Scholfield leads Invincibles past Originals

Oval Invincibles batter Paige Scholfield against Manchester Originals at Old Trafford in The Hundred 2024Getty Images

Paige Scholfield had two years at Southern Brave in The Hundred before joining Oval Invincibles in 2023

Sam Drury
BBC Sport journalist

The Hundred women's competition, Old Trafford

Manchester Originals 125-4 (100 balls): Wolvaardt 38 (29); Wellington 2-22

Oval Invincibles 127-3 (93 balls): Scholfield 48* (27); Monaghan 2-7

Invincibles won by seven wickets

Scorecard. Table

Paige Scholfield made an unbeaten 48 as Oval Invincibles secured an important seven-wicket win against Manchester Originals.

Set 126 to win at Old Trafford, Invincibles were faltering at 60-3 from 56 balls when Scholfield came to the crease.

But the South Africa-born right-hander shared an unbroken stand of 67 with Marizanne Kapp to get the visitors over the line with seven balls to spare.

Amanda-Jade Wellington was the pick of the Invincibles bowlers, taking 2-22 including the key wicket of Originals opener Laura Wolvaardt.

After a slow start, Originals accelerated as Wolvaardt reached 38 from 28 balls before a superb low catch from Ryana MacDonald-Gay saw her fall to Wellington.

The Originals' progress stalled and it took an entertaining 26 not out from 15 balls from captain Sophie Ecclestone late on to drag them to a defendable total.

However, despite working their way into a handy position with the ball, Originals were unable to break the Scholfield-Kapp partnership and fell to their third loss of the campaign.

Victory lifts Invincibles up to second in the table, just a point behind leaders Welsh Fire, while Originals are a further three points back in sixth.

What else do you need to know?

  • Originals opener Beth Mooney made 22 but the Australia left-hander is still yet to find her best form with a top-score of 24 in five innings in The Hundred.

  • Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu made 33 from 36 at the top of the order for Invincibles, hitting five boundaries.

  • Originals seamer Alice Monaghan bowled only 10 balls in taking 2-7 to put the home side in a strong position.

  • Scholfield and Kapp's match-winning partnership of 67 came from just 37 balls.

'Pretty buzzing with it' - what they said

Hero of the match, Paige Scholfield of Oval Invincibles: "We've had a couple of tough games, so to get over the line with a win is really good and hopefully gets the girls buzzing again.

"Today we showed a bit more discipline with the ball and the bat, just creating those partnerships with the bat.

"Obviously [Sophie] Ecclestone is a world-class bowler so we just spoke about nudging her around, getting the rotation going and getting after the other bowlers.

"It came off this time and I'm pretty buzzing with it."

What is happening on Wednesday?

Trent Rockets host London Spirit at Trent Bridge in Wednesday's double-header. The women's match starts at 15:00 BST with the men's game following at 18:30.

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