’Southern Brave’ v ‘Welsh Fire’, Southampton (Ageas Bowl) on 11 August Collecting her second ‘Hero-of-the-match’ award, Smriti Mandhana (78 runs from 52 balls) made the second highest score of the tournament and took 2 catches. Between innings, she’d told Charles Dagnall that she’d ‘had some luck’ (to get her ‘fifty’); and hoped she’d ‘done good
‘Manchester Originals’ v ‘London Spirit’, at Emirates Old Trafford on 10 August Receiving ‘Hero-of-the-match’ cap-and-medal, Deepti Sharma made it clear to Mark Butcher that she believed in herself; believed in her team; and ‘did really well.’ ‘Spirit’s’ third win keeps their tournament chances alive, beating ‘Originals’ by 5 wickets. Earlier, Deepti Sharma’s 1st over was a rare ‘dot ball’ maiden. Just
‘Birmingham Phoenix Women’ v ‘Welsh Fire’ at Edgbaston on 9th August Receiving ‘Hero-of-the-match’ cap and medal, Shafali Verma took just 22 balls to score her half-century, finishing unbeaten on 76* Commentators added said that Verma arrived from India in June (to play England.) Verma’s innings was ‘outstanding’ with ‘wonderful stroke-play’ including hitting WIndies star Hayley
‘Oval Invincibles -W’ v ‘Trent Rockets -W’, at Kia Oval on 8th August – match abandoned Awaiting the outcome of umpire’s pitch inspections commentators reviewed edited highlights of ‘Oval Invincibles’ three wins, the first of which was their historic inaugural match in ‘The Hundred’ women’s series against ‘Manchester Originals.’ Historians took note that South African
Everyone used to Sky’s coverage of cricket will be familiar with the voices that describe it for them. But the Hundred provides a quite distinct challenge: a series of double-headers with a women’s game preceding a men’s. The overall result has been a display of woeful ignorance of the women involved, but only by the
‘Southern Brave’ v ‘Northern Superchargers’, Southampton (Ageas Bowl) on 7th August Receiving ‘Hero-of-the-match’ from Rob Key, Sophia Dunkley was congratulated on her ‘good summer’ (with the bat.) She said the match-winning ‘pressure helped.’ She added that partner Maia Bouchier ‘did a great job.’ Commentators added that both players ‘strike rates’ were 1.7 runs-per-ball, comfortably above the target set to
Welsh Fire v Trent Rockets, at Cardiff (Sophia Gardens) on 06 August Awarding ‘Hero-of-the-match’ cap and medal to Natalie Sciver for her match-winning ‘fifty,’ Charles Dagnall asked her about ‘Rockets’ overseas players. Both Australians (Sammy-Jo Johnson and Heather Graham) had earlier taken three wickets each; and keeper Rachel Priest had made three stumpings and staged a ‘run out’, as ‘Fire’
Manchester Originals Women v Southern Brave Women, Emirates Old Trafford on 5th August Against all odds, South Africans Lizelle Lee (43* from 32 balls) and Mignon du Preez (15*runs from 15 balls) made a lightning match-winning display when rain stopped play with 30 balls remaining. Lizelle Lee was awarded ‘Match Hero’ cap and medal. Umpires
Birmingham Phoenix Women v Oval Invincibles Women at Edgbaston on 4th August Between innings, left-arm pacer Tash Farrant (3/23) went top of the bowler’s leader board adding another three wickets to her cumulative total of 11 wickets; taking 2 more than her main rivals (Australia’s Sammy-Jo Johnson and WIndies Hayley Matthews.) After the match, Farrant said she was ‘surprised’ to receive ‘Hero-of-the-match’ adding that she’d
A First Glance: Overseas v Home-grown It’s a commonplace these days for big tournaments to call on the best players in the world to ensure bums on seats and pennies in the coffers. Should we ever stop and wonder why? The recent game London Spirit v Northern Superchargers at Lord’s had an intriguing aspect: the
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