Brave vs Phoenix, 7th Match at Southampton, Women's Hundred, Aug 10 2025 - Match Result

stumps go splat again, and Bell, the leading wicket-taker in the Women's Hundred, finishes off the job in style! This is another change-up, bowled into the track on middle and off. The ball just does not arrive and Taylor plays several strokes in her head before failing with her actual attempt. Middle and off stump rattled, and the Brave have more wins in two games this year than they did in the entirety of last season!

length ball wide outside off. Baker goes chasing after it and only swishes at thin air

pops it straight up, and taken at short fine leg! Kalis falls and with that, the chase probably does too! Off-pace on a full length outside off. Kalis shimmies across, trying the lap again. And even though she makes contact this time, the contact is not enough. No pace to work with and Corteen-Coleman snares the chance to extinguish the Phoenix's hopes!

excellent yorker, tailing back into off stump. Might have been a slower ball too. Taylor digs it out to the bowler's left and gets called through for the single

length on middle and leg. Kalis advances and heaves it towards long on. They take the single, which means Kalis is now off strike with Phoenix needing 17 off 5

zipped in full and wide, and Kalis admonishes herself after missing the scoop. That is the second time she has tried it, and the second time she has failed to pull it off

oh my word - that is a shot and a half! Full on middle and leg. Kalis backs away and opens up the area she wants. Gets her hands through the ball wonderfully and crunches it over extra cover!

length outside off. Kalis moves across her stumps, trying to scoop it away but fails to lay bat on ball. Had she made contact, that might have been four, with fine leg in the ring!

Schutt has been run out, but Kalis is back on strike! Angled in on a length on middle and leg. Schutt, having advanced, swings at it and misses. The ball rolls off the pad towards Devine, but Kalis does not care. She urges her partner to run and Schutt has to sacrifice her wicket, with Devine hitting bulls-eye at the bowler's head!

into the blockhole wide outside off. Kalis cannot get under it and she cannot squeeze it past the bowler either. Vital dot ball that also keeps Kalis off strike at the change of ends!

short and wide outside off. Schutt waits on it and cuts it towards backward point, where Tryon dives to her left and ensures it is just a single

Schutt joins in on the fun now! Fullish outside off. Schutt slaloms down the track and caresses it beautifully over mid off for four!

dropped by Bell - oh dear! Hung up on a length wide outside off, perhaps after seeing the batter backing away early. Kalis goes after it anyway and slices it towards short third, where Bell puts down a presentable chance

back to back boundaries for Kalis! Slanted in on a length in and around off stump. Kalis shuffles across really early and sweeps it fine past the keeper!

that should help! Floaty delivery, and that allows Kalis to maneuver it the way she wants. She gives herself room and creams it over extra cover!

zipped in fuller just outside off. Schutt's turn to advance and she knocks it to long on for a single

flighted up on middle and off. Kalis chips down the track and powers it on the bounce to long off

full on middle and off. Schutt shuffles across and paddles it towards short fine leg before scampering across to the other end

straight through Arlott, and Adams is on the board too! Tossed up on a length just outside off. Arlott is beaten in the flight and gets nowhere close to the pitch of the ball. Just a hint of turn and that is enough to take it past Arlott's swishing blade, with the ball pin-balling off the pads into middle stump. The Brave firmly in control now!

fired in full on middle and leg. Arlott turns it towards deep mid wicket and keeps strike