The Hundred Men's and Women's - Live Scores, Match Reports, Results, Scorecards 12th August
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The Hundred Men's and Women's - Live Scores, Match Reports, Results, Scorecards 12th August
Here are all The Hundred Men's and Women's - Live Scores, Match Reports, Results, Scorecards for 12th August.
Top Tournament Stats - The Hundred Men's 2023
London Spirit (Men) vs Trent Rockets (Men), 16th Match,
London Spirit (195-4) beat Trent Rockets (193-5) by two runs
Dan Lawrence hammered the highest score of the Men's Hundred so far and set up London Spirit’s first victory of the competition as they scraped past holders Trent Rockets by two runs in a tense finish at Lord’s.
The Spirit captain hit 93 from 49 balls, including an impressive 10 fours and three sixes as the home side amassed 195 for 4, their best ever total in the tournament, after being put in to bat.
Joe Root, who hit an unbeaten 72 from 35, almost pulled off an astonishing late fightback with some big hitting, while Daniel Sams struck a flurry of boundaries to leave the Rockets needing 13 off the last five balls.
But Spirit seamer Nathan Ellis kept his cool to dismiss Sams for 32 from 11 as the visitors fell just short on 193 for 5.
Having won the toss, the Rockets decided to field and although Sam Cook struck with his first ball by having Adam Rossington caught at long off, Zak Crawley gave Spirit a blistering start as they raced to 47 for 1 in the powerplay.
Crawley produced a number of powerful shots, including the first six of the game as he deposited Sams over deep square leg. Lawrence also cleared the rope with six off Ish Sodhi, but the leg-spinner then made the breakthrough as Crawley was taken at long off for 30 from 15.
Sodhi also picked up the wicket of Mathew Wade, with Sams diving to take a well-judged diving catch in the deep.
Lawrence, having just slammed the spinner for six, then advanced to his half-century from 33 by driving Sams to the point boundary, part of a set that cost the bowler 16 and the skipper continued to accelerate, with 17 coming off the next set from Root.
Eventually Lawrence was neatly caught on the fence by Sam Hain, who palmed the ball down and skipped back inside the boundary to complete the catch.
However Ravi Bopara maintained Spirit’s momentum with 25 not out from just 13, including two sixes off the final set from Cook.
Dan Worrall kept his side on top at the start of the Rockets’ reply with an inswinging yorker that castled Dawid Malan after a mere three balls. The Australian followed that up with the wicket of the dangerous Alex Hales, caught behind for 15 off 12.
But Root dented Worrall’s impressive figures of two for 23 as he and Tom Kohler-Cadmore launched the Rockets’ recovery with a partnership of 57 from 30.
Eventually Kohler-Cadmore was removed by Liam Dawson, caught at mid-off for 33 off 23, but Root kept up the attack, eventually reaching his 50 with a reverse sweep for four off Matt Critchley.
He added another 69 from 31 with Colin Munro before the left-hander was caught on the boundary only for Sams – who came in with 52 still needed from 18 – to raise the Rockets’ hopes but, when he was leg before to Ellis, Spirit held on.
Welsh Fire (Men) vs Southern Brave (Men), 17th Match
Southern Brave romped to a comfortable nine wicket win over Welsh Fire, the bowlers setting the tone with Tymal Mills getting only the second hat-trick in the Men’s Hundred.
That came off the final three balls of the Welsh Fire innings as they fell to 87 all out, the pattern started with returning England star Jonny Bairstow falling early for a four ball duck.
Craig Overton took two early wickets for the Brave, including Bairstow, while George Garton took three for eight runs off 15 balls through the middle of the innings to block any momentum for the home side, Mills finishing with four wickets in all.
Stephen Eskinazi’s 38 was the only bright spot in a target easily chased down by Southern Brave, Finn Allen out for 31 before Devon Conway, 35 not out, and Leus du Plooy, 17 not out, saw them through to victory with 41 balls spare.
Welsh Fire could not have got off to a much worse start, losing Ashes hero Jonny Bairstow cheaply in his first game for them this season.
He tried to hit Craig Overton over mid off, but was caught off the mis-timed shot without scoring, with Overton getting bounce and movement to also dismiss captain Tom Abell, caught behind by Devon Conway.
Joe Clarke also went for a duck, caught Conway off the bowling of George Garton, and when Tymal Mills dismissed Glenn Phillips with his first ball, giving Conway a third catch, Welsh Fire were in deep trouble at 34-4 after 41 balls.
David Willey’s cameo of 16 was also ended by Overton, this time with a sliding catch in the deep off the bowling of Garton.
While everyone else was losing their, the player keeping his at the other end was opener Stephen Eskinazi who plotted his way to 38 off 24 balls.
However when he was also out skying the ball off Garton, Welsh Fire were running out of options.
In the first game between these two sides the Brave had been in even deeper trouble before Chris Jordan played a match-winning innings, nbut Fire had no equivalent as the lower order slipped away.
It fell to Mills to take a hat-trick with the last three balls of the innings as Welsh fire fell short of three figures, needing their bowlers to produce something remarkable to save the game.
The player with the best chance of doing that was Pakistan opening bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi and he delivered an effective opening five balls that did everything other than pick up a wicket for Fire.
David Willey’s first two balls then went for 10 as Brave opener Finn Allen started to find his range before falling, caught on the long on boundary by Willey off the bowling of David Payne for 31.
Welsh Fire tried seven bowlers, but there was little pressure on Devon Conway and Leus du Plooy as they knocked off the winning runs with great ease.
Top Tournament Stats - The Hundred Women's 2023
London Spirit (Women) vs Trent Rockets (Women), 16th Match
Trent Rockets (127-5) beat London Spirit (124-4) by five wickets
Trent Rockets skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt smashed an unbeaten 81 from 41 balls to lead her side to their first victory of the Women’s Hundred as they overcame London Spirit by five wickets at Lord’s.
Sciver-Brunt’s brutal hitting was too much for the home bowlers as she racked up nine fours and four sixes, including two successive maximums off Danielle Gibson, to clinch the win with 14 balls to spare.
The visitors’ spinners had bowled well to restrict Spirit – who remain without a win in the tournament – to 124 for four, with Kirstie Gordon taking two for 19.
But Rockets were in some difficulty themselves at 29 for three before the captain took control of the game, sharing a partnership of 51 from 34 with Fran Wilson to get her side back on track.
Having won the toss, Rockets put the hosts in and opened with left-arm seam pair Alexa Stonehouse and Naomi Dattani, who concentrated on bowling a line that protected the short boundary on the grandstand side.
However, it was spin that broke the opening stand of 27, with Gordon’s second delivery tempting Grace Harris to cut straight into the hands of the point fielder.
Gibson continued to thrive, crunching a series of boundaries that included a sweet straight drive off Alana King to reach 36 from 27 before she was also undone by Gordon, miscuing one to the off side.
Spirit struggled to get the slow bowlers away, with Heather Knight skying King to deep square leg as both the Australian all-rounder and Bryony Smith went for less than a run a ball.
Richa Ghosh batted shrewdly for her 20 from 18 and, following a quiet start, Amelia Kerr picked up some momentum during the penultimate set of five as she scooped Stonehouse for three boundaries to finish unbeaten on 36 from 30.
Rockets suffered an early blow in reply as the big-hitting Lizelle Lee – having dispatched Gibson to the leg-side fence – tried to repeat the shot three balls later and speared it to mid-on instead.
Sciver-Brunt was soon up and running, though, punching Charlie Dean off the back foot for four as the visitors progressed to 21 for one before a sudden downpour held up play.
The game resumed after a 25-minute delay and Spirit’s spinners seized their opportunity, with Dean pinning Smith in front before Glenn produced another ball that skidded on to remove Harmanpreet Kaur in the same fashion.
That left Rockets in trouble, but the captain counter-attacked as she drove Glenn twice to the fence and took 13 off five balls from Kerr before hitting Lauren Filer for back-to-back boundaries to bring up her half-century from 32.
Despite losing two quick wickets, Jo Gardner kept Sciver-Brunt company with an unbeaten 17 from 11 and the pair plundered 23 from Grace Scrivens’ set of five – including three sixes – to propel their side across the line.
London Spirit’s TARA NORRIS said:
“It’s really frustrating. Our first two games were washed out and our last game was rain-impacted so today was really our first run-out.
“I thought Sarah Glenn bowled brilliantly again and Charlie Dean did as well, we just need to get a few more runs on the board and improve our death bowling.
“We need to be more ruthless with the ball and a few slips in the field today didn’t help either.
“When a player like that (Sciver-Brunt) gets in it’s pretty hard to bowl at her. We were a few runs short and couldn’t quite get over the line but we’ve still got a few games left.”
Trent Rockets captain NAT SCIVER-BRUNT, who hit 81 not out from 41 balls, said:
“We were pretty happy with how we performed and obviously I was really happy with how I performed with the bat.
“I tried to manipulate the field and get them to move their fielders where it was easier for me to get singles on the other side.
“We had a bowler (Grace Potts) who had to go off the pitch, so that really narrowed down who could bowl. Bryony (Smith) has been pretty consistent for us and she bowled really well again.
“We really restricted them and kept them hitting to the longer side of the boundary. I think they found it pretty tough, we made it hard for them to rotate properly.”
Welsh Fire (Women) vs Southern Brave (Women), 17th Match
Southern Brave went top of the Women’s Hundred table by winning a last ball thriller against Welsh Fire in in front of a record crowd of six and a half thousand for a women’s game in Cardiff.
Captain Anya Shrubsole kept her nerve to get a leg bye off the final ball from Shabnim Ismail as Brave chased down the Welsh Fire total of 144-5, Brave finishing on 145-8.
Welsh Fire’s Queens of Entertainment have been on the right side of some thrilling finishes, including an earlier four run victory over the Brave, but this was a first defeat in this year’s competition.
Sophia Dunkley hit a half century for Fire, with Sarah Bryce an unbeaten 44, while Maia Bouchier, 42, and Smriti Mandhana, 41, laid the foundation for Brave to eventually creep over the line.
Welsh Fire had to manage without one of their stars, West Indian Hayley Matthews missing with a shoulder injury, which meant Dunkley joining captain Tammy Beaumont to open the batting.
Beaumont departed after a breezy start, caught on the boundary off Georgia Adams, but Dunkley was in sparkling form against her former teammates.
England all rounder Dunkley is one of the reasons Welsh Fire have flipped the table this season, going from bottom place to top after the early games.
She reached her fifty off just 32 balls, getting good support in a second wicket partnership from Scotland’s Sarah Bryce.
Dunkley went first ball after reaching that half century, bowled when trying to cut a Chloe Tryon arm ball.
New batter Laura Harris upped the scoring rate, though, getting 19 off her seven balls, including a towering straight six off Lauren Bell, before being bowled by Anya Shrubsole going for another big hit.
Bryce anchored the innings with an unbeaten 44 off 36, while Georgia Adams extended her lead as the competition’s top wicket taker with another couple of victims, taking 2-22 off her 20 balls. Shrubsole with 1-21 and Kalea Moore, 0-24, were the other most economical bowlers.
144-5 was certainly a competitive total, but Brave would have felt they had the firepower to chase.
Shabnim Ismail opened the bowling following on from her hat-trick heroics in the victory over the Pheonix, and she continued in wicket-taking form by dismissing dangerous Danni Wyatt with her fifth ball.
Swansea born Claire Nicholas was equally tight as Fire conceded just three runs from the first 10 balls. At one stage there were two Swansea bowlers working in tandem in Cardiff when Alex Griffiths joined the attack.
The Women’s Hundred top run scorer Smriti Mandhana was soon into her stride for the Brave, with good support from Maia Bouchier.
They progressed to 77 at the halfway stage, Dunkley missing a run out chance to dismiss Mandhana when she could not reach the stumps at the bowlers end.
It did not prove too expensive as the Indian lofted the ball to Ismail on the deep extra boundary off the bowling of Freya Davies, to depart for 41 off 30 balls.
Bouchier took on the role as the main aggressor, though she was dropped on 35 - a tough chance for Elwiss off Dunkley running back towards long off.
Davies took a marginally easier chance shortly afterwards, also running back from mid off, this time off Elwiss’s bowling as Bouchier went for 42 off 26. Elwiss made it two wickets from two balls as Freya Kemp went LBW first ball and the pendulum swung firmly towards Welsh Fire.
Tryon survived the hat trick ball, before Adams kept her side in the game with 40, leaving the bottom order to get over the line by hook or by crook.
Southern Brave’s Georgia Adams was delighted to see her side creep over the line against Welsh Fire. “That was a nailbiter, not good for my heart rate, but the adrenaline will kick in soon.
“Great to get over the line, it is a tournament of small margins so I think wins like that go a long way in this kind of tournament.
“The way we have been playing and the depth we have in the team we are always confident and back ourselves to take games deep. In tournaments like this you have the luxury of some of the best players in the world coming in and they are often all rounders.
“It looked like a good wicket, but we realised pace on the ball was batter friendly so a total of 130/140 would be gettable, but to claw it back the way we did, keep it simple and go at those stumps and we did it well.”
Welsh Fire star Sophia Dunkley was left rueing one that got away. “The Hundred is a funny game because momentum switches so quickly, we were in the game the whole game through and just down to fine margins in the end – you win some and you lose some.
“We have got away with some close games and I am sure that going forward we can get on the right side again of some of those close ones.
“It was great to contribute to the team in my first game at home for the Welsh Fire at Sophia Gardens and we got so close. Momentum on our side and we can go again on Monday.”
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