Crowd on the edge of their seats! Bell nails a superb yorker on middle but she still manages to dig out to wide of long-on and hares for a couple, throw wasn't spot on at keeper's end and the scores are level. Whoa, that gave me goosebumps, another nerve-jangling thriller that ends in a stalemate! Lauren Bell clearly the standout bowler who gave her all in the final over and Brave will be the happier side whereas Superchargers will be scratching their heads after getting a bit complacent towards the end and not finishing the match earlier. It's the first tied game in the Women's Hundred!
Brave vs N S-Chargers, 8th Match at Leeds, Women's Hundred, Jul 30 2024 - Match Result
That's it from the Women's Hundred action for today, but the Men's game between the same teams is about to start shortly. For Chandankumar Duorah and Vairavan K, I'm Rvel Zahid. Goodbye
Lauren Bell, Match Hero: The emotions were up and down! In that last set of five I had a lot of adrenaline. It was cool, that's what we play cricket for. You just go ball by ball at the death, and see what player you're bowling at. Pace-off was working on this pitch, and pace-on was a good variation, so it was ball by ball. The ideal final ball was a straight yorker and I don't think I was too far away from executing. Maybe we should have just looked at the field a bit but what can you do, hindsight is lovely.
Phew, let me catch my breath. These Hundred ball games have a habit of serving thrillers. What an outstanding game of cricket that went down to the wire. It was a fierce tug of war where no team was out of the game right till the last delivery. Superb captaincy from Georgia Adams, who didn't give up and entrusted her leader of the pace attack, Lauren Bell, with the last over. Bell sent the panic bells ringing, bowled a barrage of stunning yorkers, and almost got her team over the line. Southern Brave must be the happier side after only scraping their way to 100 runs and making way too many errors with the bat. There were three run-outs in their innings but a few contributions gave them something to bowl at. We knew the Superchargers have a lethal bowling arsenal that made a game out of a low score.
What about the Superchargers' reply? The openers didn't get into double figures but then Phoebe Litchfield soaked in pressure and made 24 before losing the plot with an unwise shot which proved to be a major turning point. It opened a window for Brave as the asking rate kept rising. Annabel Sutherland only added a sluggish 10 and then Alice Davidson-Richards looked like she would get her side home with ease, but she got bowled in the last set and suddenly the Superchargers were on the backfoot. The intensity was telling throughout the contest. Both sides' bowling had a fabulous outing but the batting misfired and they'll need to go back to the drawing board and devise better plans to get it together
Dipanshi Tyagi: "is there no super over thing?" Nope, it's only for the Eliminator and Final
Bowls a perfect wide yorker, all she can do is shovel it to cover and sprints to the other end. What a spell from Bell!
DaWolf: "This is a poor chase. They might get there - 17 from 18 needed, less than a run a ball - but they are playing like they are chasing 101. Play to chase 111 and stop a late run rate squeeze being possible."
Rip through the stumps! How can there be no twist? Lauren Bell responds with a pinpoint accurate yorker at middle, stumps are uprooted and the dreadful death rattle means Richards has to go back to the pavilion. Huge breakthrough but is it too little, too late?
Back of a length on middle with no pace on offer, picks up while sitting deep in her crease and plonks it away to deep square, that's excellent running between the wickets, converted a single to a couple, got spring in her legs
Over the wicket, short of a length with a hint of inward seam movement from wide of off, flexes her muscles and slaughters it to sweeper cover, fumble allows them to sneak another run
Lauren Bell will bowl the last over
fired it quicker right up to the toes, whisked away to midwicket for a run
Touch fuller outside off, prances down and biffed out to long-off
Fuller on the pads, jockeys across and plays a full-blooded sweep to deep backward square for a four, that was powerfully struck and timed to perection
Runs it down to long-on and canters across to the other end
Over the wicket, length and straightens at middle and leg, flicked to midwicket and wicketkeeper has made a blunder, removed the stumps before pouching the ball, batter was not even in frame and it's a massive chance missed, Richards live to see another day
Back of a length wide of off again, slapped to cover and sets off for a quick single, excellent over, composed under pressure, thinking cricketer, Cross chewed many dots, 15 off 11, this is getting spicy!
The ploy is working well, once again floated wide of off, she chases it and misses it!
Shorter and just inside the marker on off, steps across and miscues it to cover-point
Length wide of off, reaches out and cant lay bat on it
Floated up fuller outside off, tries to whack her downtown and only grabs fresh air
backs away and punches it on the up to cover, dot to finish the over, she will breath a brief sigh of relief
Adams has the last laugh! Trying to waft it away, exposing her stumps, was a quicker one that curled back, she was way too early in her attempt to cut that one and the bails have come off
Gets the line right, fuller on middle and off, comes down the track and plays it downtown
Zips it quicker on a full-length on the legs again, swept hard to backward square
Over the wicket, loose delivery going with the angle just outside leg stump, smashed it behind square on leg but hasn't connected off the middle
1W | 1W | |||
1W | 1W | |||
1W | ||||
1W | ||||
Headingley, Leeds | |
Toss | Southern Brave (Women), elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2024 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 30 July 2024 - day (100-ball match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Southern Brave (Women) 1, Northern Superchargers (Women) 1 |