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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

GD Phillips
80(35) 5x4 - 7x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 36 runs
  • 2x4 - 4x6
0 6 7 3 10 4 23 27
JP Inglis
JP Inglis
72(45) 7x4 - 3x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 11 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
0 11 6 8 10 2 10 25

Best performances - Bowlers

RF Higgins
RF Higgins
O4
M0
R21
W3
Eco5.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
BTJ Wheal
BTJ Wheal
O3.3
M0
R30
W3
Eco8.33
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna

9.17 pm London Spirit with a ghoulish record ending the inaugural Hundred campaign with a solitary win, ending in last place on three points. Duck soup for the opening partnership in the chase winds up not mattering a bit for Welsh Fire thanks to Glenn Phillips' 80 off 35 balls. Blake Cullen and Brad Wheal's three wickets apiece are in vain.

No surprises for guessing the Match Hero. It's Glenn Phillips: "[Getting a hundred] was definitely on my mind, but in the end we're a team first mentality with the boys. Qais managed to finish it with a couple of balls to go in the end. It was on my mind but definitely wasn't at the forefront. It was great to have so many people here with the Covid restrictions getting a little more lenient. The more I think, the worse it gets for me. It's a very simple game plan that goes on and then if I stick to it and just watch the ball after that, it's all I do to go bat. I think the pitch was a little bit slow. They batted really well. Credit to Josh [Inglis] who batted stunningly in that first innings but obviously it starts to quicken up under lights a little more and we made the most of it. I think every team going forward is going to learn the tactics a little better and understand when to bowl the 10 straight for which type of bowler and when not to so it'll be interesting to see what the next couple years of the Hundred brings."

So tomorrow is the first day without a Hundred doubleheader since the opening two days of the tournament when the men and women played singular curtain raisers. But Friday comes the Eliminator playoff matches! Invincibles vs Phoenix on the women's side followed by Brave vs Rockets in the nightcap for the men's game for the right to go to their respective finals. Join us then for more live coverage. That's all for the league phase though. For Varun Shetty, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

19.3
4
Wheal to Qais Ahmad, FOUR, bouncer outside off, Qais Ahmad uppercuts this over third man. The Afghanistan international gives his countryman something to smile about in difficult times with the matchwinning runs to the boundary. Welsh Fire send the home fans home happy by avoiding the wooden spoon!
19.2
4
Wheal to Qais Ahmad, FOUR, length ball on sixth stump, Qais swats this off a thick edge behind point and beats short third man to the rope.
19.1
0
Wheal to Qais Ahmad, no run, length ball on fifth stump, Qais with a blind heave to the leg side and misses.

Brad Wheal to bowl the final set.

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs | WF-M: 157/7 (7 runs required from 5 balls, RR: 8.26, RRR: 7.00)

  • Josh Cobb28 (15b)
  • Qais Ahmad5 (3b)
  • Jade Dernbach2.5-0-23-0
  • Brad Wheal2.5-0-22-3
18.5
1
Dernbach to Cobb, 1 run, slower wide yorker, scuffs a toe edge to short third man for one.

London Spirit have now been penalized for not finishing their overs in time. They'll have to bowl the final six balls (if the game lasts that long) with an extra fielder inside the ring.

18.4
4
Dernbach to Cobb, FOUR, goes for wide yorker again at 81 mph, Cobb slices a drive off a thick edge that swirls over short third man in the ring and backspins away to the rope.
18.3
1
Dernbach to Qais Ahmad, 1 run, slower ball wide yorker that Qais adjusts to and slams a drive off Dernbach's boots with a ricochet to mid-off for one.

Fire 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1DL LloydT Banton
2nd1DL LloydBM Duckett
3rd18BM DuckettGD Phillips
4th93JL du PlooyGD Phillips
5th10JJ CobbJL du Plooy
6th15JJ CobbRF Higgins
7th8JJ CobbMJJ Critchley
8th19JJ CobbQais Ahmad