Danielle Gibson’s all-round show in vain as Hayley Matthews guides Welsh Fire to a comprehensive victory.
The Birmingham Phoenix skipper Ellyse Perry’s all-round show played an instrumental role as they edged past Trent Rockets led by skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt by three runs at Trent Bridge, Nottingham in the 9th match of the tournament.
London Spirit led by skipper Heather Knight was all set to face Welsh Fire led by skipper Tammy Beaumont at Lord’s, London in the 10th match of the season. Welsh Fire skipper Tammy Beaumont won the toss and opted to field first. After being inserted to bat first, London Spirit got off to a poor start as they lost the wicket of their wicket-keeper batter Georgia Redmayne on the 14th ball of the innings. Beth Langston provided the first breakthrough for Welsh Fire.
Cordelia Griffith joined Meg Lanning at the crease and the duo stitched a much-needed 49-run partnership for the 2nd wicket to take their side past the 50-run mark. Georgia Davis picked up the wicket of Cordelia Griffith to provide the 2nd breakthrough for her side. London Spirit lost a couple of wickets in quick succession to bring Welsh Fire back into the contest.
Deepti Sharma joined Danielle Gibson at the crease and the duo stitched a crucial 67-run partnership for the 5th wicket to take their side close to the 130-run mark. Jess Jonassen picked up the wicket of Danielle Gibson to provide the 5th breakthrough for Welsh Fire. London Spirit eventually ended up with a total of 150/5 in their quota of 100 deliveries. Danielle Gibson (41 off 25 balls), Deepti Sharma (39 off 26 balls), and Meg Lanning (31 off 20 balls) were the top performers with the bat for London Spirit.
Freya Davies (20-10-19-2), Jess Jonassen (20-4-28-1), and Georgia Davis (15-4-22-1) were the top performers with the ball for Welsh Fire. Chasing a target of 151, the Welsh Fire openers Sophia Dunkley and skipper Tammy Beaumont got their side off to a quick start, with a 17-run opening partnership. Tara Norris picked up the big wicket of the opposition skipper Tammy Beaumont to provide the first breakthrough for London Spirit. Hayley Matthews joined Sophia Dunkley at the crease and the duo stitched a 16-run partnership for the 2nd wicket. Danielle Gibson picked up the wicket of Sophia Dunkley to provide the 2nd breakthrough for her side.
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Wicket-keeper batter Sarah Bryce joined Hayley Matthews at the crease and the duo stitched a crucial 47-run partnership for the 3rd wicket to take their side past the 50-run mark. Danielle Gibson came back and picked up the wicket of the wicket-keeper batter Sarah Bryce to provide the third breakthrough for London Spirit. Jess Jonassen joined Hayley Matthews at the crease and the duo stitched another crucial 43-run partnership to take their side closer to the target. Sarah Glenn picked up the wicket of Jess Jonassen to provide the 4th breakthrough for her side.
Phoebe Franklin joined Hayley Matthews at the crease and the duo took their side over the line with a 28-run 5th wicket partnership. Welsh Fire eventually sealed the game with six wickets in hand and five balls to spare. Hayley Matthews (78 off 46 balls), wicket-keeper batter Sarah Bryce (21 off 18 balls), Sophia Dunkley (17 off 12 balls), and Jess Jonassen (14 off 10 balls) were the top performers with the bat for Welsh Fire.
Danielle Gibson (15-4-28-2), Sarah Glenn (20-6-27-1), Tara Norris (10-5-12-1), and Charlie Dean (15-6-16-0) were the top performers with the ball for London Spirit. Hayley Matthews was awarded the Player of the Match for her match-winning performance, staying unbeaten on 78* (46 balls) to take her side over the line in the run chase.