82/1 (11.3)
CR : 7.13
80/10 (19.2)
CR : 4.14
Oval Invincibles Women won by 9 wickets 🏆
Player of the Match
Mady Villiers
4/12
Over 11
Oval Invincibles Women 74/1
Lauren Winfield36(25)
Alice Capsey6(10)
Megan Schutt0-18(10 b)
11.1
4
G Scrivens to L Winfield
FOUR!! Just 3 required for victory now!! Dropped short on middle and leg stump, Hill onto the backfoot quickly and swats it towards the cow corner boundary and gets four runs.
11.2
0
G Scrivens to L Winfield
Tossed up on a length around off, Hill cuts it down to cover.
11.3
4
G Scrivens to L Winfield
FOUR!! WINFIELD DOES IT IN SOME STYLE!! A reverse sweep to take the winning runs. Short again on the off stump, Winfield disdainfully reverses through the gap between point and backward point fielders, who didn't even bother giving a chase as the ball hits the ropes. The Champions have secured a spot in the top three then by winning the game by 9 wickets.
OIW won by 9 wickets
The Oval Invincibles have qualified in convincing fashion winning their fourth match of the season! After dismissing the London Spirit for a below par total of 80. The Invincibles openers did short work of the modest total chasing it in just 58 deliveries!
After winning the toss and electing to bowl first, the Invincibles commanded the proceedings since ball one picking up early wickets and conceding merely anything bowling tight lines and lengths.
Mady Villiers was the hero with the ball picking up the second best figures in Women's Hundred getting 4 wickets for just 12 runs. Eva Gray, Shabnim Ismail chipped in with a couple of wickets with Alice Capsey and Sophia Smale bowling tidy economic spells.
Spirit's overseas recruit Amelia Kerr and skipper Charlie Dean were the only batters to score in double figures and added 27 runs for the fourth wicket as wickets kept crumbling from both the ends.
Invincibles' opener Lauren Winfield-Hill (44 not out off 28) and Suzie Bates did short work of the target hitting a boundary on the first ball of the chase. Bates also took on her countrymate Amelia Kerr with a flurry of boundaries in the leg side and hit the only six of the match.
Grace Scrivens chipped in with the only wicket in the second innings when Bates tried to become inventive and got an outside edge attempting to play a reverse stroke. Alice Capsey batting at number 3 held the fort and knocked around for a few singles as Winfield-Hill kept going with the momentum and hit seven fours in her blitzering knock.
After winning the toss and electing to bowl first, the Invincibles commanded the proceedings since ball one picking up early wickets and conceding merely anything bowling tight lines and lengths.
Mady Villiers was the hero with the ball picking up the second best figures in Women's Hundred getting 4 wickets for just 12 runs. Eva Gray, Shabnim Ismail chipped in with a couple of wickets with Alice Capsey and Sophia Smale bowling tidy economic spells.
Spirit's overseas recruit Amelia Kerr and skipper Charlie Dean were the only batters to score in double figures and added 27 runs for the fourth wicket as wickets kept crumbling from both the ends.
Invincibles' opener Lauren Winfield-Hill (44 not out off 28) and Suzie Bates did short work of the target hitting a boundary on the first ball of the chase. Bates also took on her countrymate Amelia Kerr with a flurry of boundaries in the leg side and hit the only six of the match.
Grace Scrivens chipped in with the only wicket in the second innings when Bates tried to become inventive and got an outside edge attempting to play a reverse stroke. Alice Capsey batting at number 3 held the fort and knocked around for a few singles as Winfield-Hill kept going with the momentum and hit seven fours in her blitzering knock.
Mady Villiers is the hero of the match!
Mady Villiers: "It's nice to come out and was a good day all round. I think maybe in the last few games I haven't bowled my best so I stuck to my strengths and targeted the stumps. I was a bit inconsistent in the last few games but kept all the modes of dismissals open today. Changes in pace was key on a pitch like this. I have never bowled ten on the trot twice so I just made most of it. You can be a bit full on a pitch like this when you get some turn."
Dane van Niekerk (Oval Invincibles skipper): "For some reason we love winning at Lord's. It's always special to play at this ground. The way this team carries itself is just amazing. Mady's been bowling really well. She's been unlucky this whole tournament with a couple of outside edges and inside edges. The last couple of games she's coming in her own and we all know what she can do. She's a big match player and was up for bowling the first set. Beth has gone so well you want to get her out. We were quite lucky with Mady bowling off spin. We have Capsey as well and having options makes it easier for the captain. We all know what Beth Mooney can do and are lucky she got out. I love it when Ismail has energy, you can see it in her run up and the way she releases the ball. She used that slope today and I'm just glad. She's a world class player. We've played together for 13 years and I kinda understand what she needs. It's a partnership at the end of the day. She's been playing this game for many many years and as a bowler if you have freedom to what you want to do it makes you better. I need the bowlers to do what they want to do. I can't be accountable for my lines and lengths if you set my field. So I give them the freedom to do what they want to do. The openers have played lot of international cricket, they understand each other and have put us in good situations in the tournament. We need to try and defend scores to tick that box as well to have all our bases covered. It's just about planning and that's the nice thing about last couple of games, we have managed to execute plans. The fielding's been really good. The vibe's good and the energy's good and that's what you want to have entering a final and I hope we end first (in the table). Hopefully we can keep the same attacking momentum in the next game. Marizanne Kapp makes the team confident. She's the best women's cricketer in the world the way she's performing in internationals and in the leagues all over the world. Class is permanent and she might come back in the team next game."
That's it from match number 19 of the Women's Hundred competition. Ninaad Dixit here signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Shashank and scorer/analyst Zeeshan Naiyer. Stay tuned for more cricketing coverage from across the globe. Take care and stay safe.