Deepti Sharma's all-round heroics keep London Spirit top-three hopes alive
Manchester Originals out of contention after failing to defend 127 on slow pitch
10/08Result
24th Match, The Hundred Women's Competition at Manchester, Aug 10 2021
Player of the Match
10/08Result
24th Match, The Hundred Women's Competition at Manchester, Aug 10 2021
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Match Details
Toss
Manchester Originals (Women) , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
10 August 2021 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
London Spirit (Women) 2, Manchester Originals (Women) 0
Balls per over
5
Scorecard Summary
MANCHESTER ORIGINALS (WOMEN) 127/5 (20 OVERS)
- Emma Lamb39 (30)
- Sophie Ecclestone*32 (26)
- Heather Knight1/19 (4)
- Deepti Sharma2/10 (4)
LONDON SPIRIT (WOMEN) 131/5 (19.3 OVERS)
- Heather Knight35 (26)
- Deepti Sharma*34 (23)
- Kate Cross2/29 (4)
- Alex Hartley3/32 (4)
Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Peter Della Penna
5.30 pm The visitors looked like they were out of it at one stage during Hartley's spell but Deepti Sharma breathes life back into the contest in the latter stages to get the Spirit over the line. It means the Originals remain anchored to the bottom of the table. Meanwhile the Spirit stay in the playoff hunt on six points, now just one point out of second place where there's a three-way tie among three sides on seven points.
Today's Match Hero is Deepti Sharma: "I believe on me, on my team. We did chase really well this target. I finished this total and I was thinking yes I can do it for my team."
That does it for the coverage of the early match. Flip over to the men's match feed for coverage of the evening half of today's doubleheader. Take care!
19.3
4
Brown to Dean, FOUR, full and wide, slams a slog through mid-on and it races to the rope to clinch victory, a Spirited chase indeed!
Scores level.
19.2
1
Brown to Sharma, 1 run, full outside off, driven to the cover sweeper.
19.1
2
Brown to Sharma, 2 runs, full on off, flicked to long-on and they scamper another two taking on the throw for the second run.
END OF OVER:19 | 10 Runs | LS-W: 124/5 (4 runs required from 5 balls, RR: 6.52, RRR: 4.00)
- Deepti Sharma31 (21b)
- Charlie Dean8 (6b)
- Kate Cross3.5-0-29-2
- Alex Hartley3.5-0-32-3
18.5
2
Cross to Sharma, 2 runs, Deepti charges and heaves to long-on for what could be a catch. The fielder decides to hang on the rope rather than emulate du Preez and fields on a bounce instead of going for a possible catch, but botches the collection and turns it into two runs.
18.4
0
Cross to Sharma, no run, wide yorker, Sharma can't stab this out.
Around the wicket now for Cross.
18.3
4
Cross to Sharma, FOUR, short on the legs, pulls this toward deep backward square. Du Preez goes all out laying herself out trying to pull off a wicket in desperation but she can't reach this and it bounces past her for four. That may be the match now...
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All Match NewsDeepti Sharma's all-round heroics keep London Spirit top-three hopes alive
Manchester Originals out of contention after failing to defend 127 on slow pitch
