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NSW won by 47 runs

9:59 PM IST and 5:29 PM Local Time | Northern Superchargers Women have started their campaign with a massive victory over Welsh Fire Women. The 47-run victory to start the season is a huge boost to their confidence. Welsh Fire got completely outplayed in the game.

Northern Superchargers Women came to bat first and got off to a good start. But they lost two wicket in quick succession as Freya Davies trapped Davidson-Richards (14) and in the next set, Phoebe Litchfield found Tammy Beaumont at point off Shabnim Ismail. The other opener Davina Perrin batted for 24 balls and hit 3 boundaries but scored only 21. She played a lot of dot balls before Hayley Matthews got the better of her.

Annabel Sutherland decided to take the bowlers on and she scored 28 off 20 balls with 3 fours and a maximum. But the 5th wicket stand was the game changer for the Northern Superchargers. Hollie Armitage and Georgia Wareham added 52 runs and remained unbeaten. Armitage played a captain's knock of unbeaten 34 runs off 27 balls. Georgia Wareham scored 29* off 17 to take the score to 141/4.

Hayley Matthews was the star of the bowling picking up 2 wickets for 18 runs. Shabnim Ismail and Freya Davies took a wicket each.

Coming to chase the 142-run target, Welsh Fire lost their openers for cheap scores. Sophia Dunkley and Hayley Matthews departed with the team score of just 6 runs and that kept the Superchargers in a dominating position. However skipper Tammy Beaumont was not in a mood to give up. She added 42 runs for the 3rd wicket with Georgia Elwiss. But Elwiss ran herself out trying to snatch a quick single and that broke the momentum.

Tammy Beaumont hit 3 fours and 3 sixes on her way to score 36 but the wickets kept tumbling at the other end. Jess Jonassen, Sarah Bryce, Emily Windsor- nobody stood firm at the crease. The wickets thwarted the pressure on Beaumont and the Welsh Fire skipper found her opposite number Hollie Armitage at cover off Ballinger. Welsh Fire were soon reduced to 76 for 9 at the end of the 15th set. The final two batters put up a fight to reduce the deficit. They added 28 runs for the final wicket. Shabnim Ismail remained unbeaten on 9 off 15 balls and Katie Levick was the final wicket to go down for the Welsh Fire as they got bundled out for just 94.

For the Northern Superchargers Women, Linsey Smith, Georgia Wareham and Grace Ballinger took two wickets each. Kate Cross and Annabel Sutherland took a wicket each.

Hero of the Match: Georgia Wareham

Georgia Wareham (Hero of the Match): "It felt really good. We were clinical in all facets and that showed on the scoreboard.

I think just being really calm at that time and knowing that there were quite a few balls left. It was good with the skipper because she keeps it calm.

I think we wanted to keep the stumps in play. The change of pace worked well for Welsh Fire. Hit the stumps as much as possible.

I think just starting with the win is good. With the way the girls performed, it really didn't look like this was our first game of the tournament. We will take the confidence from this game moving forward."

That marks the end of our coverage of the 3rd game of Women's Hundred 2025 between Northern Superchargers Women and Welsh Fire Women. Northern Superchargers have got a victory by 47 runs. Now it is time for the male counterparts to take the field. Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, David Miller will be in the middle for the Superchargers while Steven Smith, Jonny Bairstow will take the field for the Welsh Fire. Do join us for that game which is to be started in 45 minutes time.

For now, this is Saptak Sanyal signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Akshay Bhide and the scorer/analyst Bishal Mandal. Good night.