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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

HK Matthews
78(46) 11x4 - 2x6
Control %67%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 23 runs
  • 3x4 - 1x6
4 6 9 8 17 4 7 23
DR Gibson
DR Gibson
41(25) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %71%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 13 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 9 3 8 1 13 1 6

Best performances - Bowlers

FR Davies
FR Davies
O4
M0
R19
W2
Eco4.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
DR Gibson
DR Gibson
O3
M0
R28
W2
Eco9.33
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

END OF OVER:
19 | 16 Runs | WF-W: 151/4 | RR: 7.94

  • Hayley Matthews78 (46b)
  • Phoebe Franklin6 (5b)
  • Deepti Sharma3.5-0-34-0
  • Danielle Gibson2.5-0-28-2

2:20pm That will be all from us for this game. But there is LOTS of Hundred action lined up, and all of that can be followed on ESPNcricinfo. Do join us for those matches, and until next time, this is goodbye from Thilak and me. Take care, folks!

Hayley Matthews, Player of the Match: Chasing that score, we felt we needed one of our top three or four to bat deep. Gave myself a chance early on and then started seeing it pretty well. Half-way through, we felt we had to take it deep to give us a chance to win the game. Tried to target the shorter boundary. We had a lot of conversations. Me and JJ - her being a left-hander, we were trying to target the shorter boundary from both ends. Feels like a second home for me. Playing for Wales is a big thing, representing an entire nation and hopefully I can continue (this way).

2:12pm A stunning innings by Matthews - her highest score in the Hundred, and it has taken the Welsh Fire up to four points. It was, pretty much, a one-batter show, with none of the others going past 21. Matthews soaked up the early pressure and when it mattered, she brought out the big hits, accessing both the longer and shorter boundaries.

A slightly underwhelming bowling display by the London Spirit. Deepti, who bowled her first two sets so well, went the distance towards the end. Glenn was also not as incisive as she usually is, giving up 1.35 runs per ball. That made the decision to not bowl out Dean and Norris a little perplexing - the latter, especially, not bowling after her new-ball burst. And in a game of fine margins, that might have made the difference.

18.5
4
Sharma to Matthews, FOUR, and Matthews does it in style! The London Spirit are no longer unbeaten, and Welsh Fire have pulled off a cracking run-chase in the blistering London sunshine! Another shortish ball on the stumps. Matthews, like each ball in this set, hares down the track. Sets herself up nicely and then pounds it between deep mid wicket and deep square leg - a blow epitomising a bruising and powerful Hayley Matthews knock!

4 off 6 now. Welsh Fire one hit away from a win

18.4
4
Sharma to Matthews, FOUR, Matthews wants to finish this early! Dragged down on leg stump. Matthews marches down the track again and smears it between deep mid wicket and deep square leg!
18.3
1
Sharma to Franklin, 1 run, yorker outside off. Drops on Franklin late and she can only jam it off the inside edge into her pads. Rolls far enough away into the off side to allow Matthews to get back on strike, though
18.2
1
Sharma to Matthews, 1 run, slower on a fullish length on off. Matthews skips down the track and works it towards deep mid wicket. She wanted two initially but then decided against it, rightly
18.1
6
Sharma to Matthews, SIX, Matthews launches it over long on! Length just outside off. Matthews comes out of her bunker and despite not being to the pitch, manages to smite it over the sweeper!

16 off 10. The brace off the last ball of that previous set has ensured Matthews is on strike. Deepti to bowl the penultimate set

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | WF-W: 135/4 (16 runs required from 10 balls, RR: 7.50, RRR: 8.00)

  • Phoebe Franklin5 (4b)
  • Hayley Matthews63 (42b)
  • Danielle Gibson2.5-0-28-2
  • Sarah Glenn3.5-0-27-1
17.5
2
Gibson to Franklin, 2 runs, length on middle and off. Franklin backs away and slaps it towards deep cover point. Both batters scurry back for the second and make it, helped by the throw not being very accurate

Fire 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st17TT BeaumontSIR Dunkley
2nd16HK MatthewsSIR Dunkley
3rd47HK MatthewsSJ Bryce
4th43JL JonassenHK Matthews
5th28HK MatthewsPA Franklin