Women's Eliminator: Northern Superchargers v London Spirit, The Kia Oval
Superchargers beat defending champions Spirit by 42 runs to reach final
Superchargers 214-5 (100 balls): Perrin 101 (43), Litchfield 35 (19), Carey 31* (12) - highest team total in women's Hundred and second highest overall
Teenager Perrin hits sublime 42-ball century - fastest in women's Hundred and second fastest overall
Spirit 172-9 (100 balls): Redmayne 50* (30); Ballinger 3-22
Superchargers face Brave in Sunday's final at Lord's (14:15 BST)
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3
Southern Brave will be watching this quite keenly.
They will have the benefit of being able to hatch plans to take on someone who is in the form and confidence of Davina Perrin.
Need 76 runs from 20 balls
The rain is back again and the gloom has descended. Superchargers would probably point to that as a reason for their sloppy fielding.
We're continuing for now.
Need 81 runs from 25 balls
Hmmm. What were we saying? A fumble in the ring and then Davina Perrin and Grace Ballinger both leave a loopy catch for each other. If the game was on the line there would be some angry words being spoken.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3
Although Northern Superchargers have been dominant in this game, they have also been sloppy with the ball in hand and in the field at times.
I know the game was done halfway through this innings, but it has been a bit slip slap slop out there.
Need 86 runs from 30 balls
Down! Grace Ballinger at short third. He parries it rather than catching it. As good as this win will be, Superchargers have not been perfect.
If Harry Brook gets going on this pitch he might get 150. He scored a ton in the Tests here a month ago, of course.
Kieran Parmley
CricViz analyst
Most boundaries in a women's Hundred game:
Need 99 from 40 balls
If Spirit were chasing the previous best total in the women's Hundred they'd be decently placed. This, though, is just going to be too big a task and that's all down to Davina Perrin's fireworks and that Nic Carey boost late on. Georgia Redmayne has 20 from 10 balls for Spirit.
Image source, Getty ImagesAlex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3
Linsey Smith was expensive there, three boundaries coming off her lot of five balls is very unlike her. She will be gathering her thoughts as she races to the boundary.
As a bowler, I suppose you would rather have a bad day today than tomorrow.
Need 109 runs to 45 balls
Linsey Smith concedes three boundaries in this latest set of five as her up and down tournament continues. He went for runs v Oval Invincibles last Saturday too. The DLS score at this point is 135.
Target 215
The men's players have arrived at The Oval. The rain seems to have stopped - or at least eased. That game doesn't start until 6pm, however.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3
I would much rather see London Spirit get bowled out trying to chase this total down rather than pat their way to a 140 run total.
This is knockout cricket - it is do or die and run rate doesn't matter now.
Wong c Armitage b Ballinger 6 (Spirit 86-6)
London Spirit keep swinging but the task is just too great. Issy Wong falls having looped a catch to cover.
Image source, Getty ImagesAlex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3
If I was Southern Brave, I wouldn't be watching this match because what does it matter if Davina Perrin scores 100 runs today?
If they have watched this game, all it's going to have done is give them a little bit of fear going into tomorrow.
Need 130 more runs from 55 balls
Davina Perrin lets one under her body at backward point to allow new batter Issy Wong an early boundary. I think she's still in credit.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3
A wicket London Spirit didn't necessarily need. The pressure was building on Northern Superchargers ever so slightly and Charli Knott was striking the ball ever so well.
She tried to give herself room to hit through the covers, as she has done on a number of occasions, but she just chipped the ball to the safe hands of Linsey Smith.
With that wicket, Northern Superchargers have booked their place in tomorrow's final.
Knott c Smith b Carey 40 (Spirit 79-5)
And that should be the game.
Charli Knott, who has played superbly, slaps a wider ball to extra cover. She departs for 40 from 16 balls.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3
Cordelia Griffith was trying to heave that into the leg side but she just chipped it to mid-off and it was a pretty simple catch in the end. It was a good knock from her, she needed some runs and she did just that.
Northern Superchargers needed that wicket to make sure that DLS score is even more.
Sam Drury
BBC Sport cricket writer at the Kia Oval
Umbrellas aplenty up now but the umpires are keeping them out there for the time being.
And that's why, most of them are down again now.
Now Spirit are four down the DLS score after 40 balls is 96. Spirit are well behind.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perrin,run out Knott Perrin, run out Knott | 101 | 43 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 57 | 234.88 |
Davidson-Richards,run out Griffith Davidson-Richards, run out Griffith | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 120.00 |
Litchfield,caught Harris, bowled Knott Litchfield, caught Harris, bowled Knott | 35 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 184.21 |
Sutherland,caught Coppack, bowled Glenn Sutherland, caught Coppack, bowled Glenn | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83.33 |
Carey,not out Carey, not out | 31 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 258.33 |
Armitage,caught Knott, bowled Dean Armitage, caught Knott, bowled Dean | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Heath,not out Heath, not out | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 225.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 14, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 15 Extras, no balls 0, wides 14, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 15 | |||||||
Total,214 for 5 100 balls Total,214 for 5 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wong | 20 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7.80 |
Coppack | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15.60 |
Gray | 15 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16.80 |
Dean | 20 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11.10 |
Glenn | 20 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9.90 |
Knott | 15 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16.00 |
Harris | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26.40 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
105 for 1 (49 balls) | Davidson-Richards |
169 for 2 (77 balls) | Litchfield |
171 for 3 (79 balls) | Perrin |
176 for 4 (85 balls) | Sutherland |
176 for 5 (86 balls) | Armitage |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harris,bowled Ballinger Harris, bowled Ballinger | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Chathli,caught Higham, bowled Cross Chathli, caught Higham, bowled Cross | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 200.00 |
Griffith,caught Davidson-Richards, bowled Sutherland Griffith, caught Davidson-Richards, bowled Sutherland | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 170.59 |
Gibson,bowled Ballinger Gibson, bowled Ballinger | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75.00 |
Knott,caught Smith, bowled Carey Knott, caught Smith, bowled Carey | 40 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 250.00 |
Redmayne,not out Redmayne, not out | 50 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 166.67 |
Wong,caught Armitage, bowled Ballinger Wong, caught Armitage, bowled Ballinger | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 150.00 |
Dean,caught Davidson-Richards, bowled Cross Dean, caught Davidson-Richards, bowled Cross | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 128.57 |
Glenn,caught Smith, bowled Sutherland Glenn, caught Smith, bowled Sutherland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 200.00 |
Gray,leg before wicket, bowled Sutherland Gray, leg before wicket, bowled Sutherland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Coppack,not out Coppack, not out | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 114.29 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 6, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 8 Extras, no balls 0, wides 6, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 8 | |||||||
Total,172 for 9 100 balls Total,172 for 9 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ballinger | 20 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.60 |
Cross | 20 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8.70 |
Sutherland | 20 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12.00 |
Carey | 20 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12.00 |
Smith | 20 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11.70 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
0 for 1 (2 balls) | Harris |
7 for 2 (6 balls) | Chathli |
12 for 3 (12 balls) | Gibson |
75 for 4 (40 balls) | Griffith |
79 for 5 (42 balls) | Knott |
87 for 6 (49 balls) | Wong |
149 for 7 (85 balls) | Dean |
153 for 8 (87 balls) | Glenn |
153 for 9 (88 balls) | Gray |
