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)

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 between either team of first-time finalists. The ultimate commentator’s curse struck just after announcing that ‘it all depended’ on skipper Heather Knight. Next ball, Shabnim Ismail’s ‘immediate impact’ saw skipper Knight bowled by an unplayable ‘off-cutter,’ to put Fire ‘right back in it’ with level-pegging scores on 57/3; Heather Knight closing her account eight runs short of going top of the batter’s leader-board for cumulative scores (Nat Sciver-Brunt closed top: scoring 303 runs, albeit from two fewer rounds.) Described as ‘the most fluent batter,’ Danni Gibson ‘used pace off the face-of-her-bat’ for a quick fire cameo of 22 runs from just 9 balls until bowled by Shabnim Ismail’s ‘carbon-copy’ dismissal (to her skipper.)  Finally with ‘calmness and control,’ Deepti Sharma (pictured) took the game by the ‘scruff-of-the-neck,’ when scoring the winning ‘six’ over ‘long-on;’ to the sheer delight of her Spirit team-mates who went on to lift the trophy. Other awards were: A) Player-of-the-match Georgia Redmayne who made top-score for the winning team and  B) Player-of-the-series Annabel Sutherland (Superchargers) for topping of the bowler’s leader-board, taking a cumulative total of ten wickets. Both players received ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medals.

Introduced for SKY Sports by Melanie ‘Mel’ Jones ( broadcaster  & former Australian international), with Eoin Morgan CBE (broadcaster & former England international), Nasser Hussain OBE (broadcaster & former England international), and Stuart Broad CBE (former England international) plus Regina Suddahazai (Young broadcaster of the year) pitch side. Commentators for BBC Sport were Isa Guha (broadcaster & former England international) Michael Vaughan OBE (broadcaster, sports journalist  & former England international), Katherine Sciver-Brunt OBE (former England international)  & Tash Farrant (England international) Phil Tufnell (former England international) with Alexandra ‘Alex’ Hartley (broadcaster & former England international & ‘No Balls’ Podcast on BBC Sound) on commentary and pitch side. Speaking post-match to Alex Hartley, Danni Gibson (please see her blog ‘Galavanting with Gibbo’ noted below): told TV viewers that the winning team was ‘a great group’ and was pleased that everyone ‘took turns’ to pull their weight. Also with Sophia Dunkley (Fire) when fielding, speaking to the commentary team on player’s radio-microphone. Separately on BBC Sound (5Live Sports Xtra.) Weather: fine sunny day 22-24C.

*Fire’s innings: *skipper Tammy Beaumont with international players Hayley Matthews (WIndies); Jess Jonassen (Australia), & Shabnim Ismail (formerly Rep. South Africa); *[Georgia Redmayne keeping wicket for Spirit]; *Sophia Dunkley was caught by Deepti Sharma from Tara Norris; *After 25 balls power-play 32/1; *Tammy Beaumont lobbed a ‘dolly’ to ‘mid-off,’ caught by Tara Norris from Sarah Glenn; *Next ball, Sarah Bryce went ‘leg-before’ middle-and-leg for a second-ball duck from Sarah Glenn;  *Mid-way (50 balls) 53/3; *Hayley Matthews  was caught from a fine-edge by keeper Georgia Redmayne from Eva Gray; *Georgia Elwiss was caught-and-bowled by Deepti Sharma; *Two balls later, fishing at a ‘wide’ ball, Phoebe Franklin was ’run out’ from ‘deep-mid-wicket’ by Danni Gibson’s throw to Deepti Sharma receiving at the non-striker’s end; *Finally two wickets fell from the last two balls. *Firstly, Jess Jonassen who made top-score with ‘fifty’ went ‘leg-before’ to Eva Gray; Secondly, Freya Davies lobbed a ‘sitter’ to Tara Norris who dropped ‘in the covers’ but Heather Knight’s redirected throw to keeper Georgia Redmayne receiving at the striker’s end, saw Ella McCaughan ‘run out from the last ball;’ *Fire’s batting: Jess Jonassen 54(41), Hayley Matthews 22 (26), Tammy Beaumont 21(16); *Spirit’s bowling: Sarah Glenn 2/17, Eva Gray 2/26, Tara Norris 1/18, Deepti Sharma 1/23;

*Spirit’s innings *skipper Heather Knight with international players Deepti Sharma (India), Meg Lanning & Georgia Redmayne  (both Australia); *[Sarah Bryce keeping wicket for Fire]; *’Big wicket’ when Meg Lanning was bowled middle-and-leg stump, by Shabnim Ismail (73mph); *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 23/1 (vs 32/1); *Four balls later, Cordelia Griffith was caught ‘outside-off’ by keeper Sarah Bryce, from Georgia Davis; *Level-pegging midway after 50 balls, 50/2 (vs 53/3); *’At a key moment,’ Heather Knight was bowled ‘middle-stump’ by Shabnim Ismail, putting Fire ‘right back into the match’ *Strategic-time-out was called on 83/3 after 67 balls; *Spirit needing 34 runs to win from 33 balls remaining, on par required-run-rate; *’Batting fluently,’ Danni Gibson played a match-winning cameo (scoring 22 from 9 balls) until bowled by Shabnim Ismail with a carbon-copy of her skipper’s dismissal; *Georgia Redmayne went ‘leg-before’ to Freya Davies coming round-the-wicket, upon review hitting leg-side bail; *With five balls remaining, Abbey Freeborn was left stranded half-way down the pitch and ‘run-out’ by Georgia Elwiss throw to Jess Jonassen at the non-striker’s end; *Finally, Deepti Sharma scored the winning ’six,’ clearing the boundary-ropes over ‘long-on’; *Spirit’s batting: Georgia Redmayne 34(32), Heather Knight 24(18), Danni Gibson 22(9), Deepti Sharma 16*not out (16), Cordelia Griffith 10(11); *Fire’s bowling: Shabnim Ismail 3/24, Georgia Davis 1/15, Freya Davies 1/21;

*Match result: London Spirit 118/6 (1.2 runs-per-ball from 98/100 balls, target 116 from 100/100balls) beat Welsh Fire 115/8 (1.1 r-p-b, from 100/100) by four wickets (and with 2 balls remaining) to win the Women’s Hundred trophy 2024.

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

*Full Match with Trophy presentation courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube [03h57m45s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA4ZrbwKisc

‘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

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 made 37*not out (from 32 balls) and when bowling, also took star-batter Annabel Sunderland’s key wicket. Receiving POTM ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medal from Eoin Morgan, Deepti Sharma (pictured) said she excelled in ‘challenging situations’ and became ‘used to’ (favourable playing) conditions. Commentators added that some uncertainty remains whether Spirit can ‘keep their hopes alive’ to qualify for the Eliminator stage, until other results are known. Commentators for SKY Sports, also via ‘YouTube’ social media (for explanatory text, please see below) were Nick ‘Knighty’ Knight, Lydia Greenway OBE & Nasser Hussain OBE, (all three broadcasters & former England internationals), with Eoin Morgan CBE (former England international), and Michael ‘Mike’ Atherton OBE (broadcaster, sports journalist  & former England international.) Weather was hot, humid with dense grey cloud-cover and inclement weather expected during the afternoon 20-22C.

Superchargers’ innings: skipper Hollie Armitage, with international players: Phoebe Litchfield, Annabel Sutherland & Georgia Wareham (all Australia); *With Marie Kelly for Davina Perrin; *[Georgia Redmayne keeping wicket for Spirit]; *After a ‘poor start’ with Spirit conceding five ‘wides,’ Marie Kelly was bowled by Tara Norris’ next ball that ‘nipped-back’ to middle (stump), with ‘perfect line-and-length,’ for a golden duck; *Said to be ‘undecided’ which shot to play and missing a ‘nudge’ to ‘leg-side,’ Hollie Armitage was bowled by Eva Gray; *Phoebe Litchfield was bowled ‘down-the-middle’ by Danni Gibson coming round-the-wicket; *Low ‘power-play’ score 19/3;  *Annabel Sutherland went aerial, caught ‘in-the-deep’ by Cordelia Griffith from Deepti Sharma; *At mid-way (50 balls) 44/3; *‘Strategic-time-out’ was taken after 75 balls, on 68/4; with 25 balls remaining, at which point floodlights were switched-on; *Breakthrough came when Georgia Wareham was caught ‘in-the-deep’ by Charlie Dean, from Eva Gray; *Followed by Bess Heath next ball, who was bowled by Eva Gray for a golden duck; *Finally, Alice Davidson-Richards missed a leg-side ‘swing’ and was  bowled by Danni Gibson’s final innings ball; Between innings, Danni Gibson gave a short interview and explained how she’d shortened her approach when bowling to Phoebe Litchfield; *Superchargers’ batting: Alice Davidson-Richards 33 (39), Annabel Sutherland 24(17), Georgia Wareham 18(22); *Spirit’s bowling: Eva Gray 3/17, Danni Gibson 2/17, Tara Norris 1/6, Deepti Sharma 1/19;

*Spirit’s innings *skipper Heather Knight with international players Meg Lanning, Deepti Sharma (replacing Erin Burns) and Georgia Redmayne  (Australia); *[Bess Heath keeping wicket for Superchargers]; *Disaster struck during the ‘power-play’ when two wickets fell in two balls, from Linsey Smith’s bowling, coming wound-the-wicket; *’Big wicket’ when Meg Lanning was caught by ‘in-the-covers’ by Georgia Wareham; *Next ball Cordelia Griffith was bowled ‘through-the-gate’ for a golden duck; Linsey Smith bagged a 3-fer when Georgia Redmayne was caught-and-bowled;  *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 28/3 (vs 19/3); *Midway after 50 balls, 47/3 (vs 44/3) with Superchargers’ hopes of qualification ‘drifting away’ unless bowlers took wickets; *Deepti Sharma and Heather Knight staged a 71-run partnership (from 62 balls) to take Spirit over the line; *With tied scores, Heather Knight struck a match-winning ’six’ to ’finish in style;’ *Spirit’s batting: Heather Knight,43*not out (35), Deepti Sharma 37*not out (31), Meg Lanning 20(11); *Superchargers’ bowling: Linsey Smith  3/20;

Match result: London Spirit 105/3 (1.2 runs-per-ball, target 100/100 from 86/100) beat Northern Superchargers 99/7 (1 r-p-b, from 100/100) by seven wickets (and with 14 balls remaining)

*Full match courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket for ‘The Hundred’ (Women) free-to-air via YouTube [03h31m05s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-F-8j3fO8

*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

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

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

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 into joint-third place (on equal points with their London derby rivals.) Commentators added that only the top-three teams can bag places in the ‘eliminator spot.’ By comparison, Originals have less than a wafer-thin chance to qualify. Receiving ‘Meerkat Match Hero’ cap-and-medal award from Eoin Morgan for her first half-century of this year’s competition, Georgia Redmayne [66*not out (from 59 balls)] said that when batting she had to ‘play to her strengths,’ on a ‘tricky’ wicket. Georgia Redmayne added that Spirit weren’t chasing a ‘massive total’ but were determined to ‘put-on-a-show’ for their home-crowd. Separately, Charlie Dean was best-bowler taking a 3-fer [3 wickets, (conceding 20 runs).] Introduced for SKY Sports by Melanie ‘Mel’ Jones (broadcaster & former Australian international) with Eoin Morgan CBE (broadcaster & former England international) and guest commentator Stuart Broad CBE (former England international.) Also with Nasser Hussain OBE (broadcaster & former England international), Michael ‘Mike’ Atherton OBE (broadcaster, sports journalist & former England international.) Broadcast featured Sophie Ecclestone (fashion); plus interviews with Charlie Dean (Spirit & England) and Tamsin Greenway (former England international for netball.) Also with Sarah Glenn (Spirit & England) on commentary. Weather: mainly hot, sunny with clear blue sky 25C.

*Originals’ innings: *skipper Sophie Ecclestone with international players  Beth Mooney & Kim Garth (Australia); & Laura Wolvaardt (Rep South Africa);*[Georgia Redmayne keeping wicket for Spirit]; *Laura Wolvaardt was bowled by a ball ’skidding-low,’ from Charlie Dean; *After 25 balls power-play 25/1; *With ‘huge deflection,’ Beth Mooney was caught behind, seen as ‘off her glove’ by keeper Georgia Redmayne, from Charlie Dean; *Coming around-the-wicket to the left-hander, Eve Jones was caught-and-bowled ‘brilliantly’ by Sarah Glenn diving low-down; *Midway after 50 balls, 48/3; *Kathryn Bryce went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Sarah Glenn; *Four balls later Sophie Ecclestone went ‘leg-before’ to Charlie Dean; *Emma Lamb was caught at ‘deep midwicket’ by Cordelia Griffith’s back-tracking catch, acknowledged by ‘a big smile,’ bowled by Deepti Sharma; *With three balls remaining, Fi Morris was ‘run-out’ by Deepti Sharma’s throw to Danni Gibson receiving; *Commentators lauded Danni Gibson for ‘great awareness’ when breaking-the-wicket with her right-hand with a backwards roll at the non-striker’s end; Between innings, commentators added that Spirit’s spinners ‘did the damage’ (by taking five wickets) and interviewed Charlie Dean for her ‘brilliant performance;’ *Originals’ batting: Kathryn Bryce 32(27), Emma Lamb 28(26),  Beth Mooney 20(17), Fi Morris 17(13);*Spirit’s bowling: Charlie Dean 3/20, Sarah Glenn 2/20, Deepti Sharma 1/24;

*Spirit’s innings *skipper Heather Knight with international players Meg Lanning, & Georgia Redmayne (Australia) and Deepti Sharma (India); *[Ellie Threlkeld keeping wicket for Originals]; *Meg Lanning was bowled, with her off-stump flattened by Lauren Filer; *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 25/1 (vs25/1); *Cordelia Griffith was bowled by Alice Monaghan’s first delivery; *An ‘absolute jaffa:’ that ‘nipped back’ down-the-slope to ’top-of-middle’ (stump); *Crucial moment after 40 balls with 78 runs still needed when Sophie Ecclestone came on to bowl (as World’s No.1 bowler) but remained wicketless. *Level-pegging after 50 balls 49/2 (vs48/3); *Georgia Redmayne  carried her bat undefeated with top-score;*Skipper Heather Knight hit the winning ‘four;’ *Spirit’s batting: Georgia Redmayne 66*not out(59), Heather Knight 29*not out (27); *Originals’ bowling: Alice Mongahan 1/20, Lauren Filer 1/33;

*Match result: London Spirit  115/2 (1.2 runs-per-ball, target 113 from 92/100) beat Manchester Originals 112/7 (1.1 r-p-b, from 100/100) by eight wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

*Full match courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket for ‘The Hundred’ (Women) free-to-air via YouTube [03h29m00s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsotqlEg8Sc

*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

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 Fire vs Rockets at Sophia Gardens during mid-August last year. Commentators added that Tammy Beaumont’s ‘first ton’ was an outstanding achievement in the Women’s Hundred, albeit in the relatively short history of this format. Please see fellow correspondent Bruce Perkins’s report @ http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/08/laughter-and-tears-welsh-fire-v-northern-superchargers/

*Second feature publicised the ‘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/

No result. Match abandonded without a solitary ball bowled on account of rain. Points shared.

*Both features courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube [03h06m10s] @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndxjtsxuHeA

*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

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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 (pictured) were looking to turn their fortunes around, albeit with both sides scorecards listing identical players as before. That had attracted a little criticism via social media. Conceding that London Spirit ‘never really got going,’ commentators awarded ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medal to Ash Gardner (Rockets) for taking a ‘3-fer’ with exactly the same performance as Alana King [3 wickets, conceding 23 runs.] Ash Gardner paid tribute to openers: Bryony Smith and Grace Scrivens who made top-score, but had to leave the field injured, when fielding. Introduced for SKY Sports by Melanie ‘Mel’ Jones (broadcaster & former Australian international) with Charles Dagnall (broadcaster & former county player) and guest commentators James ‘Jimmy’ Anderson OBE (Fast-bowling mentor and former England international); and Katherine Sciver-Brunt OBE (former England international.) Also with. Ebony Rainford Brent MBE (broadcaster & former England international – director Women’s cricket at Surrey); and Dinesh Karthik (former India international.) Weather was ‘cool’ with patches of blue sky, when compared to last week’s heatwave that lasted for 3-days.

*Rockets’ innings: skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt, with international players: Ashleigh ‘Ash’ Gardner, Heather Graham & Alana King (all Australia); *[Georgia Redmayne keeping wicket for Spirit]; *After 25 balls ‘power-play 35/0; *Bryony Smith was ’run-out’ by Charlie Dean deflected the returning ball onto stumps at the non-striker’s end; *At mid-way (50 balls) 78/1; *Nat Sciver-Brunt was caught at ‘backward point’ by Charlie Dean, from Deepti Sharma; *Grace Scrivens was bowled ‘top-of-middle’ with both bails sent flying by Sarah Glenn; *Ash Gardner was caught at ‘deep square’ by Meg Lanning, from Deepti Sharma; *Alana King was ’run-out’ by Meg Lanning’s throw to keeper Georgia Redmayne; *Heather Graham was stranded ‘not out;’ *Rockets’ batting: Grace Scrivens 55(43), Bryony Smith 34(22), Heather Graham 22*not out (12), Nat Sciver-Brunt 21(12); *Spirit’s bowling: Deepti Sharma 2/25, Sarah Glenn 1/28;

*Spirit’s innings *skipper Heather Knight with international players Meg Lanning, & Georgia Redmayne (Australia) and Deepti Sharma (India); *[Nat Wraith keeping wicket for Rockets];  *Georgia Redmayne was bowled ‘leg-stump’ through-the-gate by Ash Gardner; *Next ball Cordelia Griffith came down-the-wicket’ missing the ball ‘outside off-stump’ and was stumped by keeper Nat Wraith, from Ash Gardner;*After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 25/2 (vs35/0); *Meg Lanning mistimed, ballooning to Kirstie Gordon at ‘mid-on,’ bowled by Alana King; *Midway after 50 balls 62/3 (vs78/1); *Upon review reconfirming Umpires’s call, Danni Gibson went ‘leg-before’ plumb in line to leg-stump, to Ash Gardner; *Heather Knight swept with top-edge to ’short-fine,’ caught by Bryony Smith from Alana King; *Play was interrupted after Grace Scrivens was struck by the 67th ball, leaving field-of-play with concussion and a swelling bruise, substituted thereafter by Cassidy McCarthy; *Charlie Dean was caught at ‘deep midwicket’ by Katie George, from Alana King; *Penultimate ball, Eva Gray was ‘run-out’ from a free hit from Ash Gardner’s throw to Heather Graham at the non-striker’s end; *Deepti Sharma was left stranded ’not out;’ *Spirit’s batting: Deepti Sharma 30*not out(23), Heather Knight 29(20), Meg Lanning 23(18), Danni Gibson 13(10), Charlie Dean 13(12); *Rockets’ bowling: Ashleigh ‘Ash’ Gardner 3/23, Alana King 3/23;

*Match result: Trent Rockets 158/5 (@1.5 runs-per-ball from 100/100 balls) beat London Spirit 127/7 (@1.2 r-p-b, target 159 from 100/100 balls) by 31 runs

*Full match courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube [03h23m05s] @url https://www.youtube.com/live/BbtO3ELJg24

*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

*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

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) received POTM ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medal from Eoin Morgan scoring her half-century from back-to-back ‘fours.’ Hayley Matthews also became leading run-scorer, overtaking team-mates Tammy Beaumont and Sophia Dunkley. Introduced by Nick ‘Knighty’ Knight (broadcaster & former England international) with Lydia Greenway (broadcaster & former England international), Charles Dagnall (broadcaster & former county player), Mark Butcher & Eoin Morgan (both former England internationals.) Hot and humid summer’s day, said to be 27-28C.

*Spirit’s innings *skipper Heather Knight with international players Meg Lanning, Deepti Sharma (replacing Erin Burns) and Georgia Redmayne  (Australia); *[Sarah Bryce keeping wicket for Fire]; *Georgia Redmayne was bowled, leg-side bail sent flying by Beth Langston; *After 25 balls ‘power-play’ 37/1; *Cordelia Griffith came down-the-track and was stumped by Sarah Bryce from Georgia Davis; *Disaster struck when two wickets fell in two balls; *Firstly Heather Knight was caught at ‘extra cover’ by Georgia Elwiss from Freya Davies ; *Two balls later Meg Lanning was bowled by Freya Davies; *Midway after 50 balls, 72/4; *Following missed stumping chance, Danni Gibson was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Tammy Beaumont from Jess Jonassen; *Time penalty before the final set-of-five were bowled, Fire limited to three fielders positioned outside the ring; *Notable highlight of Danni Gibson partnered by Deepti Sharma scoring 67 runs from 41 balls; *Spirit’s batting  Danni Gibson 41(25), Deepti Sharma 39*not out (26), Meg Lanning 31(20), Cordelia Griffith 17(12): *Fire’s bowling: Freya Davies 2/19, Georgia Davis 1/22, Beth Langston 1/26, Jess Jonassen 1/28;

*Fire’s innings: *skipper Tammy Beaumont with international players Hayley Matthews (WIndies); Jess Jonassen (Australia); without Shabnim Ismail *[Georgia Redmayne keeping wicket for Spirit]; *Tammy Beaumont went ‘leg-before’ on review to Tara Norris; *Sophia Dunkley snicked an edge behind to Georgia Redmayne from Danni Gibson; *After 25 balls power-play 42/2 (vs 37/1); *Midway after 50 balls 71/2 (vs 72/4); *Sarah Bryce was caught low at ‘backward point’ by Tara Norris from Danni Gibson; *Jess Jonassen was caught at ‘deep-mid-wicket’ by Cordelia Griffith from Sarah Glenn; *Top-scorer Hayley Matthews made ‘fifty in 37 balls;’ *Fire’s batting: Hayley Matthews 78*not out(46), Tammy Beaumont 31(29), Sarah Bryce 21(18), Sophia Dunkley 17(18), Jess Jonassen 14(10); *Spirit’s bowling: Danni Gibson 2/28, Sarah Glenn 1/ 27, Tara Norris 1/12;

*Match result: Welsh Fire 151/4 (1.5 runs-per-ball from 95/100 balls) beat London Spirit 150/5 (1.5 r-p-b from 100/100 balls) by six wickets with five balls remaining

*Full match courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube [03h34m00s] @url https://www.youtube.com/live/c8eU-dKvOA4

*Edited highlights courtesy of SKY Sports Cricket free-to-air via YouTube  [11m12s] @url https://www.thehundred.com/video/4073177/london-spirit-vs-welsh-fire-women-s-highlights-2024#!

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