turn it much, that's the plan and it worked. We clawed them back well at the end. It's about time I turned up with the bat this tournament. When Smriti and Bouchier set it up like that, you know you don't have to go big from ball one. Great to get runs and take the team over the line. It's a small-margin tournament. Great win, gives momentum as we head home next week which will be nice.
5:35pm: Holy hell, what a finish! All-action last-two sets in the end. Adams' six before her 24-ball 40 ended and the four byes in the end cost Fire. Brave had Mandhana, Bouchier get off to a great start after Wyatt went early. Adams chipped in with both bat and ball and ended Welsh Fire's unbeaten run.
Brave can't lose. No Super Over/Set. Ring field in. Midwicket, mid-on in close to get close to the stumps. One of Bryce's gloves is off
Ismail misses the direct hit with underarm throw and the game has been tied!. Brown tried to tuck the full ball to the leg side. It deflected off the pad and Ismail got across to her diagonal right, picked up the ball and rolled it towards the stumps. Misses it by a bit and now Brave can't lose
2 needed from 2
They try to steal two but the throw at the non-striker's end is sharp. Ismail takes the bails off in a flash. Southby isn't close. Third umpire gives it out. One run taken, Brown back on strike. Length ball was forced to deep midwicket with the horizontal bat.
Too quick for Brown and Bryce! Back of length zipping in just down leg, Brown swung across and missed it. Bryce went low to the left and couldn't lay glove on it. She's disappointed but Brave will take those!
Fielding change made as Beaumont goes to long-on
Pacy bouncer at 73mph is pulled into the acreage at midwicket, Harris runs across from long-on and Brown didn't get off to a quick start. But she was able to make it as the fielder couldn't charge in quickly enough.
Ismail has 9 to defend again!.
Davies runs out Moore at the non-striker's end. Full outside off, Moore tried to whack it towards mid-on. Hit it into the pitch and the ball skewed to the right of Davies. She ran across and underarmed the ball straight into the stumps. Moore was on one knee and had to spring up before taking off. Great clarity from Davies.
9 off 6 needed
Low full toss angles in towards Adams. She whips it flat in the air but hits it straight to Dunkley at deep midwicket! Another twist. Dunkley is chuffed. Beaumont tries to remain calm.
Too full. The slower one is thrashed over long-on. Ismail jumped as high as she could but was not able to reach it
Slower one into the pitch, pulled to deep midwicket
Comes down and gets followed by a 63mph length ball, tries to hammer it. Gets it off the bottom of the bat to long-on
Well, Beaumont has handed the ball to Davies instead of Ismail. 17 needed off 10. Could be a tight call this
Swipes across, gets a decent connection and it races along the ground but Dunkley is square at deep midwicket. Goes right to her
Pulls the shortish ball into the grass on the leg side. Gets it a few metres to the left of deep square leg
Stands in front of off stump and clobbers it wide of midwicket. Got deep in the crease and swooshed it away, went well to the right of deep midwicket
Chipped over wide mid-off. Deep extra cover is too wide. Adams took a couple of steps down the ground, was able to stay leg side of the ball and drove it with a high follow-through
28 needed off 14
Full around off, driven to cover
Dunkley takes a great low catch to send back Tryon. She didn't spot it at first, her hands were searching as she strode to the right. But once she did, she got on the right knee and took it well. The ball was full and following Tryon as she made room, she swung across. Hit it flat in the air but couldn't place it in the gap
Makes room and gets followed by a bumper around head-height. Tryon swings hard and the ball brushes the helmet and goes to the keeper
Fullish ball on middle. Wide of the crease again. Stirred to long-on
Slow on a length from wide of the crease. Pulled from middle stump to deep midwicket. Tryon stayed leg side and tried powering it through but had no pace to work with
Length on off, makes room and bunts to cover with the horizontal bat
32 needed off 20. Ten of those balls will be bowled by Ismail - here she is.
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Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | |
Toss | Southern Brave (Women), elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 12 August 2023 - day (100-ball match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Southern Brave (Women) 2, Welsh Fire (Women) 0 |