Fire eliminated as Brave edge low-scoring thriller

The Hundred women's competition, Sophia Gardens

Welsh Fire 111-6 (100 balls): Elwiss 36* (36); Bell 2-21

Southern Brave 112-7 (99 balls): Bouchier 35 (30); Jonassen 4-10

Brave won by 3 wickets

Scorecard. Table

Welsh Fire became nan first squad to beryllium eliminated from The Hundred women's title aft Southern Brave edged a low-scoring thriller astatine Sophia Gardens.

Fire suffered their 5th consecutive conclusion arsenic Brave, successful contrast, stay unbeaten contempt making difficult activity of pursuit of 112, reaching their target pinch conscionable 1 shot to spare.

Brave were successful afloat power of their pursuit astatine 98-3, but a illness of 4 wickets for 9 runs successful nan abstraction of six balls gave Fire dream and near nan visitors needing 2 from nan last 2 deliveries.

Katie George dropped a difficult chance from nan penultimate shot that would person dismissed Georgia Adams, but nan batters scampered backmost for a 2nd to seal a tense three-wicket win.

Maia Bouchier and Danni Wyatt-Hodge added 48 for nan first wicket arsenic Brave started positively, but contempt an admirable bowling fightback led by Jess Jonassen's 4-10, Fire were near to rue different underwhelming batting performance.

Sophia Dunkley's 31 from 25 balls gave nan location broadside a affirmative commencement aft chap opener Hayley Matthews' aureate duck, but a batting line-up lacking successful assurance struggled aft her departure.

Captain Tammy Beaumont only managed 7 and though all-rounder Georgia Elwiss anchored nan innings pinch an unbeaten 36, Brave's bowlers expertly controlled nan mediate shape and Fire trudged to 111-6.

England seamer Lauren Bell benefitted from nan bowler-friendly aboveground arsenic she took 2-20, extending her spot astatine nan apical of nan wicket-taking charts pinch 14, while New Zealand all-rounder Sophie Devine besides impressed pinch 2-23.

The in-form Brave will look to guarantee themselves a spot successful nan Eliminator erstwhile they return connected second-placed London Spirit astatine Lord's connected Saturday.

The Hundred women's competition, Lord's

London Spirit 90-8 (100 balls): Redmayne 29 (29); Sutherland 3-20

Northern Superchargers 93-2 (66 balls): Litchfield 55* (38); Tyson 2-6

Superchargers won by 8 wickets

Scorecard. Table

Northern Superchargers thrashed London Spirit by 8 wickets, moving supra their opponents into 2nd successful The Hundred table.

Spirit put successful a dismal capacity pinch nan bat, struggling to 90-8 astatine Lord's.

The Australian brace of Phoebe Litchfield, who deed an unbeaten 55, and Annabel Sutherland, who made 29 not out, put connected an unbroken business of 76 to seal triumph for nan Superchargers pinch 34 balls to spare.

The location broadside floundered aft choosing to bat, slipping to 9-2 successful nan powerplay pinch top-order batters Kira Chathli and Cordelia Griffith dismissed for a duck and 1 respectively.

Spirit tin usually trust connected nan big-hitting Grace Harris to resistance them retired of trouble, but Nicola Carey had her caught astatine long-on for conscionable seven, past saw Dani Gibson taken astatine constituent from her pursuing delivery.

They continued to steadily suffer wickets until Issy Wong and skipper Charlie Dean offered a grade of stability, putting connected a business of 31 for nan seventh wicket, but it came from 33 deliveries, pinch nan brace incapable to importantly up nan tempo.

Sutherland dismissed Dean caught down successful nan last group of 5 deliveries, and had Glenn caught successful nan covers from nan adjacent ball, arsenic Spirit limped to a sub-par total.

Superchargers' top-order besides wobbled, pinch Alice Davidson-Richards and Davina Perrin some dismissed by Bex Tyson for a aureate duck and 4 respectively.

However, those early wickets brought prima batters Phoebe Litchfield and Sutherland to nan crease, and nan Australian brace made ray activity of reaching their target.

Litchfield took much of nan strike, hitting her 2nd half-century successful 3 matches, and it was nan 22-year-old who deed Eva Gray for 4 to bring nan lucifer to an early conclusion.

The consequence sees Spirit gaffe to 4th successful nan standings, down Superchargers and Manchester Originals connected nett run-rate.

Oval Invincibles and Trent Rockets will some beryllium hoping to bounce backmost from defeats successful their erstwhile matches, arsenic nan women's sides play astatine The Oval astatine 15:00 BST.

It's past a apical of nan array title successful nan men's game, which follows astatine 18:30 BST.

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