The Hundred: Northern Superchargers v Welsh Fire, Headingley
Superchargers win by 47 runs
Visitors slump from 48-2 to 94 all out
Fire 94: Beaumount 36 (21); Wareham 2-14, Ballinger 2-16
Superchargers 141-4: Armitage 34* (27), Wareham 29* (17); Matthews 2-18
Superchargers v Fire men's match begins at 18:30 BST
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
When she is striking the ball like that, Tammy Beaumont is one of the best to watch.
Timed to perfection. Cross was looking for that swing but Beaumont was onto it in a flash.
Target 142
Boom. Tammy Beaumont dispatches Kate Cross down the ground for six, beaming as the ball sails over the rope. That's more like it.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Kate Cross doesn't often bowl down the hill at Headingley. She usually gets the difficult overs.
It was a little bit short from her there and that is one of the best shots of the day from Georgia Elwiss.
Target 142
Georgia Elwiss is unruffled by being thrust into the action so early in the innings. A shorter delivery from Kate Cross is thumped into the offside for four.
Target 142
Captain Tammy Beaumont gets off the mark with a boundary, driving the penultimate ball of the set through cover for four.
It's an expensive set from Linsey Smith, with 10 runs from it, but she bagged the big wicket of Hayley Matthews.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Exactly the ball Linsey Smith needed. Hayley Matthews likes playing on the back foot and she goes back on a delivery that is much fuller.
Perfect from Smith.
Matthews b Smith 5 (Fire 6-2)
HUGE WICKET.
A nightmare start for Welsh Fire as Hayley Matthews is bowled for five by Linsey Smith. The bowler jumps up with glee.
In comes Georgia Elwiss, who's probably had to scramble around to find her pads.
Target 142
A welcome boundary for Hayley Matthews, pouncing on a shorter delivery from Linsey Smith and picking up four.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Tammy Beaumont can get stuck on her crease and is susceptible to an lbw early in her innings.
Great start from Kate Cross, some lovely shape from her.
Target 142
An excellent start from Kate Cross. It's a maiden.
142 feels a lot further away than it did 10 balls ago.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
A brilliant bit of fielding. There was never a run there and Hayley Matthews rightly sent her back.
Dunkley run out (Wareham/Heath) 1 (Fire 2-1)
'There was never a run there!' - Dunkley dismissed after miscommunication with Matthews
Oh dear. A communication mix-up and Sophia Dunkley has to depart.
She raced off for the single and was probably halfway down before Hayley Matthews sent her back. Dunkley put in the dive but the throw from Georgia Wareham was sharp.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
She looks gone. Dunkley set off for a single that was never there. It is close.
The umpires have gone upstairs for a possible run out...
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That might have carried. It was a great effort but it is a drop.
Target 142
So close to an early wicket for Northern Superchargers!
Kate Cross dives to her right at mid-off but it's very low and she can't quite get her hands to it. A let off for Sophia Dunkley.
Target 142
Sophia Dunkley gets Welsh Fire up and running with a single.
Target 142
Left-armer Grace Ballinger opens the bowling for Northern Superchargers and starts with a dot ball to Sophia Dunkley, who defends.
The players are back out.
Welsh Fire have switched up their batting order from last year, with Hayley Matthews now opening the batting alongside Sophia Dunkley and captain Tammy Beaumont dropping down to three.
Matthews has been in impressive form with the bat. She scored 177 runs at a strike rate above 135 during the T20I series between England and West Indies in May.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
141 looks to be a very competitive score for Northern Superchargers after notching 41 runs off the final 25 balls of their innings.
Only once has a 140-plus target been chased down successfully in five previous attempts at Headingley in the Women's Hundred (161 by Manchester Originals, 2022).
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perrin,caught Ismail, bowled Matthews Perrin, caught Ismail, bowled Matthews | 21 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 87.50 |
Davidson-Richards,leg before wicket, bowled Davies Davidson-Richards, leg before wicket, bowled Davies | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 155.56 |
Litchfield,caught Beaumont, bowled Ismail Litchfield, caught Beaumont, bowled Ismail | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 133.33 |
Sutherland,caught George, bowled Matthews Sutherland, caught George, bowled Matthews | 28 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 140.00 |
Armitage,not out Armitage, not out | 34 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 125.93 |
Wareham,not out Wareham, not out | 29 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 170.59 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 4, leg byes 6, total 11 Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 4, leg byes 6, total 11 | |||||||
Total,141 for 4 100 balls Total,141 for 4 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ismail | 20 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.90 |
Davies | 15 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9.60 |
Jonassen | 20 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9.90 |
Levick | 15 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9.20 |
Elwiss | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
Matthews | 20 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
24 for 1 (19 balls) | Davidson-Richards |
29 for 2 (23 balls) | Litchfield |
62 for 3 (44 balls) | Perrin |
89 for 4 (65 balls) | Sutherland |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dunkley,run out Wareham Dunkley, run out Wareham | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.00 |
Matthews,bowled Smith Matthews, bowled Smith | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 166.67 |
Beaumont,caught Armitage, bowled Ballinger Beaumont, caught Armitage, bowled Ballinger | 36 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 171.43 |
Elwiss,run out Cross Elwiss, run out Cross | 13 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 76.47 |
Jonassen,caught Sutherland, bowled Wareham Jonassen, caught Sutherland, bowled Wareham | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 |
S Bryce,bowled Sutherland S Bryce, bowled Sutherland | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 50.00 |
Windsor,bowled Smith Windsor, bowled Smith | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100.00 |
George,leg before wicket, bowled Wareham George, leg before wicket, bowled Wareham | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 100.00 |
Davies,caught and bowled Cross Davies, caught and bowled Cross | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 44.44 |
Ismail,not out Ismail, not out | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 60.00 |
Levick,caught Wareham, bowled Ballinger Levick, caught Wareham, bowled Ballinger | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 84.62 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 3 Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 3 | |||||||
Total,94 all out 98 balls Total,94 all out 98 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ballinger | 18 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.33 |
Cross | 20 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.10 |
Smith | 20 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8.40 |
Wareham | 20 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.20 |
Sutherland | 20 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.70 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
2 for 1 (6 balls) | Dunkley |
6 for 2 (12 balls) | Matthews |
48 for 3 (41 balls) | Elwiss |
51 for 4 (45 balls) | Jonassen |
58 for 5 (50 balls) | Beaumont |
63 for 6 (55 balls) | Windsor |
65 for 7 (57 balls) | S Bryce |
72 for 8 (65 balls) | George |
76 for 9 (74 balls) | Davies |
94 for 10 (98 balls) | Levick |
