Bang! Finishes the game in style with another four down the ground. Length ball at off, gets behind and spanks it up and over mid-off for four, impeccably orchestrated knock, an unblemished innings, she is a treat to watch when on song!
Brave vs Originals, 11th Match at Southampton, Women's Hundred, Aug 01 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
That's it from the Women's Hundred second game. For Sudeep Poojar and Ranjith P, I'm Rvel Zahid. Goodnight!
Laura Wolvaardt, Match Hero: (feel) very good, nice to chase a big score, will be really good for our group. Wasn't the easiest game, didn't get the start that I ideally would have wanted. I knew we still had a lot of firepower in our line up so just wanted to take it easy. She (Jones) was amazing, she has been whacking them every single game so far, really strong down the ground, pretty proud of how she batted and she played to her strengths
A batting masterclass from Laura Wolvaardt kept Brave at bay. It was an emphatic batting display and the match never slipped away while she was out there. Brave remain winless, while Originals bag back-to-back wins. Earlier, Brave got off to a flying start when Danni Wyatt launched a brutal assault on the bowlers with a quickfire 61-run knock, but nobody else could match her strike rate and the innings slowed down towards the end, perhaps ending with 20 fewer runs than expected given their fiery start. Lauren Filer was spectacular as usual, conceding just 0.95 RPO, while Sophie Ecclestone prevented a big finish by bowling at crucial stages, picking up two wickets and leaking only 0.86 RPO - proved to be a game-changing spell. In reply, Wolvaardt got set and put a hefty price on her wicket, blasting away when needed, keeping the asking rate in check, and playing some delightful strokes during her innings. There was a hiccup towards the end when Originals lost a few wickets in clumps but Wolvaardt remained resolute at the other end. She received able support from Eve Jones, who raced to 39 off 27 balls, and Wolvaardt sealed the game with two beautiful boundaries down the ground in the last over and hit the first ball of last set past extra cover, preventing any drama and didn't stutter at all in her sublime knock
On a length and angled it straight at stumps, gets behind and pulverises it over the bowler's head for a four, superb shot, margin of error is minimal against Wolvaardt, scores are level
Charges in, round the wicket, fuller and offers width, that's a cardinal sin at this stage, a loosener and she says thank you very much, gets down low and creams it over extra cover for four, not the best of the starts and she knows she erred
Brave making it a habit to take games in the last over, Cheatle will ball the last five deliveries.
Round, floated fuller at an innocuous pace at middle and leg, hauls it away to deep square region and sets off for a couple
Round and once again that tough yorker length on middle, she springs down and clips it away to deep midwicket, pushing for the second
Over the wicket, yorker length at middle, thrashes it down to short mid-off, good work from Adams, sticking to her guns
Pressure telling...more flight and befuddled her in the flight, length on middle, came down and squirted it to short third who fumbles at a crucial stage
Round the wicket, pitched up on middle, came down and rifles it through the line between long-on and long-off, Adams got her hand to it and took the pace off, long-off charges in and keeps them down to one
Pace-off back of a length ball on middle, picks the length early and gets in a good position to swat it uppishly towards deep midwicket
On a length and takes the pace off, middle-stump line, tucks it into the leg side
Bowls too full and gives little bit of room, no one patrolling the fence on the off-side and she stays back, times it sweetly to the boundary at cover, all along the floor with so much power and fizz!
Over the wicket, heat-seeking yorker tailing in at middle and leg, that was a scorching thunderbolt, too hot to handle and she can't work it away, on the shin and dies down quickly in front of the stumps
Slowish fuller one dipping in from outside off, slapped to sweeper cover and hares for the second, marvelous runnning!
Floated up fuller right up to the toes, unable to flick it away, that's an expensive over. Can Lauren create panic and get them ahead in the contest?
Skips down the track and places it towards long-on
Hacked away over backward square for four, quicker on the pads and she uses brute force in her wrists to tonk it away
Picturesque! Comes down the track and thumps it over cover for four, proper cricket shot right out of the textbook, quality written all over it
Tossed up on the pads, brushed the pads and deflects behind square on leg
Fuller length and jags back at middle, smites powerfully down the floor but can't bisect the fielders at cover. Massive over coming up, Brave find themselves in a similar position as in the last game
Slightly shorter and angled in at middle, whippy pull towards midwicket