London Spirit's Amelia Kerr
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The Hundred Men's and Women's - Live Scores, Match Reports, Results, Scorecards 15th August
Here are all The Hundred Men's and Women's - Live Scores, Match Reports, Results, Scorecards for 15th August.
Top Tournament Stats - The Hundred Men's 2023
Oval Invincibles (Men) vs London Spirit (Men), 21st Match
By David Diangienda, Hundred Rising Reporter
Oval Invincibles completed the double over the London Spirit in a dramatic last-ball thriller to win by two runs and move clear in The Men’s Hundred table.
Matt Critchley threatened to steal the win for the Spirit with an unbeaten 32 off 13 balls before a Sam Curran no-ball from what should have been the final delivery of the game gave Spirit a second chance with three needed.
But tailender Chris Wood could not make contact as the hosts defended 189 which owed to some big hitting from 'Match Hero' Will Jacks who clubbed 68 off 42 before claiming two for 15.
Heinrich Klaasen also thrashed 46 not out with Curran adding a blistering 35 despite Daryl Mitchell claiming two for 16 from 10 balls.
Adam Rossington was instrumental in leading the Spirit chase with four huge sixes as he opened with 61 from 32 balls.
The opening stages of the match were difficult for the Invincibles as they failed to score from five balls, before Jason Roy and Jacks found their fluency in a partnership of 79.
The visitors ended the stand when Mitchell had Roy caught behind with his first ball and then Jacks was caught in the deep by Zak Crawley.
Klaasen picked up from where Jacks left off as he scored four sixes as he powered his team over 170, Curran caught the mood of the match before being caught out at the boundary by Mitchell.
With the visitors chasing 189 for the win, the partnership of Crawley and Rossington was influential as they scored 58 for none at the end of the powerplay.
Rossington reached his half-century off 22 and while Crawley struggled for his timing the Spirit kept rolling as the partnership flourished to reduce the deficit to needing 99 off 55.
Invincibles got their breakthrough as Curran bowled Crawley off the thigh pad before Jacks claimed two quick wickets, including the key scalp of Rossington.
The Spirit’s chase started to falter with Matthew Wade out for 19 off 15 balls before losing three wickets in the next seven balls.
But Critchley then found his groove, smashing Curran for back-to-back sixes, before Wood slogged Zak Chappell for four to leave Spirit needing 17 off Curran’s final set of five.
Critchley clubbed the third ball into the crowd and thought he had done the same next ball only for Ross Whiteley to somehow palm the ball back into play. Curran’s no-ball then gave Spirit once last chance but it was too much for Wood as the hosts held on.
Will Jacks, who was named Match Hero, said: “To win by two wins is a great game.
“He (Whiteley) won us the game pretty much. There was a lot of drama with the no ball. It goes to show that any score at the Oval and you’re never safe.
Spirit opener Adam Rossington said: “Another tight finish, brilliant for the spectator but not for us.”
“We were probably a couple of balls out there at the back end. Especially that fielding at the deep in the end was what won the game at the end. It’s a tough one - little bits of pieces add up but it
Top Tournament Stats - The Hundred Women's 2023
Oval Invincibles (Women) vs London Spirit (Women), 21st Match
Oval Invincibles: 97 all out
London Spirit 118-9
Result - London Spirit won by 21 runs
London Spirit’s bowlers produced a magical display as they climbed off the floor more than once to secure a first ever win over their London rivals in the women’s Hundred.
Amelia Kerr led the chase for wickets with 3-16, while Tara Norris and England spinner Charlie Dean returned 2-19 and 2-20 respectively as Spirit comfortably defended a total of 118-9, bowling out Oval Invincibles for 97 to win by 21 runs.
It represented a marvellous fightback by the north London franchise who had been 31-4, 53-6 and 87-9 at points of their own batting innings before a last wicket stand of 31 between Lauren Filer and Norris gave them something to bowl at. Marizanne Kapp was the pick of the home attack with 2-13, Mady Villiers and Ryana Macdonald-Gay also claiming two scalps apiece.
Invincibles never got going in what was an insipid chase with only Kapp (30) showing any real intent.
Home skipper Suzie Bates invited Spirit to bat first and Kapp immediately justified the choice by bowling Niamh Holland second ball with one which pitched middle and hit off.
Kapp bowled 10 off the reel and wasn’t finished there, returning from the opposite end to see off England skipper Heather Knight caught and bowled for just 5.
Spirit’s next wound was self-inflicted, poor calling and Keystone Cops style running ending up with both batters mid-pitch, Grace Harris becoming the sacrificial lamb from Macdonald Gay’s throw. Inspired by her fielding, Macdonald -Gay, who took four wickets on her last appearance at the Kia Oval, then castled Kerr, leaving Spirit 31-4.
Danielle Gibson produced a few defiant blows only to be caught and bowled by Sophia Smale and when Richa Ghosh found the safe hands of Macdonald -Gay at extra cover five balls later the visitors were 53-6.
Sarah Glenn and Charlie Dean mustered some resistance but departed in quick succession and only a late thrash by England speedster Filer (21 not out) including the innings’ only six lifted Spirit over three figures.
Invincibles made a nervy start in, Lauren Winfield-Hill holing out at deep mid-wicket and despite a towering six from new batter Alice Capsey, just 23 came from the powerplay.
Capsey didn’t last much longer, top-edging one to mid-off from the bowling of Kerr and with fellow spinners Glenn and Dean proving equally frugal it was 27 balls between boundaries struck by Kapp.
Bates’s torturous innings though ended with a mishit to short third and 53 were needed from the final 30. Knight failed to cling on to a Kapp mishit, but Paige Scholfield holed out in the deep to give Norris her second wicket as the pressure mounted.
Kapp’s luck ran out when she skied a simple catch to depart for 30 and by the time Cordelia Griffiths was run out by Holland’s throw the game was up for the hosts.
Oval Invincibles spinner Sophia Smale said: “I think we were a bit slow to get off with the bat so through the middle we were 30 behind and it always felt a bit far away.
“From my point of view, it didn’t seem big target and I thought we could easily get that. I’m not sure if we were a bit worried about going hard and losing wickets or whether the thought was to just tick over. In hindsight we bowled really well and got them nine down. We’d usually take 118 every day of the week but when they are 87-9, they shouldn’t have got to that.
“We were slow with our overs so had only three out on the boundary at the end and those small margins are important.”
London Spirit pace bowler Lauren Filer said: “The pitch was good, and spin was really effective on it. We found it very hard to get their spinners away and spin came to the fore when we bowled as well.
“It was good to get up to get up to that total. It was the sort of score we were aiming for, especially after we lost a few quick wickets. From previous times when people have played here 120 is not a bad score, so we felt quite confident.
“Tara (Norris) has to have credit for her part in the last wicket partnership and we ran together pretty well. The first eight or nine balls I couldn’t find the middle but found it in the last set of five. I feel like I’m a go big or go home sort of batter, but I’ve tried to work technically on it as well.”
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