shuffles across her stumps and she follows her with a wide yorker, ends up scuffing a drive back to Dean
Spirit vs Invincibles, 1st Match at London, Women's Hundred, Aug 05 2025 - Match Result
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What a curtain-raiser to kick off the tournament! An intense thriller where both teams fought tooth and nail in a tug-of-war battle. Invincibles gave the chase a great shot but perhaps left themselves with too much to do in the end as Meg Lanning couldn't find enough support from the other end. Chasing 177 was always going to be a tough ask and Spirit managed to stay one step ahead throughout. A couple of tight overs from Issy Wong and Charlie Dean ensured there was no late drama. But the evening truly belongs to Grace Harris, who paced her innings beautifully and powered her side to an imposing total. She found the perfect foil in Cordelia Griffith, who chipped in with a quickfire fifty. Invincibles will rue the errors in the field that cost them extra runs but it's only the first day and both teams have made strong statements, setting a high benchmark. Issy Wong claimed the key wickets that tilted the balance in Spirit's favor, and in the end, the target proved insurmountable as Lanning ran out of gas after a stellar fight, even on an evening where she wasn't at her best form
around the wicket, beautifully pushed fuller on off and taking it away from the outer half, blocked back to the bowler
firing it full on yorker length, digs it out to long on for a run
oh that's a pinpoint accurate yorker on middle, shoveled out to midwicket
full toss and she reverse sweeps to Glenn who makes a lovely diving stop while charging in
lovely variations throughout the over, this time she ends second best. On a length and angled towards leg, she shimmies down leg too and creates space to free her arms, plinked out over mid off for a four
connected to midwicket for a run
goes fuller and it was dipping onto the toes, goes big again and tonked straight into the hands of Gibson at deep midwicket, excellent knock even though she wasn't in form coming into this game
gets the set batter on crease, shortish and attacking line on off, gets the toe-end and runs like a bull who has seen a red rug
tries a reverse scoop and is unable to lay bat on it, shorter and meandering away outside off
Delicious half-volley on middle, she says thank you very much and biffs it with gusto over long on, absolutely imperious and in the slot, she doesn't miss out
short, wide and hammered away insolently past the diving fielder at point for a four, poor bowling and getting the deserved treatment, that was asking for trouble
fetches another boundary, finding the sweet spots now. Length ball on middle, pulled ferociously into the gap at deep midwicket's right, immaculately timed
goes fuller and it skids on at middle, right in her hitting arc and goes out of the park, down and right behind it to smoke it over long on, 79 meters maximum, clean hit!
Mike: "Lanning is no longer the threat she used to be, was below average (batting wise) in this year's WPL as well."
over the wicket and a touch shorter towards middle, loads up and biffs a pull but does not find the fence, mopped up at deep midwicket
looped full on fifth stump line, down on one knee and clobbered to deep midwicket, 48 off 15 needed, daunting task at hand
persists with the short and wide line, it works again, makes room to leather it on the up to extra cover
very slow through the air, half-tracker wide of off, makes room and blazed to backward point, precious dot
fuller and dipping at her, lifted it away over mid off and extra cover, only picks up a run
swing the ball with vigor over long off for a huge six, attacked and sends it miles over the fielder, solid hit
16.0 shuffles across her stumps and lands it fuller and wide of off, slogged to deep square and the ball will be erased because the music was blaring and its a dead ball
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Lord's, London | |
Toss | Oval Invincibles (Women), elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2025 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 14.45 start, First Session 14.45-15.50, Interval 15.50-16.05, Second Session 16.05-17.10 |
Match days | 5 August 2025 - day (100-ball match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | London Spirit (Women) 4, Oval Invincibles (Women) 0 |