Clutch wickets from Perry and Levick see Phoenix hold on
Fire must wait to confirm their knock-out place while Phoenix kept their top-three hopes alive
10/08Result
25th Match, The Hundred Women's Competition at Cardiff, Aug 10 2024
Player of the Match
10/08Result
25th Match, The Hundred Women's Competition at Cardiff, Aug 10 2024
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Match Details
Toss
Welsh Fire (Women) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
10 August 2024 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Birmingham Phoenix (Women) 2, Welsh Fire (Women) 0
Balls per over
5
Scorecard Summary
BIRMINGHAM PHOENIX (WOMEN) 121/7 (20 OVERS)
- Sophie Devine24 (20)
- Sterre Kalis55 (44)
- Hayley Matthews3/32 (4)
- Freya Davies2/17 (4)
WELSH FIRE (WOMEN) 112/8 (20 OVERS)
- Jess Jonassen28 (22)
- Hayley Matthews35 (38)
- Ellyse Perry2/9 (4)
- Katie Levick2/21 (4)
Scorer: K Vairavan
END OF OVER:20 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | WF-W: 112/8 (10 runs required, RR: 5.60)
- Phoebe Franklin2 (4b)
- Georgia Davis1 (1b)
- Emily Arlott3.5-0-26-2
- Katie Levick3.5-0-21-2
5:41pm That's it from here. But shuffle over to the men's fixture at Cardiff between Welsh Fire and Birmingham Phoenix if you're still looking for your Hundy fix!
5:39pm Your Meerkat Match Hero is Sterre Kalis, who scored 55 in the first innings: "I'm really happy with the opportunity up top this year. That's something I really wanted and it's something I really appreciate. Hopefully two more games, a good win for us today and we'll stay in this comp.
"Credit to Perz early on, Em at the end, Lev and the spinners. It wasn't an easy total to defend, but credit to the bowlers for being able to restrict them!"
5:35pm Two games to go and Phoenix are still in this. As for Welsh Fire, they are top of the table but have missed out on confirming their top-three status ahead of time. They could still be in that position by the end of the weekend if results go their way
19.5
0
Arlott to Franklin, no run, There it is! Victory for the Birmingham Phoenix by nine runs! well closed out by Arlott but credit to Levick for removing Jonassen and Matthews in the penultimate set when it looked like they were going to win at a canter! Welsh Fire were 106 for 4, and could only manage six more runs for four more wickets!
19.4
1
Arlott to Davis, 1 run, Nails the wide ball, cut to Ghosh for a single out on the perimeter of the circle at backward point
19.4
1w
Arlott to Davis, 1 wide, Gah... another wide one on the off side. It's 11 required off 2...
19.3
W
Arlott to Davies, OUT, And another! Arlott killing this game dead, Davies swings at a really wide one - probably would have been wided if she'd missed, actually, and loops an edge to short third
FR Davies c Kalis b Arlott 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
19.2
W
Arlott to Langston, OUT, Langston gets hold of that one... but Perry takes the catch just above her head at long off! Decent strike from the batter but Perry put herself in the hot zone, and that's why. Kept her nerve, as she has throughout this chase
BA Langston c Perry b Arlott 1 (3m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
19.1
1
Arlott to Franklin, 1 run, Nails the wide one this time, low full toss, bunted to long off
Match Coverage
All Match NewsClutch wickets from Perry and Levick see Phoenix hold on
Fire must wait to confirm their knock-out place while Phoenix kept their top-three hopes alive
