Summary

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  • Superchargers win by seven wickets with 22 balls to spare

  • Litchfield makes 42 off 29 before Davidson-Richards wins game with six

  • Davidson-Richards also took 3-20 as Phoenix made 110-8

  • Both sides opening game in 2023 competition

  • Phoenix were fourth and Superchargers fifth in 2022

  1. Postpublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 3 August 2023

    Sophie Devine is one of the premier batters in the tournament.

    She's already showed her worth for Phoenix, but they could have done with her going on for a while longer.

  2. Postpublished at 16:22 British Summer Time 3 August 2023

    I'm not sure about that - but thanks, Mike! A very good first half for the Northern Superchargers.

    The average score in women's matches at Headingley in the first two years of in The Hundred is 135, so Birmingham Phoenix have come up some way short of that.

    Slightly better news for them is that they are a little bit closer to the average score of teams who have won after batting first in women's game in Leeds: 132.

  3. Postpublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 3 August 2023

    Are there safer hands than those of Alice Davidson-Richards? Maybe Sam Drury's, and he'll be using them to take you through the chase.

  4. Postpublished at 16:17 British Summer Time 3 August 2023

    Is Alice Davidson-Richards destined to be the Match Hero?

    She's already taken three wickets and this superb throw brought another.

  5. Phoenix 110-8published at 100 balls

    A dot to finish us off as Davidson-Richards hits Hannah Baker high on the pads.

    Davidson-Richards finishes with three wickets for 20 runs, with a run out and a catch to boot.

    Is this a defendable total from Birmingham Phoenix? They'll be disappointed, they scored 36 of their runs from the 25-ball opening powerplay.

  6. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 99 balls

    Freeborn run out (Wareham) 14 (Phoenix 110-8)

    Suicidal second run but they had to go for it!

    Pushed to mid-wicket and Abbey Freeborn stood no chance - Bess Heath has all the time in the world to take the bails off.

  7. Phoenix 109-7published at 98 balls

    Freeborn picks out Dobson at square-leg but gets through for two runs.

  8. Phoenix 107-7published at 97 balls

    Abbey FreebornImage source, PA Media

    Four for Freeborn, heaving through mid-wicket for vital runs.

  9. Phoenix 103-7published at 96 balls

    Davidson-Richards for the final set of this chase.

    A swing and a miss from Freeborn and another valuable dot.

  10. Phoenix 103-7published at 95 balls

    A dot from Cross' final delivery.

    Pavely was hoping to race through for the single but no dice.

  11. Phoenix 103-7published at 94 balls

    100 up for Phoenix as Freeborn makes room and cuts through third for four, the ball racing past the diving fielder who's in the ring.

  12. Phoenix 99-7published at 93 balls

    A single this time out to Jemimah Rodrigues in the deep.

  13. Phoenix 98-7published at 92 balls

    Cross charges back to her mark and bowls again.

    Pavely works two into the on side and races through for two.

  14. Phoenix 96-7published at 91 balls

    Kate Cross charges in and crashes a ball into the thigh of Pavely.

  15. Phoenix 96-7published at 90 balls

    Charis Pavely is the new batter and she takes a single into the on-side.

    10 balls to go.

  16. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 88 balls

    Wong c Davidson-Richards b Smith 9 (Phoenix 95-7)

    Davidson-Richards is everywhere!

    A little flourish with the wrists from Wong as she tries to loft Smith over cover, but she doesn't get enough momentum on it and Davidson-Richards is there to take the catch on the boundary.

  17. Phoenix 94-6published at 85 balls

    The Phoenix batters don't really have time to build a platform. Freeborn takes a big swing but takes a bottom edge and the ball thumps into her shoe and off for a single.

    Wong advances down the ground but miss-times it and can only take a single.

  18. Phoenix 91-6published at 81 balls

    A show of defiance from Issy Wong, smashing Wareham through mid-wicket for six!

    The Phoenix need a few more of those for a competitive total.

  19. Postpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 3 August 2023

    This superb catch from Georgia Wareham may end up being a contender for Catch of the Tournament.

    Brilliant from the Aussie.

    Media caption,

    Wareham takes stunning catch to dismiss Burns

  20. Phoenix 85-6published at 80 balls

    Issy Wong and Abbey Freeborn take a couple of singles from the remainder of the set.

    Twenty balls to go, what's a realistic target for the Phoenix now? And would it be defendable?