Phoenix vs Fire, 25th Match at Cardiff, Women's Hundred, Aug 10 2024 - Match Result

There it is! Victory for the Birmingham Phoenix by nine runs! well closed out by Arlott but credit to Levick for removing Jonassen and Matthews in the penultimate set when it looked like they were going to win at a canter! Welsh Fire were 106 for 4, and could only manage six more runs for four more wickets!

Nails the wide ball, cut to Ghosh for a single out on the perimeter of the circle at backward point

Gah... another wide one on the off side. It's 11 required off 2...

And another! Arlott killing this game dead, Davies swings at a really wide one - probably would have been wided if she'd missed, actually, and loops an edge to short third

Langston gets hold of that one... but Perry takes the catch just above her head at long off! Decent strike from the batter but Perry put herself in the hot zone, and that's why. Kept her nerve, as she has throughout this chase

Nails the wide one this time, low full toss, bunted to long off

Hangs it wide, but too wide on the leg side

Dabbed to third for a single

Levick you star! Two huge wickets in the space of four balls, and again is the failure to get elevation that does the trick. Matthews thinks she's nailed over cover, but Ghosh just takes this just above head height. What a twist

Slower, outside off, driven down to long off

Wide, sits up but misses the cut first ball!

Great start from the leggie! Flighted, tempting Elwiss to go down the ground and, actually, Elwiss gets this right out of the screws. Unfortunately, she cann't get enough elevation and ends up hitting it to Perry at a very catchable hight at mid off

Steps across, Arlott sticks to go wider again, square driven to deep third

Cracking strike! Great intent to run down and swing hard through her arc, adjusting at the last moment to get it out to deep midwicket for a one-bounce four. Beat the two fielders stationed in that region with ease

Chance of a run out? Kalis didn't seem to think so, under-arming to the keeper after Matthews drove to her once more, this time along the carpet. But it looked tight

Big drop at cover! Steps across, Arlott moves her full line across, Matthews drives in the air and Kalis can't take the catch!

Into the pitch, top of off, Elwiss pushes straight but opens the face to get the necessarily single off the first ball

Outside off, full, Matthews steps across and sweeps fine but not for four because Ghosh does excellently to save three to her right at short fine leg

Almost bowled! The bounce takes it over the stumps after she misses out on a booming sweep shot! One of the few deliveries that has bounced more than expected this afternoon...

Darted in, cut away expertly by Elwiss behind point... brilliantly saved by Fran Wilson on the deep point boundary, having made up the distance from cover. But excellent running gets three and Matthews back on strike