The Hundred, women’s competition: Southern Brave v Welsh Fire |
Welsh Fire 165-3: Matthews 65 (38); Tryon 1-28 |
Southern Brave 161-4: Mandhana 70 (42); Griffith 2-26 |
Welsh Fire won by four runs |
Scorecard; Table |
Welsh Fire only narrowly beat Southern Brave despite scoring the second-highest total in the Women’s Hundred.
Tammy Beaumont and Hayley Matthews combined for an opening partnership of 80 as Fire reached 165-3.
Smriti Mandhana and Danni Wyatt replied with 96 runs from the top of the order to set a strong Brave platform.
An unbeaten Mandhana (70*) accelerated towards the close, but Matthews held the home side to five runs from the final set as Fire won by four runs.
More to follow.