- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.3 length ball on middle, Devine drag it to deep midwicket and Franklin runs round to snaffle the catch! First wicket for Fire as Devine departs for 24 off 20 53/117.5 keeps the stumps in play to great effect! Kalis is yorked trying to sweep by one which clatters into leg stump! So ends a calm innings of 55 off 44 balls 109/510.1 tossed up outside off and plinked down the ground into the hands of Shabnim Ismail at long-on! Perry departs cheaply. An important wicket for Fire 59/211.2 floated up on middle, strikes the pad as she looks to sweep, given out! Phoenix appeal. It hits the top of the knee roll, looks in line, and ball-tracking has out on umpire's call, clipping the top of leg stump! 67/315.3 flighted ball, dips and turns through the gap between bat and pad and Bryce whips off the bails for the stumping! Matthews finally gets Ghosh... and her third wicket! 87/419.4 goes high and straight down the ground straight into the hands of Hayley Matthews at long-on! Matthews was so composed, she made that look like the easiest of catches 119/719.2 pulls her length back, strikes the front inside thigh as she looks to work it to the leg side, given not-out... Fire reivew successfully! The ball is shown to be hitting the top of middle and leg! 118/6Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL121/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.05 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Sophie Devine, 9.3 ov), 2-59 (Ellyse Perry, 10.1 ov), 3-67 (Amy Jones, 11.2 ov), 4-87 (Richa Ghosh, 15.3 ov), 5-109 (Sterre Kalis, 17.5 ov), 6-118 (Seren Smale, 19.2 ov), 7-119 (Emily Arlott, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB FR Davies 4 0 17 2 4.25 9 1 0 1 0 BA Langston 2 0 11 0 5.50 5 2 0 0 0 S Ismail 4 0 16 0 4.00 8 1 0 0 0 JL Jonassen 4 0 27 1 6.75 5 3 0 0 0 GK Davis 2 0 17 1 8.50 3 3 0 0 0 HK Matthews 4 0 32 3 8.00 9 2 2 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.1 And the Australian gets on the board! Length back, and some surprising bounce which catches a charging Dunkley by surprise as she slashes a cross-bat edge through to the keeper 42/22.3 Edged and taken! Excellent from Pavely, sharper, tighter to the stumps, Beaumont plays while shifting back - too straight to cut - and edges to Jones, who makes a difficult chance look simple 12/118.4 Levick you star! Two huge wickets in the space of four balls, and again is the failure to get elevation that does the trick. Matthews thinks she's nailed over cover, but Ghosh just takes this just above head height. What a twist 107/67.2 Two in wo! Perry's on a hat-trick... into a length, Bryce goes to pull but ends up under-edging into her own stumps due to a lack of bounce 42/315.2 Gone! Huge wicket, pitching on, turning into the pad having evaded Jonassen's attempt at a reverse sweep. It's an optimistic review, but leg stump would have been clocked 88/418.1 Great start from the leggie! Flighted, tempting Elwiss to go down the ground and, actually, Elwiss gets this right out of the screws. Unfortunately, she cann't get enough elevation and ends up hitting it to Perry at a very catchable hight at mid off 106/519.2 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 110/719.3 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 110/8Extras8 (lb 1, w 7)TOTAL112/8 (20 Overs, RR: 5.6 per 6 ball)Did not bat: S IsmailFall of wickets: 1-12 (Tammy Beaumont, 2.3 ov), 2-42 (Sophia Dunkley, 7.1 ov), 3-42 (Sarah Bryce, 7.2 ov), 4-88 (Jess Jonassen, 15.2 ov), 5-106 (Georgia Elwiss, 18.1 ov), 6-107 (Hayley Matthews, 18.4 ov), 7-110 (Beth Langston, 19.2 ov), 8-110 (Freya Davies, 19.3 ov)
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
Match Notes
- Wet Ground: Birmingham Phoenix (Women) - 0/0
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 17 runs, 0 wicket)
- Birmingham Phoenix (Women): 50 runs in 47 balls, Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (SFM Devine 24, SL Kalis 27, Ex 2)
- Balls 57: Review by Birmingham Phoenix (Women) (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AY Harris, Batter - AE Jones (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Balls 58: Review by Birmingham Phoenix (Women) (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AY Harris, Batter - RM Ghosh (Upheld)
- Balls 66: Review by Birmingham Phoenix (Women) (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Hassan Adnan, Batter - RM Ghosh (Upheld)
- Balls 77: Review by Birmingham Phoenix (Women) (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AY Harris, Batter - RM Ghosh (Upheld)
- Birmingham Phoenix (Women): 100 runs in 86 balls, Extras 7
- SL Kalis: 50 off 41 balls (7 x 4)
- Balls 97: Review by Welsh Fire (Women) (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AY Harris, Batter - SA Smale (Upheld)
- Innings Break: Birmingham Phoenix (Women) - 121/7 in 100 balls (FC Wilson 1, C Pavely 2)
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 32 runs, 1 wicket)
- Welsh Fire (Women): 50 runs in 46 balls, Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Welsh Fire (Women) - 52/3 in 50 balls (HK Matthews 17, JL Jonassen 2)
- Balls 77: Review by Welsh Fire (Women) (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AY Harris, Batter - JL Jonassen (Struck down)
- Balls 79: Review by Birmingham Phoenix (Women) (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AY Harris, Batter - HK Matthews (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Welsh Fire (Women): 100 runs in 86 balls, Extras 6
Match Coverage
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