‘The Hundred’ Women’s Cricket Tournament results for Summer 2024 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
Welsh Fire vs London Spirit at Lord’s (St John’s Wood, north London) on 18 August 2024 A record crowd of 22,000 spectators for watching women’s cricket at Lord’s witnessed a ‘nail-biter’ that went down to the last three balls. Although the TV statisticians match-outcome predictor favoured Spirit to win, there was very little to choose
Oval Invincibles vs London Spirit at the Kia Oval, London (South) on 17 August 2024; ‘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
Northern Superchargers vs London Spirit at Headingley (Leeds) on 13 August 2024; Beefed-up as a ‘winner-takes-all’ match, commentators later confirmed that Superchargers were eliminated by their defeat on their home ground. Spirit as visitors ‘won in good style,’ thanks mainly to a decisive 71-run partnership between skipper Heather Knight and international player Deepti Sharma (India) who
Oval Invincibles vs London Spirit at at the Kia Oval (London South) on 11 August 2024 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’
London Spirit vs Manchester Originals at London (North), at Lord’s (St John’s Wood) on 9 August 2024 Spirit pulled-off a ‘convincing win’ over Originals in a north-south derby, following what turned out to be an effortless run-chase dominated by skipper Heather Knight and overseas batter Georgia Redmayne. Together, the pair added 90-runs to move Spirit
Welsh Fire vs Northern Superchargers at Cardiff (Sophia Gardens) on 8 August 2024 Two special SKY Sports features were aired during the rain delay, optimistically awaiting the moment when players might make their way to the pitch. *First feature marked the first anniversary Fire’s skipper Tammy Beaumont’s (pictured) century [118 runs (from 61 balls)] played between
Trent Rockets vs London Spirit at Nottingham (Trent Bridge) on 7 August 2024 Upon arrival of skipper Knight and her core of England players, Spirit’s expectations for a good performance were high having won one more match than their opponents (plus a ‘gifted’ tie.) Playing at home following three back-to-back losses, Rockets, skippered by Nat Sciver-Brunt
London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles at Lord’s (London, St John’s Wood) on 4 August 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’
London Spirit vs Welsh Fire at Lord’s (London, St John’s Wood) on 1 August 2024 Fire’s second win came from their highest ever run-chase, with ‘superstar’ Hayley Matthews (West Indies’ skipper) inflicting Spirit’s first shock defeat. Spirit was ‘beefed-up’ with Deepti Sharma (India) replacing Erin Burns (Australia.) Top-scorer Hayley Matthews [78*not out runs (from 46 balls)
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