Results are listed below with links to match reports, arranged by venue

* Birmingham, at Edgbaston

Saturday, 3 Aug – Birmingham Phoenix 137/7 beat Southern Brave 121/10 by 16 runs – match 13@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/03/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-13-phoenix-vs-brave/

Tuesday, 6 Aug – Northern Superchargers 115/5 beat Birmingham Phoenix 54/10 by 61 runs – match 19@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/08/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-19-phoenix-vs-superchargers/

Monday, 12 Aug – Trent Rockets 114/7 beat Birmingham Phoenix 112/6 by three wickets – match 28@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/13/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-28-phoenix-vs-rockets/

Thursday, 15 Aug – Birmingham Phoenix vs Manchester Originals – abandoned without result – match 32 @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/15/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-32-phoenix-vs-originals/

* Cardiff, at Sophia Gardens

Sunday, 28 July – Oval Invincibles 118/4 beat Welsh Fire 116/5 by six wickets – match 6@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/07/28/52772/

Monday, 5 Aug – Welsh Fire 88/3 beat Southern Brave 84/10 by seven wickets – match 17@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/06/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-17-fire-vs-brave/

Thursday, 8 Aug – Welsh Fire vs Northern Superchargers – abandoned without result – match 21@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/09/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-21-fire-superchargers/

Saturday, 10 Aug – Birmingham Phoenix 121/7 beat Welsh Fire 112/8 by 9 runs – match 25@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/15/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-25-fire-vs-phoenix/

* Leeds, at Headingley 

Friday, 26 July – Trent Rockets 123/5 beat Northern Superchargers 103/10 by 20 runs – match 4@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/07/26/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-4-superchargers-vs-rockets/

Tuesday, 30 July  – Northern Superchargers 100/7 tied with Southern Brave 100/8 points shared – match 8@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/07/30/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-8-superchargers-vs-brave/

Sunday, 4 Aug  – Northern Superchargers 138/4 beat Manchester Originals 92/10 by 46 runs – match 16@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/05/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-16-superchargers-vs-originals/

Tuesday, 13 Aug  – London Spirit 105/3 beat Northern Superchargers 99/7 by seven wickets – match 29@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/13/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-29-superchargers-vs-spirit/

* London (North), at Lord’s (St John’s Wood)

Saturday, 27 July  – London Spirit 147/9 beat Birmingham Phoenix  127/5 by 20 runs – match 5@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/07/27/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-5-spirit-vs-phoenix/

Thursday, 1 Aug  – Welsh Fire 151/4 beat London Spirit 150/5  by six wickets – match 10@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/01/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-10-spirit-vs-fire/

Sunday, 4 Aug   – London Spirit 113/9 tied with Oval Invincibles 113/8 Points shared – match 15@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/04/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-15-spirit-vs-invincibles/

Friday, 9 Aug  – London Spirit  115/2 beat Manchester Originals 112/7 by eight wickets – match 23@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/09/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-23-spirit-vs-originals/

Sunday, 18 Aug – London Spirit 118/6 beat Welsh Fire 115/8 by four wickets – match 34  @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/19/the-hundred-trophy-final-2024-match-34-fire-vs-spirit/

* London (South), at The Kia Oval

Tuesday, 23 July  – Oval Invincibles 150/5 beat Birmingham Phoenix 105/10 by 45 runs – match 1@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/07/23/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-1-invincibles-vs-phoenix/

Friday, 2 Aug  – Northern Superchargers 146/4 beat Oval Invincibles 64/10 by 82 runs – match 12@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/02/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-12-invincibles-vs-superchargers/

Thursday, 8 Aug – Southern Brave 85/3  beat Oval Invincibles 79/4  by seven wickets (DLS method) – match 22@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/12/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-22-invincibles-vs-brave/

Sunday, 11 Aug  – Oval Invincibles 121/2 beat London Spirit 120/8 by eight wickets – match 26@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/11/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-26-invincibles-vs-spirit/

Saturday, 17 Aug – Women’s Eliminator -London Spirit 116/2 beat Oval Invincibles 113/9 by eight wickets – match 33 @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/17/the-hundred-trophy-2024-eliminator-match-32/

* Manchester, Emirates Old Trafford

Thursday, 25 July – Welsh Fire 117/3 beat Manchester Originals 113/7 by seven wickets – match 3@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/07/25/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-2-originals-vs-fire/

Monday, 29 July – Manchester Originals 137/6 beat Trent Rockets 136/4 by 1 run – match 7@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/07/29/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-7-originals-vs-trent-rockets/

Tuesday, 6 Aug – Oval Invincibles 127/3 beat Manchester Originals 125/4 by seven wickets – match 18@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/08/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-18-originals-vs-invincibles/

Sunday, 11 Aug – Manchester Originals 151/3 beat Northern Superchargers 134/8 by 17 runs – match 27@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/11/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-27-originals-vs-superchargers/

* Nottingham, at Trent Bridge

Wednesday, 31 July – Birmingham Phoenix 139/3 beat Trent Rockets 136/7 by 3 runs – match 9@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/07/31/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-9-rockets-vs-phoenix/

Saturday, 3 Aug – Welsh Fire 131/4 beat Trent Rockets 130/5 by six wickets – match 14@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/03/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-14-rockets-vs-fire/

Wednesday, 7 Aug – Trent Rockets 158/5 beat London Spirit 127/7 by 31 runs – match 20@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/08/52972/

Wednesday, 14 Aug – Trent Rockets W vs Oval Invincibles W – match 31 @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/15/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-31-rockets-vs-invincibles/

* Southampton (East), at The Utilita Bowl

Wednesday, 24 July – London Spirit 153/4 beat Southern Brave 151/6 by six wickets – match 2@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/07/24/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-2-brave-vs-spirit/

Thursday, 1 Aug – Manchester Originals 140/4 beat Southern Brave 136/5 by six wickets – match 11@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/02/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-11-brave-vs-originals/

Saturday, 10 Aug – Trent Rockets 155/7 beat Southern Brave 131/6 by 24 runs – match 24@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/10/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-24-brave-vs-rockets/

Wednesday, 14 Aug – Welsh Fire 106/1 beat Southern Brave 103/10 by nine wickets – match 30 @url  http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/15/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-30-brave-vs-fire/

* London Spirit Women are Title holders (2024); Title previously held by Oval Invincibles (2021 & 2022); & Southern Brave (2023)

‘Spirit’ beat ‘Invincibles’ in a low-scoring match in which Spirit won convincingly with bat-and-ball before a crowd of 15,800 spectators. Firstly, nearly half of balls bowled by Spirit were non-scoring ‘dot’ balls (46/100 vs 31/91.) Secondly the standard of fielding became a noticeable difference was between each team. Spirit’s fielders held-on to more difficult catches whereas commentators repeated that Invincibles had dropped three catches. Between innings, Michael Atherton interviewed Sarah Glenn pitch-side. Sarah Glenn told TV cameras that Spirit had ‘held their nerve’ and lauded Danni Gibson ‘Gibbo’ and Charlie Dean ‘Deano’ for their exceptional fielding skills. Two first-time finalists (Heather Knight’s ‘Spirit’ versus Tammy Beaumont’s ‘Fire’) will compete at Lords to win the Women’s Hundred trophy. Player-of-the-match was Georgia Redmayne (Australia) who struck a match-winning ’four’ to chalk-up her undefeated ‘fifty’ [51 runs (from 47 balls). Partnered by skipper Knight: the pair added 74-runs in their partnership (from 60 balls) to take Spirit into tomorrow’s final at Lord’s. Commentators for SkySports who presented highlights of the Women’s Hundred were Nick ‘Knighty’ Knight (broadcaster & former England international); Ebony Rainford Brent MBE (broadcaster & former England international – director Women’s cricket at Surrey & chair of Surrey’s ACE programme); Michael ‘Mike’ Atherton OBE (broadcaster, sports journalist  & former England international); Simon Doull (NZ broadcaster & former NZ international); and Stuart Broad CBE (former England international.) Also on BBC Sound (5Live Sports Xtra.) Weather: fine sunny day 20-22C.

*Invincibles’ innings:*skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill, with international players Amanda-Jade Wellington & Laura Harris (Australia); Also Marizanne Kapp (Rep. South Africa); Without Chamari Athapathatu (Sri Lanka);  [Georgia Redmayne keeping wicket for Spirit];*Batting top-of-order, Paige Scholfield went ‘leg-before’ playing across-the-line to Charlie Dean’s straight delivery; *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 35/1; *Three balls later Lauren Winfield-Hill was caught-and-bowled reflexively by Sarah Glenn; *54/2 by mid-way (50 balls); *Top-scorer Alice Capsey fished at a ‘leg-cutter’ and snicked to edge to keeper Georgia Redmayne from Danni Gibson’s ‘erratic’ wide-ball; *Three balls later Marizanne Kapp ’top-edged’ a ‘slog-sweep’ that was caught ‘in-the-deep’ by Meg Lanning, from Danni Gibson; *Strategic-time-out was called on 84/4 after 80 balls; *Amanda-Jade Wellington was caught ‘at-deep-backward-square-leg’ by Meg Lanning, from Danni Gibson; *Mady Villiers went aerial, caught ‘exceptionally’ well by Danni Gibson skillfully diving with both hands followed by two sideway-rolls across the hard practice-pitch surface; *At third attempt, having been dropped twice before ‘in-the-deep’, Laura Harris was caught at ’deep-mid-wicket’ by Danni Gibson from Charlie Dean; *Next ball, Ryana MacDonald-Gay was caught at ‘long-on’ by Charlie Dean, for a golden duck from Eva Gray; *Sophia Smale was stumped by Georgia Redmayne from Eva Gray, from the final ball; *Invincibles’ batting: Alice Capsey 30(33), Marizanne Kapp 26(26),  Lauren Winfield-Hil 17(10), Laura Harris 16(7); *Spirit’s bowling: Charlie Dean 3/24, Eva Gray 2/13, Sarah Glenn 2/15, Danni Gibson 2/38;

*Spirit’s innings *skipper Heather Knight with international players Meg Lanning and Georgia Redmayne (Australia) & Deepti Sharma (replacing Erin Burns); *[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Invincibles]; *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 33/0 (vs 35/1); *’Big wicket’ when Meg Lanning was caught behind by ‘keeper Lauren Winfield-Hill, from Marizanne Kapp; *Taking a ‘huge swipe,’ Cordelia Griffith was stumped by Lauren Winfield-Hill, from Amanda-Jade Wellington;*Level-pegging at midway after 50 balls, 54/2 (vs 54/2);*Strategic-time-out was called on 76/2 after 65 balls, Spirit needing 38 runs to win from 35 balls remaining, with required-run-rate around par strike-rate (one run-per-ball); *As mentioned above, Georgia Redmayne and Heather Knight staged a 74-run partnership to take Spirit into the final; *Top-scoring Georgia Redmayne struck a match-winning ’four’ to chalk-up her own ‘fifty’ (from 47 balls) and ’finished in style;’ *Spirit’s batting: Georgia Redmayne 53*not out(47) Heather Knight 36*not out (23), Meg Lanning 22(16); *Invincibles’ bowling: Marizanne Kapp 1/19, Amanda-Jade Wellington 1/21;

Match result: London Spirit 116/2 (1.2 runs-per-ball from 91/100 balls, target 114 from 100/100balls)beat Oval Invincibles 113/9 (1.1 r-p-b, from 100/100) by eight wickets (and with 9 balls remaining)

*Full match courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket for ‘The Hundred’ (Women) free-to-air via YouTube [03h26m55s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcxCu4evQhk

*Results with link to match centre for edited highlights courtesy of The Hundred (Women) @url https://www.thehundred.com/results?year=2024

*Spirit’s match preparation videos by Danni Gibson on ‘Galavanting with Gibbo’ via YouTube @url https://www.youtube.com/@danigibson66/playlists

*Invincibles match preparation videos by Amanda-Jade Wellington on ‘Secret Life of Wello’ via YouTube @url https://www.youtube.com/c/Secretlifeofwello

Spectators witnessed ‘great drama’  in which a ‘dog fight’ was said by the winning skipper to decide which team played the Eliminator, with Fire lying-in-wait for the tournament’s final. Batting first on a ‘dry pitch’ with ‘plenty of turn on offer’ and ‘quick outfield,’ and Rockets’ wickets fell at regular intervals – with one ‘catch-of-the-tournament’ by Ryana MacDonald-Gay. Only two Rockets batters posted double-figures (Ash Gardner & Nat Wraith.) Marizanne Kapp (pictured) took three wickets, hit Invincibles’ top-score [26*undefeated (from 24 balls).] Marizanne Kapp also scored the winning runs: ‘four’ said to be ‘placed perfectly’ between ‘deep-mid-wicket’ and ‘long-off;’ immediately followed by the winning ‘two.’  Receiving  POTM ‘Meerkat match hero cap-and-medal, Marizanne Kapp said the situation was both ‘stressful and familiar,’ having encountered similar scenarios playing cricket around-the-world for the last fifteen years. Commentators added that half of all balls bowled by Invincibles were in sets-of-ten, that set a ‘new record’ for the number of sets-of-ten balls bowled in an innings during a Women’s Hundred match. That resulted in a low-score with the required-run-rate for both teams on par (around one run-per-ball.) Invincibles advance to play the Eliminator in a London-derby (versus Spirit); whereas Rockets season was ended. With a golden ticket to play the final, Welsh Fire find their own situation is a reversal of last year when they were last-placed ‘spoonists.’  Introduced for SKY Sports by Natalie Germanos (broadcaster & actress from Rep. South Africa TV); with Charles Dagnall (broadcaster & former county player), Eoin Morgan CBE (broadcaster & former England international), Nasser Hussain OBE (broadcaster & former England international)  Lydia Greenway OBE (broadcaster & former England international), Mark Butcher (former England international.) Also with guest commentators Katherine Sciver-Brunt OBE and Kate Cross (England International) and Stuart Broad CBE (former England International.)

*Rockets’ innings: skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt, with international players: Ashleigh ‘Ash’ Gardner, Heather Graham & Alana King (all Australia); *[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Invincibles]; *Grace Scrivens was bowled by Marizanne Kapp’s delivery that skidded and ‘kept low,’ for a fifth-ball duck; *Two balls later Bryony Smith was caught by Mady Villiers’s exceptional ‘goalkeeper’ dive ‘with good landing’, from Marizanne Kapp’s bowling;  *’Massive blow’ when Nat Sciver-Brunt missed a ‘full shot,’ and was bowled by Rachel Slater, ‘middle-and-off for a fourth-ball duck;’ *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 15/3; *Nat Wraith played across-the-line, with leg-stump flattened by Marizanne Kapp ‘without celebration;’ *Strategic-time-out was called at mid-way (50 balls) on 56/4; *Stand-out batter Ash Gardner was caught-and-bowled by Mady Villiers; *Heather Graham played across-the-line, bowled by Rachel Slater; *Katie George ‘miscued’ to backward-point,’ caught by diving Ryana MacDonald-Gay, from  Sophia Smale; *Josie Groves was caught-and-bowled ‘from Botton edge,’ by Sophia Smale  for a third-ball duck; *Rockets’ batting: Ashleigh ‘Ash’ Gardner 43(26), Nat Wraith 14(14); *Invincibles’ bowling: Marizanne Kapp 3/8, Rachel Slater 2/15, Sophia Smale 2/17, Mady Villiers 1/17;

*Invincibles’ innings: *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill, with international players Chamari Athapathatu (Sri Lanka); Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia); Also Marizanne Kapp (Rep. South Africa); [Nat Wraith keeping wicket for Rockets]; *Chamari Athapathatu was caught at ‘long-off by Heather Graham from Ash Gardner. *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 25/1 (vs 15/0); Drama struck when Alice Capsey was given ‘out,’ as ‘leg-before’ on pitch, but came back anticipating the technology (ultra-edge) would prove otherwise. Umpire’s decision was reversed and ‘good-sports-person-ship’ won the day; Lauren Winfield-Hill went ‘leg-before’ to Heather Graham; *Next ball, Alice Capsey departed when bowled by Alana King’s ’Shane Warne’ ball; *At mid-way (50 balls) 45/3 (vs 56/4) with par spike rate to win (47 runs were needed from 50 balls); Invincibles’ match-winning partnership between Marizanne Kapp and Paige Scholfield added 51 runs. *Paige Scholfield was caught aerial at ‘mid-wicket’ by Alexa Stonehouse from Kirstie Gordon; *Five balls later, Mady Villiers was stumped by Nat Wraith from Ash Gardner; *As mentioned above, Marizanne Kapp scored ‘four’ followed by the the winning ‘two;’ *Invincibles’ batting: Marizanne Kapp 26*not out(24), Paige Scholfield 26(24)  Chamari Athapathatu 16(17), Alice Capsey 10(14);  *Rockets bowling: Ashleigh ‘Ash’ Gardner 2/23, Kirstie Gordon 1/9; Heather Graham 1/17, Alana King 1/19;

Match result: Oval Invincibles 92/5 (1.0 run-per-ball, target 92 from 94/100) beat Trent Rockets 91/8 (0.9 runs-per-ball, from 100/100) by five wickets and with six balls remaining

*Match (please also see footnote) with edited highlights courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube [03h19m55s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P-9evpk494

*Results with link to match centre for edited highlights courtesy of The Hundred (Women) @url https://www.thehundred.com/results?year=2024

*Fixtures @url https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/3801564/the-hundred-2024-fixtures

Upon arrival, flags were seen lowered to half-mast, out of respect for the tragic passing of former England player Graham Thorpe MBE, who ‘spent 17 years playing for Surrey’ and earned 100 Test caps for England as a brilliant middle-order batter – please see footnote below. ’Leading the charge’ at the southern derby, top-scorer Danni Wyatt (pictured) [46*not out runs (from 37 balls)] hit the winning ‘six’ and was awarded POTM ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medal by Dinesh Karthik. Batting first, Invincibles ‘never really got going,’ their innings interrupted twice by rain stoppages. Targets were revised (twice) because of shortened innings, using the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. *Danni Wyatt made an uncharacteristically cautious start to Brave’s run-chase, partnered for the first half by Maia Bouchier. A second partnership between Danni Wyatt and Chloe Tryon took Brave across-the-line for their first win of the season, albeit finding themselves as defending champions knocked-out of this year’s competition. Post-match, Brave skipper Georgia Adams told commentators she expected to ‘come back stronger,’ for next year’s competition. By comparison, Invincibles ‘have a job on their hands’ to qualify for the next stage.

Introduced for SKY Sports by Nasser Hussain OBE (broadcaster & former England international) with Dinesh Karthik (former India international.) During the rain delay, Ebony Rainford Brent MBE (broadcaster & former England international – director Women’s cricket at Surrey and Chair of Surrey’s ACE Programme) was featured in a pre-recorded presentation that raised awareness of Surrey’s ‘African Caribbean Engagement Programme’ (ACE Programme.) Charity’s three-year’ Blaze Her Trail’ initiative that seeks to: identify, recruit and develop female athletic talent from African and Caribbean backgrounds, with the ultimate goal of producing professional cricketers who can bowl exceptionally fast (75mph +) with the potential to represent Team GB at the Olympics 2028 @url https://aceprogramme.com/blaze-her-trail/Weather: grey cloud cover with intermittent rain. 18C.

*Invincibles’ innings: *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill, with international players Chamari Athapathatu (Sri Lanka); Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia); Also Marizanne Kapp (Rep. South Africa); [Georgia Redmayne keeping wicket for Spirit]; *Chamari Athapathatu was caught by keeper Rhianna Southby, from Lauren Cheatle for a third-ball duck; *Alice Capsey was caught by Freya Kemp from Lauren Cheatle; *Rain delay on 38/2 (after 35 balls) lasted for 40 minutes from which point floodlights were switched-on; *When play resumed, match was reduced to 65 balls per side with a revised target of 85; *Commentators’ curse struck immediately after the break when ‘sought-after player’ Lauren Winfield-Hill who ‘never really got going’ was caught by Danni Wyatt, from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 29/0; *At mid-way (50 balls) 70/3 (vs 47/5); *Paige Scholfield was caught by Chloe Tryon from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; Amanda-Jade Wellington was not out; *Invincibles’ batting: Marizanne Kapp 26(17), Alice Capsey 19(12), Lauren Winfield-Hill 17(23); *Brave’s bowling: Lauren Cheatle 2/6, Tilly Corteen-Coleman 2/19;

*Brave’s innings: *skipper Georgia Adams with international players Lauren Cheatle (Australia), Also with Chloe Tryon (Rep. South Africa) & Smriti Mandhana (India) replacing Charli Knott (Aus); *[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Brave]; *Smriti Mandhana was ‘run-out’ by Lauren Winfield-Hill receiving at the striker’s end from Chamari Athapathatu *Maia Bouchier was bowled by Ryana MacDonald-Gay; *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 13/2 (vs 29/0); *Freya Kemp was caught by Alice Capsey from Sophia Smale; *Strategic-time-out was called on 59/3; As mentioned above, Danni Wyatt carried her bat, scoring 2 ‘sixes’ and 3 ‘fours’ and hit the winning ’six;’ *Brave’s batting: *Danni Wyatt 46*not out (37); Maia Bouchier 16(11); *Invincibles’ bowling: Ryana MacDonald-Gay 1/7, Sophia Smale 1/16;

*Match result:  Southern Brave 85/3  (@1.3 runs-per-ball from 64/65 balls; target 83 from 65 balls) beat Oval Invincibles 79/4  (1.2 r-p-b, from 65/65 balls): by seven wickets with one ball remaining (DLS method)

*Full match courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube [03h33m15s] @url https://www.youtube.com/live/G84Iinvkpac

*Results with link to match centre for edited highlights courtesy of The Hundred (Women) @url https://www.thehundred.com/results?year=2024

*Fixtures @url https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/3801564/the-hundred-2024-fixtures

Footnote: Graham Thorpe MBE remembered @url https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/breaking-graham-thorpe-suicide-wife-33442757

Re-run of last week’s London derby (4 August) upon which occasion points were shared for a tie. Strangely by coincidence, the same three Spirit batters reached double-figures (Deepti Sharma, Cordelia Griffith and Eva Gray) as batters struggled against Invincibles’ world-class bowling attack (that included Marizanne Kapp and the competition’s leading wicket-taker Amanda-Jade Wellington.) By comparison, unlike before, the pitch was expected to play to batter’s rather than bowler’s advantage. Receiving POTM ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medal from Stuart Broad, Lauren Winfield-Hill (pictured) said that she was ‘determined’ to put-in a ‘good performance,’ making top-score [61*not out runs (from 40 balls).] Chalking-up her first skipper’s ‘fifty’ this season, Lauren Winfield-Hill also scored the winning ‘single’ and carried her bat. Invincibles comfortable win sends them top-of-table, second only to Welsh Fire on equal points but with slightly lower net-run-rate with three rounds remaining. Separately, 7th-placed Manchester Originals find themselves eliminated from the battle for qualification beyond the group stage, as the consequence of this result. Commentators for SKY Sports were Lydia Greenway OBE (broadcaster & former England international), Charles Dagnall (broadcaster & former county player), Alex Tudor (former England International) with guest commentator Stuart Broad CBE (former England International). Before the match, Ebony Rainford Brent MBE (Commentator, Director of Surrey & Chair of Surrey’s ‘African Caribbean Engagement Programme’ ACE Programme), interviewed Charlie Dean and Sarah Glenn (both Spirit players & England Internationals.) Weather: hot, mainly with clear blue sky, 25C

*Spirit’s innings *skipper Heather Knight with international players Meg Lanning, & Georgia Redmayne (Australia) and Deepti Sharma (India); *[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Invincibles]; *As before, disaster struck straight away, this time when Meg Lanning went ‘leg-before’ upon ‘superb’ review  from Marizanne Kapp’s ‘jaffa’ pitching outside-off, swinging-back to hit leg-stump for a third-ball duck – said to have been ‘just as before’; Georgia Redmayne was caught aerial at ‘mid-off’ (to the left-hander) by Amanda-Jade Wellington from Rachel Slater’s ball drifting wide; *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 13/2; Cordelia Griffith ‘called too early’ and was ‘run-out’ by  Ryana MacDonald-Gay’s throw to Marizanne Kapp; at the non-striker’s end; *’Looking sheepish,’ Danni Gibson was short-lived, when hit-on-the shin and quickly departed ‘leg-before’ to Ryana MacDonald-Gay for a second-ball duck; *’Big wicket’ Heather Knight lobbed a returned-dolly that was caught-and-bowled ‘easily’ by Amanda-Jade Wellington; *With ‘good glove-work,’ Abbey Freeborn was ‘stumped’ by keeper Lauren Winfield-Hill, from Mady Villiers; *Midway after 50 balls, Spirit were ‘in deep trouble’ on 41/6; *’Lacking commitment’ with a ’carbon copy’ dismissal to her skipper’s, Charlie Dean was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Amanda-Jade Wellington from Sophia Smale; Eva Gray ‘saved the game’ (adding 56 runs partnered by Deepti Sharma) until bowled by Sophia Smale with bails sent flying; Top-scorer Deepti Sharma closed one shot short of ‘fifty;’ *Spirit’s batting  Deepti Sharma 46*not out (30), Eva Gray 28*(22); Cordelia Griffith 17(14); *Invincibles’ bowling: Sophia Smale 2/25, Marizanne Kapp 1/11, Rachel Slater 1/16, Mady Villiers 1/20, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 1/21, Amanda-Jade Wellington 1/24;

*Invincibles’ innings: *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill, with international players Chamari Athapathatu (Sri Lanka); Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia); Also Marizanne Kapp (Rep. South Africa); [Georgia Redmayne keeping wicket for Spirit];  *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 29/0 (vs 13/2); *Missing a sweep, ’Chamari Athapathatu went ‘leg-before’ to Sarah Glenn; *At mid-way (50 balls) 59/1 (vs 41/6); *On her birthday, Alice Capsey was bowled ‘middle-and-leg’ missing Danni Gibson’s slower-ball; Lauren Winfield-Hill made top-score with ‘fifty,’ carried her bat and hit the winning run from Charlie Dean’s ‘full toss;’ *Invincibles’ batting:Lauren Winfield-Hill 61*not out (40), Marizanne Kapp 30*not out(18), Alice Capsey 13(14), Chamari Athapathatu 11(19); *Spirit’s bowling: Danni Gibson 1/19, Sarah Glenn 1/26;

*Match result: Oval Invincibles 121/2 (@1.3 run-per-ball, target 121 from 91/100 balls) beat London Spirit 120/8 (1.2 r-p-b, from 100/100 balls): by eight wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

*Full match courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube [03h37m10s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkWlin4-GDk

*Results with link to match centre for edited highlights courtesy of The Hundred (Women) @url https://www.thehundred.com/results?year=2024

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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

Keenly contested London derby in which winners expected to go top-of-table, instead of which scores were tied and points shared. As top performer both with bat-and-ball, international ‘All-Rounder’ Marizanne Kapp (pictured) collected POTM ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medal for her ‘massive impact’ by making Invincibles’ top-score [47 runs (from 32 balls)]; also taking a ‘4-fer (4 wickets for 11 runs.) By contrast, Spirit’s outstanding All-Rounder was Deepti Sharma [44 runs (from 34 balls)]; and also took a ‘3-fer (3 wickets for 18 runs.) Separately, it was the first time that the POTM expressed honest ’disappointment’ with her own performance. Earlier, commentators placed Marizanne Kapp as third-placed bowler with 32 wickets, with another four wickets taken during the match narrowing the gap on team-mate Amanda-Jade Wellington (placed top.) Marizanne Kapp explained to viewers that she’d planned to bat right through the innings (rather than leave tail enders with too much to do.) Commentators for SKY Sports before a crowd of 17,810 were Natalie Germanos (broadcaster & actress from Rep. South Africa TV); with Eoin Morgan CBE (former England international); Dominic Cork (Head Coach at Derbyshire Falcons & former England international) and Simon Doull (NZ broadcaster & former NZ international. Weather mainly cloudy, hot-and-humid 25C.

*Spirit’s innings *skipper Heather Knight with international players Meg Lanning, & Georgia Redmayne (Australia) and Deepti Sharma (India); *[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Invincibles]; *Disaster struck when Marizanne Kapp bowled three ‘jaffas’ during the power-play; *Firstly, Meg Lanning was bowled ‘through-the-gate’ hitting top of ‘off-stump;’ *Secondly Cordelia Griffith was bowled ‘nipping away’ (out-swing) hitting top of ‘middle-stump;’ *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 31/2; *Thirdly Georgia Redmayne was bowled ‘nipping downhill’; *Danni Gibson was short-lived offering an ‘agricultural shot’ to a ball from Ryana MacDonald-Gay ‘bowled nipping-back, downhill;’ *Heather Knight was also bowled by Marizanne Kapp, ‘nipping back’ (in-swing) to top of ‘off-stump;’ *Midway after 50 balls, 47/5; *Charlie Dean was bowled ‘up the slope’ by Amanda-Jade Wellington, hitting ‘top-of-off-stump’ (and compared to Alana King’s recent ‘ball-of-the-century);’ *Deepti Sharma was bowled with ‘middle-stump’ flattened by by Ryana MacDonald-Gay; *Three balls later, Sarah Glenn was caught wide of ‘long-on’ by Mady Villiers, from Sophia Smale’s spin; *Next ball, Sophie Munro was bowled for a golden duck, placing Sophia Smale on expectation for a ‘hat-trick’ from the last ball (that instead went for two runs); *Spirit’s batting: Deepti Sharma 44(34), Cordelia Griffith 19(12), Eva Gray 18*not out(12); *Invincibles’ bowling: Marizanne Kapp 4/11, Sophia Smale 2/22, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 2/26;

*Invincibles’ innings: *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill, with international players Chamari Athapathatu (Sri Lanka); Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia); Also Marizanne Kapp (Rep. South Africa); [Georgia Redmayne keeping wicket for Spirit]; *’Lacking power,’ for headroom to clear the inner ring, Chamari Athapathatu was caught by Danni Gibson at ‘long-on’ from Tara Norris; *Following a pair of ducks previously, Lauren Winfield-Hill was stumped by fellow keeper Georgia Redmayne, misjudging Eva Gray’s out-swinger; *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 27/2 (vs 31/2) *Alice Capsey was bowled ‘leg-stump’ by Deepti Sharma’s yorker; *At mid-way (50 balls) 70/3 (vs 47/5); *Paige Scholfield was caught aerial ‘brilliantly’ and one-handed by Charlie Dean, from Deepti Sharma; *Mady Villiers was bowled ‘through-the-gate’ by Charlie Dean; *Two balls later, non-striker Amanda-Jade Wellington was ‘run-out’ by Sarah Glenn’s throw to the striker’s end; *Marizanne Kapp deflected off her pads to off-stump, bowled by Deepti Sharma; *Finally, Ryana MacDonald-Gay took a ‘single’ from a ‘wide,’ to draw scores level but was ‘run out’ from Charlie Dean’s throw to keeper Georgia Redmayne at the striker’s end; *Invincibles’ batting: Marizanne Kapp 47(32), Alice Capsey 27(18), Jo Gardner 16*not out(15); *Spirit’s bowling: Deepti Sharma 3/18, Tara Norris 1/13, Eva Gray 1/20, Charlie Dean 1/21;

*Match result: London Spirit 113/9 (@1.1 run-per-ball, from 100/100 balls) tied with Oval Invincibles 113/8  (1.1 r-p-b target 114, from 100/100 balls): points shared

*Full match courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube [03h28m10s] @url https://www.youtube.com/live/VSl8VeO_frE

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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

Invincibles campaign for a third title remains on track, after a clinical win played before a record crowd of 7,000 spectators watching the Women’s Hundred in Wales. Fire posted a below-par score, well short of last year’s record score on the same ground. Beyond mid-way, Invincibles needed to score at one-run-per-ball. Key partnerships firstly between Alice Capsey and Paige Scholfield added 49 runs. Second partnership between Alice Capsey and Marizanne Kapp added another 41 runs. Finally, Marizanne Kapp stepped-up to strike the winning ‘four,’ after Alice Capsey departed. Alice Capsey (pictured) received POTM ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medal not only for scoring a match-winning ‘fifty;’ but she also became the second woman to score back-to-back ‘fifties’ since the competition began. Speaking post-match, Invincibles’ skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill said she was ‘in a good spot’ (Having won both opening home-and-away matches); and looked forward to Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka skipper) joining the squad for those matches remaining. Invincibles move to top slot after their second win with superior net-run rate to second-placed Spirit. Commentators for SKY Sports Cricket were Charles Dagnall (broadcaster & former county player) with Natalie Germanos (broadcaster & actress from Rep. South Africa TV); Simon Doull (NZ broadcaster & NZ international), & Robert ‘Crofty’ Croft MBE (Welsh cricketer, former England international.)

*Fire’s innings: *skipper Tammy Beaumont with international players Hayley Matthews (WIndies); Jess Jonassen (Australia); Also with Shabnim Ismail (Rep. South Africa) later substituted by Alex Griffiths;*[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Invincibles]; *Tammy Beaumont was caught ‘brilliantly’ by Lauren Winfield-Hill rolling to her right, with ’smart bowling’ from Marizanne Kapp; *After 25 balls power-play 17/1; *Hayley Matthews was caught by Marizanne Kapp charging-in from ‘cover-point’ to ‘extra-cover’,’ from Amanda-Jade Wellington; *Midway after 50 balls, 54/2; *Sophia Dunkley ’top-edged’ aerial, caught at ‘mid-on’ by Ryana MacDonald-Gay from Amanda-Jade Wellington’s third straight ‘googlie;’ *Sarah Bryce was bowled ‘flicking top of off-stump,’ (reported elsewhere as top-of-middle) by Ryana MacDonald-Gay’s slower ball (clocked at 55mph); *Looking to sweep too wide, Georgia Elwiss was bowled with ‘leg stump’ knocked back by Ryana MacDonald-Gay; *Fire’s batting: Sophia Dunkley 35(26), Jess Jonassen 32*not out(23), Sarah Bryce 20(18);  *Invincibles’ bowling: Amanda-Jade Wellington 2/29, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 2/20, Marizanne Kapp 1/19;

*Invincibles’ innings: *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill, with international players Laura Harris (Australia) who replaced Chamari Athapaththu for first two matches & Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia); Also with Marizanne Kapp (Rep. South Africa); *[Sarah Bryce keeping wicket for Fire] *Lauren Winfield-Hill was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Tammy Beaumont for a second-ball duck from Shabnim Ismail; *After 25 balls power-play 42/1 (vs 17/1); *Shabnim Ismail left the field injured, substituted by Alex Griffiths; *Commentators added that remaining bowlers ‘had a tough time;’ *Paige Scholfield was caught at ‘mid-off’ by substitute; *Dropped on 23 and surviving ‘leg-before’ decision overturned upon review, Alice Capsey was caught by Hayley Matthews (also upon review), just inside the long-on boundary, from Georgia Davis; *Laura Harris was caught at mid-wicket by Sophia Dunkley  from Georgia Davis’s slower ball; *Midway after 50 balls, 66/2 (vs 54/2);*Strategic time-out was called on 76/2 with 40 runs needed from 40 balls remaining; *As noted above, Marizanne Kapp struck the winning ‘four,’  *Invincibles’ batting: Alice Capsey 59(48), Marizanne Kapp 26*not out (19), Paige Scholfield 11(11); *Fire’s bowling: Georgia Davis 3/33, Shabnim Ismail 1/17;

*Match result: Oval Invincibles. 118/4 (@1.3 runs-per-ball target 117, from 88/100 balls) beat Welsh Fire 116/5 (@1.1 runs-per-ball from 100/100 balls) by six wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

*Edited highlights courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube [11m16s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK3aHaXeXmE

*Fixtures @url https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/3801564/the-hundred-2024-fixtures

Invincibles made a ‘perfect start’ to their campaign for a third title, playing before their home crowd of 10,000. Last year they finished fifth. Bowling for Invincibles for the first time, Australian World Cup medallist Amanda-Jade Wellington (pictured) bowled a 3-fer (3/9) and remains top of the all-time leading wicket-takers board, now with 38 wickets from 24 matches played.

After the match, Amanda-Jade Wellington said she enjoyed ‘travelling the world’ and disclosed (to astonished commentators) that when bowling, she uses the ‘full depth of her crease.’ By comparison, Marizanne Kapp closed in fifth place on 27 wickets from 17 matches; and Katie Levick remains seventh (at time of writing.)

Turning to batting, Paige Scholfield received POTM ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medal for scoring a match-winning 71 runs (from 40 balls); also making the third-highest ever individual score for Invincibles. Newly promoted to skipper, Lauren Winfield-Hill added that Invincibles ‘almost made a complete performance,’ as they ’took wickets throughout the match.’  Phoenix as visitors faced ‘real problems’ from dropped catches and slumped to their eleventh consecutive defeat.

Introduced by Nick ‘Knighty’ Knight (broadcaster & former England international) with Alison ‘Lis’ Mitchell (broadcaster – The Scoop Cricket Podcast & former England international) & Nasser Hussain OBE ‘(broadcaster & former England international) who lauded Invincibles for their fielding. Also with Eoin Morgan (former England international) pitch-side; and Dinesh Karthik (former India international.) Commentators mentioned ‘good pitch’ and ‘good weather,’ rain-free.

*Invincibles’ innings: *skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill, with international players Grace Harris &  Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia); Also Marizanne Kapp (Rep. South Africa); *Without Chamari Athapathatu (Sri Lanka Call-up); *[Amy Jones keeping wicket for Phoenix] *Play was paused for ten minuted on 11/0 after Sterre Kalis slipped on a muddy surface, sawdust made little difference and an artificial surface was rolled-out and anchored pitch-side; said to be for player’s safety. *‘Playing down the wrong line,’ Lauren Winfield-Hill was bowled by Katie Levick; *At mid-way (50 balls) 67/1; *Top-scorer Paige Scholfield was caught ‘in-the-deep’ at ‘long-on’ by Ellyse Perry from Hannah Baker; *Marizanne Kapp was caught at ‘extra cover’ by Charis Pavely over her shoulder,’ from Emily Arlott; *Next ball, Laura Harris  was cursed by commentators for liking ‘to hit a big ball,’ immediately caught by Suzie Bates from Emily Arlott, for a golden duck; *Four balls later, Alice Capsey who’d scored ‘fifty,’ was ‘run out’ by Elysse Perry’s throw from ‘long-on’ to Amy Jones, with three balls remaining;

*Invincibles’ batting: Paige Scholfield 71(40), Alice Capsey 52(40), Lauren Winfield-Hill 12(10); *Phoenix’s bowling: Emily Arlott 2/19; Katie Levick 1/16, Hannah Baker 1/29;

Phoenix’s innings: *skipper Ellyse Perry (Australia), with other international players Sterre Kalis (NL), Suzie Bates & Sophie Devine (New Zealand); *[Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Invincibles] *Drama struck second-ball when Marizanne Kapp had to apologise for throwing the ball ‘inappropriately,’ at Suzie Bates ‘midriff,’ causing Umpires to award five penalty points for dangerous play, credited to Phoenix;’ *Missing an ‘ambitious swing’, Suzie Bates was ‘superbly’ bowled by Marizanne Kapp’s ‘away-swing,’ that ‘dismantled’ her leg-stump; *Ellyse Perry ‘square-cut’ to ‘cover’ where Alice Capsey made a ‘diving stop,’ threw to keeper and was ‘run out’ by Lauren Winfield-Hill; *Two balls later, Sterre Kalis was bowled by Ryana MacDonald-Gay’s first ball, the ’nip-backer;’ *At mid-way (50 balls) 64/3 (vs 67/1); *Sophie Devine was caught-and-bowled by Sophia Smale’s sixth delivery, coming round-the-wicket; *Disaster struck when three wickets fell for three runs; *Firstly Amy Jones was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Ryana MacDonald-Gay ‘who did well, not to spill the catch’, from Amanda-Jade Wellington; *Two balls later, Seren Smale was stumped by Lauren Winfield-Hill, from Amanda-Jade Wellington; *Three balls later Issy Wong was caught at long-off’ by Alice Capsey from Mady Villiers; *With the required-run-rate topping two-runs-per-ball, Charis Pavely was bowled by Amanda-Jade Wellington; *Non-striker Emily Arlott was ‘run out’ by Sophia Smale with ‘huge confusion’ resolved by Umpires deciding there was no run. *Hannah Baker was called back as ‘neither batter got halfway;’ *Finally, Katie Levick was stumped by Lauren Winfield-Hill, from Mady Villiers;

*Phoenix’s  batting:  Amy Jones 21(15), Sterre Kalis 17(12), Sophie Devine (10), Seren Smale 13(12); *Invincibles’ bowling: Amanda-Jade Wellington 3/9, Mady Villiers 2/17, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 1/11, Marizanne Kapp 1/21, Sophia Smale 1/24;

Match result: Oval Invincibles 150/5 (@1.5 runs-per-ball from 100/100 balls) beat Birmingham Phoenix 105 all out (@1.1 r-p-b from 92/100 balls), by 45 runs with eight balls remaining

Match courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube [03h42m29s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuWwchDbc3k

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