127/5 (20.0)
CR : 6.35
147/9 (20.0)
CR : 7.35
London Spirit Women won by 20 runs 🏆
Player of the Match
Meg Lanning
53(41)
Over 20
Birmingham Phoenix Women 127/5
Seren Anna Smale1(2)
Amy Jones10(4)
Danielle Gibson0-19(20 b)
LSW won by 20 runs
22:14 IST and 17:44 Local Time- London Spirit Women have been superb with the ball and they've pulled a victory by 20 runs here. The Birmingham Phoenix Women finish off with 127/5 and they just couldn't get the big overs towards the back end of the innings. Sophie Devine and Ellyse Perry put on a superb partnership but they couldn't get their side home in the end.
The the Phoenix didn't get off to a great start in the powerplay as they lost two of their opening batters. Kalis departed for a duck while Suzie Bates couldn't get going and was dismissed for 6. The London Spirit kept things tight and the opening phase of the run chase belonged to them.
Ellyse Perry and Sophie Devine, the two veterans got together and they started to up the ante. Perry was playing the big shots and finding the boundaries regularly while Devine played second fiddle. Once the latter got set, she took on Sarah Glenn and picked up a couple of sixes to bring the chase alive.
Perry brought up her 50 in style and the Phoenix kept themselves in the chase as they needed 40 runs from the final 20 balls. The London Spirit spinners however created the pressure with a couple of extremely tidy overs and it swung the game back in their favor. Sarah Glenn picked up three wickets in her final set and that was the final nail in the coffin for Birmingham who were really slow at the back end of the innings.
The the Phoenix didn't get off to a great start in the powerplay as they lost two of their opening batters. Kalis departed for a duck while Suzie Bates couldn't get going and was dismissed for 6. The London Spirit kept things tight and the opening phase of the run chase belonged to them.
Ellyse Perry and Sophie Devine, the two veterans got together and they started to up the ante. Perry was playing the big shots and finding the boundaries regularly while Devine played second fiddle. Once the latter got set, she took on Sarah Glenn and picked up a couple of sixes to bring the chase alive.
Perry brought up her 50 in style and the Phoenix kept themselves in the chase as they needed 40 runs from the final 20 balls. The London Spirit spinners however created the pressure with a couple of extremely tidy overs and it swung the game back in their favor. Sarah Glenn picked up three wickets in her final set and that was the final nail in the coffin for Birmingham who were really slow at the back end of the innings.
Time for the Post Match Presentations.
Match Hero : Meg Lanning
Meg Lanning (Hero of the Match): "Yeah thank you I think it was a good all round performance from our end and we batted really well to post up a good score. I think they took pace off in the back end of the Innings and that is why we struggled to post something around 160 which we wanted to.
I just told the bowlers to just keep it simple and change the pace of the ball in between. It was lovely to be back and play at Lord's so hopefully we continue our good form."
I just told the bowlers to just keep it simple and change the pace of the ball in between. It was lovely to be back and play at Lord's so hopefully we continue our good form."
Heather Knight(London Spirit Women)- "We had two world class players in the middle but our bowlers did really well to keep them quite. It was important for us in the middle overs to create the pressure. Tara has added the swing to her game and she can get wickets with the new ball. We have some good spin options in the middle overs. We can use them to take the game away from the opponents.
Meg Lanning is a class player and it's nice to be in the same team as her. Her flick of the wrists was a delight to watch. We tried to set the right fields to Perry to squeeze the runs as she hits a good long ball. We tried to squeeze out her areas. Sarah Glenn was outstanding too. "
Meg Lanning is a class player and it's nice to be in the same team as her. Her flick of the wrists was a delight to watch. We tried to set the right fields to Perry to squeeze the runs as she hits a good long ball. We tried to squeeze out her areas. Sarah Glenn was outstanding too. "
That brings the curtains on our live coverage of this Women's Hundred encounter between London Spirit and Birmingham Phoenix. For now it's the pair of Soumarya Dutta and Pritam Dey signing off on behalf of Paras Yadav. See you soon!