Oval Invincibles vs Northern Superchargers at the Kia Oval (London South) on 2 August 2024
Speaking after the north-south derby, Superchargers skipper Hollie Armitage (pictured)was congratulated for a ‘massive win,’ that followed a ‘heart-breaking’ tie with the defending champions (on 30 July.) By contrast, Invincibles skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill conceded that her team ‘weren’t at the races,’ as wickets were thrown away too easily. The match reached its climax when Annabel Sutherland took four wickets with six balls 4-fer (4/11); to win the match. Receiving POTM ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medal from Dinesh Karthik, Annabel Sutherland was complemented for making top-score from ‘power-hitting’ with her bat [unbeaten top-score 63*not out (from 40 balls).] Annabel Sutherland was also congratulated for best bowling performance, taking four wickets with six balls as mentioned above. Invincibles fell from top to fourth place (4 points.) Superchargers’ lifted from last to fifth place (3 points.) Commentators for SKY Sports were Natalie Germanos (broadcaster & actress from Rep. South Africa TV); Dinesh Karthik (former India international), Nasser Hussain OBE (broadcaster & former England international), with guest Stuart Broad (former England international.) Weather was hot and humid following an overnight storm, 25C.
*Superchargers’ innings: skipper Hollie Armitage, with international players: Phoebe Litchfield, Annabel Sutherland & Georgia Wareham (all Australia); *Debutante Davina Perrin, without Marie Kelly; *[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Invincibles] *Davina Perrin was caught by Amanda-Jade Wellington diving to her right, from Rachel Slater’s seam; *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 33/1; *Playing across-the-line, Hollie Armitage was bowled by Rachel Slater; *At mid-way (50 balls) 62/2; *Phoebe Litchfield was caught at ‘long-on’ by Ryana MacDonald-Gay diving forward (upon review) from Mady Villiers; *Bess Heath was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Mady Villiers, from Sophia Smale; Top-scorer Annabel Sutherland was undefeated; *Superchargers’ batting: *Only three batters made double figures; Annabel Sutherland 63*not out(40), Phoebe Litchfield 44(30),Bess Heath 15(11); *Invincibles’ bowling: Rachel Slater 2/11, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 1/11, Mady Villiers 1/21, Sophia Smale 1/22;
*Invincibles’ innings: *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill, with international players: debutante Chamari Athapathatu (Sri Lanka); Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia); Also Marizanne Kapp (Rep. South Africa); *[Bess Heath keeping wicket for Superchargers]; *Lauren Winfield-Hill went ‘leg-before’ to Kate Cross for back-to-back ducks; *Alice Capsey was bowled by Linsey Smith; *Marizanne Kapp was ‘run-out’ by Phoebe Litchfield’s throw to keeper Bess Heath at the striker’s end; *Chamari Athapathatu was caught by Kate Cross from Linsey Smith; Mady Villiers was bowled by Kate Cross ;*After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 25/5 (vs 33/1) *At mid-way (50 balls) 55/6 (vs 62/2); *Paige Scholfield was bowled by Georgia Wareham; *Amanda-Jade Wellington was bowled by Annabel Sutherland; *Ryana MacDonald-Gay went for a golden ‘duck’ from Annabel Sutherland; *Sophia Smale went for a second-ball ‘duck from Annabel Sutherland; *Rachel Slater went for a second-ball ‘duck’, bowled by Annabel Sutherland; *Invincibles’ last three wickets fell for ‘ducks,’ that curtailed the match somewhat prematurely. *Invincibles’ batting: *Only three batters made double figures: Amanda-Jade Wellington 26(21), Paige Scholfield 24(19), Alice Capsey 10(5); *Superchargers’ bowling: Annabel Sutherland 4/11, Linsey Smith 2/10, Kate Cross 2/15, Georgia Wareham 1/12;
*Match result: Northern Superchargers 146/4 (1.4 runs-per-ball from 100/100) beat Oval Invincibles 64/10 (target 147 from 66/100 balls) by 82 runs
*Full match courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube [03h27m35s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtcJFBdAPbk
*Fixtures @url https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/3801564/the-hundred-2024-fixtures
