‘Manchester Originals’ v ‘London Spirit’, at Emirates Old Trafford on 10 August
Receiving ‘Hero-of-the-match’ cap-and-medal, Deepti Sharma made it clear to Mark Butcher that she believed in herself; believed in her team; and ‘did really well.’ ‘Spirit’s’ third win keeps their tournament chances alive, beating ‘Originals’ by 5 wickets. Earlier, Deepti Sharma’s 1st over was a rare ‘dot ball’ maiden. Just 2 runs came from her second ‘power-play’ over. Deepti’s final ‘power-play’ ball trapped Lizelle Lee (0) ‘leg before’ for a 5th ball duck. Deepti Sharma also took another wicket when Mignon du Preez (31 runs from balls 27) was caught by Danielle Gibson. Later in the match with level-pegging scores, commentators described watching ‘an excellent run chase’ in which ‘Spirits” Charlie Dean and Deepti Sharma (34* from 23) staged a match-winning 44-run partnership from just 29 balls
‘The Hundred’s’ 24th match was broadcast live (commentators included Rob Key, Mark Butcher, Nasser Hussain, Darren Gough with guest Jemimah Rodrigues) from SKY Sports TV; also cricket social media (Peter Della Penna for EPSN-cric-info) Reassuring to see blue sky over Old Trafford as adverse weather in recent days had called upon the ‘DLS method’ to decide the outcome of certain matches. Before the match, ‘Originals’’ skipper Kate Cross fielded the same team who beat top-of-table ‘Brave.’
‘Spirit’s’ skipper Heather Knight introduced Grace Scrivens, Alice Monaghan and Susie Rowe who replaced Freya Davies, Chloe Tryon (injured) and Amara Carr. Tammy Beaumont kept wicket for ‘Spirit’ (replacing Amara Carr) After the match, commentators showed the state-of-play where ‘Spirit’ have six points (for three wins over ‘Originals,’ ‘Superchargers,’ & ‘Phoenix’); whereas ‘Originals tournament hopes seemed over, despite having beaten ‘Brave’ as the No.1 team
*During the ‘power-play’ ‘Originals’ opener Emma Lamb struck Sophie Munro’s second over for 17 runs. Next over Deepti Sharma trapped Lizelle Lee for a 5th delivery duck from the 25th ball. ‘Originals’ were 30/1 (compared to ‘Spirit’s 24/1)
*Top scorer Emma Lamb (39 from 30 balls) and Mignon du Preez’ 40-run partnership ended when Lamb was run-out, just after the mid-way point (69/1 played 55/2.)
*’Spirit’ skipper Heather Knight was on a ‘team hat-trick’ when Cordelia Griffith was given ‘leg before’ (without ball-tracking review.) Had Griffith asked for a review she would have been ‘not out’ as the ball missed the stumps
*Bowler-turned-batter Sophie Ecclestone (32* from 26) played a cameo innings to set ‘Spirit’ a challenging run chase
Commentators later described the pursuit as ‘excellent’ to watch, commending ‘Hero-of-the-mnatch’ Deepti Sharma for ‘keeping her nerve’
*Disaster struck ‘Spirit’ when opener Tammy Beaumont was caught behind off ‘Originals’ skipper Kate Cross, for a first-ball duck. ‘Spirit’ looked shaky on 7/1 after three overs, when only 2 runs were added from Sophie Ecclestone and Hannah Jones bowling
*’Spirit’ skipper Heather Knight (35 from 26) and WIndies superstar Deandre Dottin (28 from 23) crafted 50 runs for the third wicket, until Dottin was caught, handing Kate Cross her second wicket
*With scores level at 78/3, spinner Alex Hartley (3/32) made a breakthrough for ‘Originals’, taking two wickets in 4 balls. Thereafter, Deepti Sharma (34* from 23) and Charlie Dean (12* from 7) cruised to victory. With scores tied, Charlie Dean scored the winning ‘four’ for ‘Spirit’ to snatch victory by 5 wickets with two balls to spare
Result: ‘London Spirit -Women’ 131/5 beat ‘Manchester Originals -W’ 127/5 by 5 wickets, with 2 balls remaining
‘Manchester Originals W’ (MO-W) 127/5 (100 balls, 1.27 runs-per-ball) Emma Lamb 39(30), Sophie Ecclestone 32* (26) Mignon du Preez 31 (27); ‘Spirit’ bowling: Deepti Sharma 2/10, Heather Knight 1/19; Fow 1-30, 2-69, 3-69, 4-86, 5-127; ‘London Spirit -W’ (LS-W) 131/5 (98 balls, 1.33 rpb) Heather Knight 35(26), Deepti Sharma 34* (23), Deandre Dottin 28(23), Charleie Dean 12* (7); ‘Originals’ bowling: Kate Cross 2/29, Alex Hartley 2/32; Fow 1-1, 2-24, 3-77, 4-78, 5-87
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