18/08Result
Final, The Hundred Women's Competition at London, Aug 18 2024
Spirit won by 4 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Georgia Redmayne
Georgia RedmayneLondon Spirit (Women)
18/08Result
Final, The Hundred Women's Competition at London, Aug 18 2024
Spirit won by 4 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Georgia Redmayne
Georgia RedmayneLondon Spirit (Women)

5.26pm So that is a wrap from the Women's final. Thanks for joining us, but don't stray too far... the men's final is coming up straight after ... [checks notes] a musical interlude from Zara Larsson. She's not quite Sabrina Carpenter, but she's got some bellows to be fair.

Dani Gibson is speaking to the BBC: "Really important for me to get off to a good start and I've never played a pull shot well. Disappointed with how I bowled but that innings made me feel a lot better. I'm not assessing the pitch at all, see ball, hit ball, play on instincts. Hitting the stumps, Glenny, Deano, Deepti did that really well. This is pretty up there, a great group of girls. It's a really heavy trophy, Heather needs to go to the gym more. A bit of dancing to come, a bit of singing." Baggy Trousers, Madness, is her song of choice, incidentally. "A great group of girls, pleased everyone pulled their weight at diffferent times."

5.17pm Time for the trophy lift! Heather Knight takes the stage, lifts the trophy and leads London Spirit's celebrations!

5.04pm Seven years after lifting the Women's World Cup at Lord's, Heather Knight will claim the Women's Hundred Trophy for the Lord's-based London Spirit! Ismail is gutted by her failure to save the day, but her bowling was a lone stand-out for Fire... between Georgia Redmayne's anchoring 34, and vital impetus from Knight and Gibson, Spirit always had their noses ahead.

Deepti Sharma: "To hit the six to win the game, a great feeling, I was not nervous, I had confidence I could do it. I think positive!"

Charlie Dean: "Not good for the nails, but always thought we had it."

Georgia Redmayne: "A long time between boundaries, Ismail bowled great with key wickets. I don't think you ever feel in control in a final, but so proud in front of a record crowd at Lord's."

Heather Knight: "It was tense, I'm an awful watcher, feeling sick for last 20-30 balls, Deepti made a meal of it in the end, kept us on tenterhooks... I'm worried about the trophy lift, it's quite heavy! Dani Gibson, you little beauty, changed the game!"

Tammy Beaumont: "I'm so proud of the girls to fight like they did, at the time-out it was there to lose. Gutted, we'll have loved to win. We've got in some good people, Gareth (Breese) and I had a vision to make it more than just a franchise that you turn up to. We were ten light with the bat, but credit to Spirit, they kept taking wickets through the middle."

19.3
6
Matthews to Sharma, SIX, hoisted over long-on for six! Deepti wins the Women's Hundred for Spirit! Shabnim Ismail flung herself backwards on the rope, got her hands to it, but had no chance to close the deal! A fine final ends in emphatic style!
19.2
1
Matthews to Dean, 1 run, Rank full toss, and somehow Dean fails to put it away! Flat-batted to the midwicket sweeper, at least it was on the bounce!

A dot ball here and all bets are off. Dean loves a reverse-sweep...

19.1
1
Matthews to Sharma, 1 run, drags the sweep off the off-stump line, doesn't time it but picks off the single

It's getting rowdy again... We had the first Hundred Super Five last night... is there another loading? Deepti and Dean, reunited in the middle at Lord's... let's have a RONSBU to liven things up further!

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | LS-W: 110/6 (6 runs required from 5 balls, RR: 5.78, RRR: 6.00)

  • Deepti Sharma9 (14b)
  • Jess Jonassen3.5-0-16-0
  • Freya Davies3.5-0-21-1
18.5
W
Jonassen to Sharma, OUT, crazy run-out! Firm sweep, straight to midwicket, there's never a run there, Freeborn hurtles down the pitch and has no chance of getting back! A madcap innings from Freeborn, running free!

AJ Freeborn run out 3 (5m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

18.4
2
Jonassen to Sharma, 2 runs, big turn and bounce, beats everything! Bonus runs as the ball fizzes through to space at deep third
18.3
1
Jonassen to Freeborn, 1 run, launched down the ground, again the fielder declines a hero dive and settles for saving the boundary
18.2
1
Jonassen to Sharma, 1 run, whipped off the pads, out to deep backward square, they run an easy first run but Freeborn was a walking wicket as Davis's shy comes in. It's too wide for the keeper!
18.1
1
Jonassen to Freeborn, 1 run, round the wicket, paddle-sweep from outside off, Davies grabs at the ball at backward square and slips, but she's fine

11 off ten is the requirement. Tammy Beaumont convenes a brains trust. Jonassen has the first five of the final ten.

END OF OVER:
18 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | LS-W: 105/5 (11 runs required from 10 balls, RR: 5.83, RRR: 5.50)

  • Abigail Freeborn1 (1b)
  • Deepti Sharma6 (11b)
  • Freya Davies3.5-0-21-1
  • Hayley Matthews2.5-0-26-0

Raji: "Good come back by Heather's team after last year's performance. Hopefully, NSB or Pez will get it next year."

17.5
1
Davies to Freeborn, 1 run, nurdled off the pads, and how is there a single available! Midwicket was too deep, and that's a free run

Well, well. This is bubbling now

17.4
W
Davies to Redmayne, OUT, round the wicket, pinned on the pads, up goes the finger! This is a huge moment, looks adjacent to the naked eye, beating the inside-edge, striking the inner thigh, is it too high? Umpire's call on height! Flicking the top of the leg bail! Huge, huge moment!

GP Redmayne lbw b Davies 34 (68m 32b 3x4 0x6) SR: 106.25

17.3
1
Davies to Sharma, 1 run, full length, into the toes, lifted high out to deep midwicket, is it a catch, no... the fielder settles for saving the boundary. Could she have gone for the hero dive?
17.2
0
Davies to Sharma, no run, flogged through the line, out to deep cover
17.1
1
Davies to Redmayne, 1 run, dipping on the toes, flicked off the pads, out through backward square

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs | LS-W: 102/4 (14 runs required from 15 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 4.66)

  • Georgia Redmayne33 (30b)
  • Deepti Sharma5 (9b)
  • Hayley Matthews2.5-0-26-0
  • Jess Jonassen2.5-0-11-0

Hypocaust: "That attendance is more than the Women's Ashes match at Lord's got last year."

16.5
4
Matthews to Redmayne, FOUR, launched magnificently over the bowler's head! Super use of the feet, lifted up and over, just inside the rope. That releases the pressure. The Hundred is up, in the Hundred final
16.4
1
Matthews to Sharma, 1 run, backs away, Matthews follows her into the arc, thumped into the covers
16.3
0
Matthews to Sharma, no run, lines up the sweep, gets in a tangle but it loops off the back of the bat to backward point
16.2
0
Matthews to Sharma, no run, nudged to the leg-side, no pace to work with, another precious dot
16.1
0
Matthews to Sharma, no run, all the pace off from round the wicket, keeping the stumps in play, defended down into the crease, Bryce does well

A new record attendance for the Women's Hundred... 22,009 in attendance. Magnificent. Welsh Fire are in danger of losing an outfielder to the cut-off time, though at less than a run a ball that may be moot

END OF OVER:
16 | 4 Runs | LS-W: 97/4 (19 runs required from 20 balls, RR: 6.06, RRR: 4.75)

  • Deepti Sharma4 (5b)
  • Georgia Redmayne29 (29b)
  • Jess Jonassen2.5-0-11-0
  • Shabnim Ismail3.5-0-24-3
15.5
1
Jonassen to Sharma, 1 run, leg-sided again, swept hard out of the full length to backward square
15.4
0
Jonassen to Sharma, no run, squared up on a tight line, poked back to the bowler
15.3
1
Jonassen to Redmayne, 1 run, leans back and cuffs a cut out to cover
15.2
1
Jonassen to Sharma, 1 run, swept behind square, waiting for the ball to arrive to good effect
15.1
1
Jonassen to Redmayne, 1 run, drawn out of the crease, not remotely to the pitch of the ball but gets away with a woolly drag to the leg-side

Back comes Jonassen, can she turn the screw?

END OF OVER:
15 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | LS-W: 93/4 (23 runs required from 25 balls, RR: 6.20, RRR: 4.60)

  • Deepti Sharma2 (2b)
  • Georgia Redmayne27 (27b)
  • Shabnim Ismail3.5-0-24-3
  • Freya Davies2.5-0-18-0

Shreyas HM: "When you're too reliant on a single player to get your team's runs and wickets, that player's off day invariably comes during the knockouts. Not the first time this has happened in cricket."

14.5
1
Ismail to Sharma, 1 run, aims for the yorker, Deepti squirts the fourth-stump line down to deep third. Ismail has done all she can, but is it enough?

One ball... one more wicket?

14.4
1
Ismail to Redmayne, 1 run, attacking line and length, nipping down the slope from round the wicket, firm blocked drive out to cover

Spirit 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11MM LanningGP Redmayne
2nd14GP RedmayneCL Griffith
3rd31HC KnightGP Redmayne
4th32GP RedmayneDR Gibson
5th16GP RedmayneDB Sharma
6th6DB SharmaAJ Freeborn
7th8DB SharmaCE Dean