Manchester Originals vs Oval Invincibles at Manchester, Emirates (Old Trafford) on 6 August 2024
A ‘comprehensive win’ for Invincibles came with a ‘more disciplined performance,’ according to POTM Paige Scholfield (pictured). Key undefeated partnership between Marizanne Kapp [19*not out (from 11 balls)] and Paige Scholfield [48*not out (27)] ‘took the game away’ from the Originals. Receiving ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medal from Mark Butcher, Paige Scholfield added that Invincibles ‘learned more’ from losing matches, than from winning. By comparison, Originals won their first two games followed most recently by back-to-back losses. Second-placed Invincibles are among the top-three expected to qualify for the Eliminator stage, as a gap was emerging with other teams. Separately, commentators anded that Invincibles ‘fielded excellently.’ Separately, they were keen to see Sophie Ecclestone ‘make a difference’ by promoting herself higher-up the batting scorecard. Introduced for SKY Sports by Nick ‘Knighty’ Knight (broadcasters & former England international), Natalie Germanos (broadcaster & actress from Rep. South Africa TV); Simon Doull (on his birthday, NZ broadcaster & former NZ international), Dominic Cork (Head Coach at Derbyshire Falcons & former England international) & Mark Butcher (former England international) Between innings Dominic Cork interviewed Amanda-Jane Wellington as the most successful bowler in the women’s Hundred (bagging 43 wickets-to-date.) Weather cloudy, ‘chilly,’ hence back to ‘normal’ summer playing conditions, 16C.
*Originals’ innings: *skipper Sophie Ecclestone with international players Beth Mooney & Kim Garth (Australia); & Laura Wolvaardt (Rep South Africa); *[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Invincibles]; *After 25 balls power-play 25/0; *With ‘perfect judgment’ Laura Wolvaardt was caught by Ryana MacDonald-Gay’s a diving catch, from Amanda-Jane Wellington;’ *Beth Mooney was caught at ‘deep third’ by Sophia Smale from Ryana MacDonald-Gay; *Midway after 50 balls, 66/1; *Left-hander Eve Jones was caught ‘in-the-covers’, by Alice Capsey from a ‘top-edge,’ bowled by Amanda-Jane Wellington; *Emma Lamb was caught at ‘deep-mid-wicket’ by Paige Scholfield from Mady Villiers; *‘Strategic-time-out’ was taken after 85/100 balls, on 103/4; *According to commentators ‘a good partnership was needed.’ *Competition’s top bowler Amanda-Jane Wellington was held in reserve to restrict scoring; Originals’ batting: Laura Wolvaardt 38(29), Sophie Ecclestone 26*not out(15), Beth Mooney 22(20), Eve Jones 19(21), Kathryn Bryce 11*not out(11); *Invincibles’ bowling: Amanda-Jane Wellington 2/22, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 1/18, Mady Villiers 1/16;
Invincibles’innings: *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill, with international players Chamari Athapathatu (Sri Lanka); Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia); Also Marizanne Kapp (Rep. South Africa); *[Ellie Threlkeld keeping wicket for Originals]; *After 25 balls power-play 29/0 (vs 25/0); *Lauren Winfield-Hill was caught by Beth Mooney from Alice Monaghan; *Alice Capsey was caught by Sophie Ecclestone jumping high,’ collecting on-the-turn,’ from Alice Monaghan; *Midway after 50 balls, 52/2 (vs 66/1); *Chamari Athapathatu went ‘leg-before’ upon review, to Kathryn Bryce; *‘Strategic-time-out’ was taken after 81/100 balls, on 104/3; *As mentioned above, a key partnership between Marizanne Kapp and Paige Scholfield accelerated their scoring rate and took game away; *Invincibles’ batting: Chamari Athapathatu 33(36), Paige Scholfield 48*not out(27), Lauren Winfield-Hill 20(15), Marizanne Kapp 19*not out(11); *Originals’ bowling: Alice Monaghan 2/7, Kathryn Bryce 1/28;
*Match result: Oval Invincibles 127/3 (1.2 runs-per-ball, target 126 from 93/100) beat Manchester Originals 125/4 (1.2 r-p-b, from 100/100) by seven wickets (and with 7 balls remaining)
*Full match ending with edited highlights courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket for ‘The Hundred’ (Women) free-to-air via YouTube [02h37m46s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8SxPeeqRJo
*Fixtures @url https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/3801564/the-hundred-2024-fixtures *Results with link to match centre for edited highlights courtesy of The Hundred (Women) @url https://www.thehundred.com/results?year=2024
