London Spirit v Northern Superchargers women, The Hundred, Lord's
Superchargers win by eight wickets with 34 balls to spare
Superchargers 93-2 (66 balls): Litchfield 55* (38); Tyson 2-6
Spirit 90-8 (100 balls): Redmayne 29 (29); Sutherland 3-20
Superchargers go above Spirit into second; Spirit drop to fourth
Jordan c Walter b Payne (Brave 114-7)
Jack Skelton
BBC Sport
Hilton Cartwright continues to hit sixes, but his fellow Brave batters are struggling.
Chris Jordan skies one up off David Payne and Paul Walter takes it at the second attempt, making use of his foreheard to secure the ball.
Eva Gray in to face the final ball.
She knocks Sutherland square and races through for two, just about making it back.
Spirit finish with a pretty sorry total.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
A nice catch. Not an easy sky to catch out of, its very white and glarey, so when a white ball goes up you have to really focus. Nic Carey's done well there.
Glenn c Carey b Sutherland 0 (Spirit 88-8)
And another one...
Annabel Sutherland sends down a leg-side wide to Sarah Glenn, then the Spirit batter sends the follow-up in the air over the cover ring.
Three fielders run back and it's the middle one of the trio, Nicola Carey, that takes the catch.
Issy Wong won't get to face again.
Sophie Luff
Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra
With two balls to go there's going to be a new batter on strike and Issy Wong is probably going to be stuck at the non-strikers end. Which is not the play that Spirit wanted.
Dean c Heath b Sutherland 12 (Spirit 87-7)
Edges behind!
An attempted cut from Charlie Dean off Annabel Sutherland, a tad cramped and she gets a knick on it.
Sarah Glenn is going to come in for the last two balls.
109 is the lowest score successfully defended in the women's Hundred. That was Northern Superchargers against Oval Invincibles in 2021.
Bracewell c Bairstow b Payne 8 (Brave 94-6)
Jack Skelton
BBC Sport
Welsh Fire continue to chip away with wickets at Sophia Gardens.
Michael Bracewell is the latest Southern Brave batter to fall, looking to smash it down the ground, but instead edging David Payne behind to Jonny Bairstow.
Hilton Cartwright has an invaluable 21* off seven balls at the other end. Brave need to get him on strike as much as possible over the last 18 balls.
Sophie Luff
Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra
Great strike from Issy Wong. London Spirit could do with a few more of them. Great ball striking.
I told you Issy Wong could swing it!
The Spirit batter advances and whacks Nicola Carey's last ball over long-on - the fielder out there back pedals to try and get in a catching position but that's clearing her head for six.
Carey finishes on 2-17, with almost a third of those runs coming off her final ball.
Sophie Luff
Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra
That is exactly what Spirit needed. Great intent, hitting a great gap through midoff and extra cover. Nothing the fielders could do about that one.
And another!
Charlie Dean plays basically the same shot.
10 runs off the set, will wonders ever cease?
Four!
Off the 87th ball of the innings, the first since the 46th - Issy Wong smacks Kate Cross over extra cover.
Vital runs for Spirit.
Issy Wong runs two, sending the ball out to mid-on off Anabel Sutherland.
We're going to take a strategic time-out - I can think of one main plan for London Spirit...
Vince c Zaib b Green 29 (71-5)
Jack Skelton
BBC Sport
Most batters are struggling for timing at Sophia Gardens and Southern Brave opener James Vince is the latest.
The Brave captain tries to clear the ropes off a short-pitched delivery from spinner Chris Green but can only pick out Saif Zaib at deep mid-wicket.
Spirit steam ahead!
Three singles off this set from Linsey Smith - no boundary since the 46th ball.
Sophie Luff
Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra
An uphill task for London Spirit here. That three-figure total looks a long way off here. These two have got a lot to do.
Just one single off the set this time, bowled by Nicola Carey.
How long before Dean and Wong, both England internationals, risk their wickets and try and blaze to a target that is at least conceivably defendable?
Kate Cross back into the attack, a couple of singles from her third set.
She's gone for 1-10 thus far.
Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst
London Spirit's fifty in 58 balls today is their slowest in the last three seasons of the Women’s Hundred.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chathli,caught Smith, bowled Ballinger Chathli, caught Smith, bowled Ballinger | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
Redmayne,leg before wicket, bowled Ballinger Redmayne, leg before wicket, bowled Ballinger | 29 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 100.00 |
Griffith,caught Higham, bowled Cross Griffith, caught Higham, bowled Cross | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.00 |
Knott,caught Cross, bowled Sutherland Knott, caught Cross, bowled Sutherland | 11 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 68.75 |
Harris,caught Sutherland, bowled Carey Harris, caught Sutherland, bowled Carey | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 116.67 |
Gibson,caught Davidson-Richards, bowled Carey Gibson, caught Davidson-Richards, bowled Carey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Wong,not out Wong, not out | 24 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 100.00 |
Dean,caught Heath, bowled Sutherland Dean, caught Heath, bowled Sutherland | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 80.00 |
Glenn,caught Carey, bowled Sutherland Glenn, caught Carey, bowled Sutherland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Gray,not out Gray, not out | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 200.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 1, leg byes 1, total 4 Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 1, leg byes 1, total 4 | |||||||
Total,90 for 8 100 balls Total,90 for 8 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ballinger | 20 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 |
Cross | 20 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.00 |
Sutherland | 20 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
Smith | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.70 |
Carey | 20 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.10 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
6 for 1 (8 balls) | Chathli |
9 for 2 (13 balls) | Griffith |
34 for 3 (42 balls) | Knott |
48 for 4 (53 balls) | Harris |
48 for 5 (54 balls) | Gibson |
54 for 6 (65 balls) | Redmayne |
87 for 7 (98 balls) | Dean |
88 for 8 (99 balls) | Glenn |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perrin,caught Gibson, bowled Tyson Perrin, caught Gibson, bowled Tyson | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 66.67 |
Davidson-Richards,caught Redmayne, bowled Tyson Davidson-Richards, caught Redmayne, bowled Tyson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Litchfield,not out Litchfield, not out | 55 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 144.74 |
Sutherland,not out Sutherland, not out | 29 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 138.10 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 5 | |||||||
Total,93 for 2 66 balls Total,93 for 2 66 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tyson | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 |
Wong | 15 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10.40 |
Gray | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
Dean | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.80 |
Glenn | 15 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.80 |
Knott | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14.40 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
1 for 1 (2 balls) | Davidson-Richards |
17 for 2 (16 balls) | Perrin |
