That's it from all of us for this game. This is me, Akshay Bhide, signing off, on behalf of my co-commentator Deepak Prakash and scorer Paras Yadav. Tata. Bye Bye.
Deandra Dottin | Hero of the Match:"The main
thing was to get myself in. We thought we had enough. We assessed the wicket
and were confident of defending this total. Happy to pick up wickets at a crucial
time. It was very important for us to win this game moving forward."
Akshay: What an end
to this match. There were plenty of ebbs and flows throughout the game and the
Manchester Originals have held their nerves to win the game by 11 runs. Welsh
Fire were in for the most part of the chase but the Originals’ bowlers picked up
wickets at crucial junctures to bounce back and register their first win of
this year’s competition. It was
always going to be a difficult task to chase down the highest successful total
in this year’s Women’s Hundred. Tammy Beaumont and Hayley Matthews were up to
the task and gave Welsh Fire a solid start. They found odd boundaries and
scored 32 at the end of the powerplay. Matthews started cutting loose as they put up fifty between them. Matthews took
on the Originals’ bowlers in the middle phase and led the charge. She played
some beautiful shots and didn’t allow the required run rate to climb up. She
brought up her fifty and her skipper played the role of a second fiddle to
perfection at the other end. Matthews was cleaned up by Ecclestone on 69 and
the Originals bounced back in the game. Dottin picked up two wickets off successive deliveries and turned the game on its head. Beaumont tried hard from one end and
remained unbeaten on 45 but failed to take her side across the line as they
fell short by 11 runs. Welsh Fire
skipper Tammy Beaumont won the toss and asked the Originals to bat first. The
Originals didn’t have the best of starts to their innings as they lost Lizelle
Lee early in the innings. Deandra Dottin joined Emma Lamb and started the
recovery work. Both took some time in the middle before playing their strokes. Lamb was
struggling for timing but there was no stopping Dottin. Dottin raced to her
fifty and hit some fantastic shots in the middle. Lamb’s struggling innings came
to end when she departed on 35 of 41 balls. Sophie Ecclestone arrived at the
crease and played a fantastic cameo. It was an onslaught from both Dottin and
Ecclestone as they powered their side to 156 at the end of their innings. Both
Dottin and Ecclestone remained unbeaten on 67 of 37 balls and 36 of 18 balls to
help them post a massive total on the board. It proved to be too much for Welsh Fire in the end as they succumbed in the chase and lost the game by 11 runs.
100b K Cross to F Wilson
1 Cross bowls a fuller ball, and Wilson works it away for a run. Manchester won the match by 11 runs. What a clinical performance by the Originals.
99b K Cross to T Beaumont
1 Was a fuller ball on the off, Beaumont hits it to long-off for a single.
99b K Cross to F Wilson
1nb NO BALL!! That's a little bit of twist here. Was a length ball on the off, Wilson works it away for a run.
98b K Cross to T Beaumont
1 Was a length ball in the channel, Beaumont hits it to mid-wicket for a run.
97b K Cross to F Wilson
1 Fuller ball on the off, Wilson hits it to long-off for a run.
96b K Cross to F Wilson
0 Was a length ball on the off, and Wilson missed the scoop shot.
Akshay: 19 required from the last set. Fran Wilson on strike and Kate Cross to bowl it.
19th Five
Welsh Fire Women
138/3
Fran Wilson
9(6)
Tammy Beaumont
43(40)
Emma Lamb
0-25(20 b)
95b E Lamb to T Beaumont
1 Was a length ball on the off, Beaumont works it away for a run. A terrific set of 5 balls from Lamb.
94b E Lamb to T Beaumont
0 Length ball in the channel, Beaumont hits it back to the bowler.
93b E Lamb to F Wilson
1 Was a length ball on the off, Wilson works it away for a run.
92b E Lamb to T Beaumont
1 Was a fuller ball in the channel, Beaumont hits it to long-on for a run.
91b E Lamb to F Wilson
1 Was a length ball on the off, Wilson works it away for a run.
Akshay: 23 required from last 10 balls. Can Beaumont guide her side across the line?
18th Five
Welsh Fire Women
134/3
Tammy Beaumont
41(37)
Fran Wilson
7(4)
Grace Potts
0-22(15 b)
90b G Potts to T Beaumont
2 Length ball on the off, Beaumont works it to deep mid-wicket, and a great piece of fielding by Dottin in the deep and saves 2 runs for her team. Dottin with the bat, Dottin with the ball, and now Dottin in the fielding. A complete 3D performance.