124/7 (19.3)
CR : 6.36
122/6 (20.0)
CR : 6.10
London Spirit Women won by 3 wickets 🏆
Player of the Match
Grace Harris
0/1150(32)
Down to 3 off 3 now. Nail-biting stuff!
19.3
4
D Dottin to S Glenn
FOUR!!! Sarah Glenn wins it for London Spirit Women. Dottin misses her mark as she bowls a half-volley outside off, Glenn is deep in the crease and she nails the square drive. Beats the diving cover point fielder to her left and finds the fence to win it for her side. London Spirit Women beat Manchester Originals Women by three wickets with two balls to spare.
Over 20
London Spirit Women 124/7
Sarah Glenn10(4)
Grace Harris50(32)
Deandra Dottin1-32(18 b)
LSW won by 3 wickets
10:02 PM IST, 7:32 PM local time: London Spirit win by 3 wickets and continue to remain unbeaten in the competition.
Once again, the sluggish pitch at the Old Trafford produced a game that went down to the wire. It has become a bit of a norm this summer, isn't it? The home team were found themselves behind the 8-ball early. Put into bat, they lost a couple of early wickets and made run-scoring in the powerplay seem like a chore. It wasn't until the final over of the powerplay — when skipper Mooney finally got going and scored three successive boundaries — that they had some momentum going their way.
However, Mooney's ascent was soon cut short by her counterpart and once again, run-making started to look difficult. Though, an agricultural 36 from Dottin, a pugnacious 20 from Morris and a sketchy 18 from Monaghan took the Originals to a respectable score of 122/6. For the Spirit, skipper Charlie Dean was the pick of the bowlers with her 2/18.
The target seemed under par on paper. But Spirit huffed and puffed their way to it. A lot of it was down to some good bowling. Young left arm quick Mahika Gaur was impressive in the powerplay and Amelia Kerr seemed to have the ball on a string. Wrist spinner Danielle Gregory to bowled an impressive set of 5 balls — in which she also dismissed Chathli, who scored 34 — but surprisingly wasn't given another chance to bowl.
However, Grace Harris once again took upon the responsibility to take the team home. Her half-century was filled with some robust strokes and kept the visitors in the game throughout. The penultimate set of the run chase, where Bryce dismissed two batters of two consecutive two balls made things interesting. But in the end, Sarah Glenn exhibited nerves of steel as she smashed 10 runs off the 4 balls she faced to take the team over the finish line.
Once again, the sluggish pitch at the Old Trafford produced a game that went down to the wire. It has become a bit of a norm this summer, isn't it? The home team were found themselves behind the 8-ball early. Put into bat, they lost a couple of early wickets and made run-scoring in the powerplay seem like a chore. It wasn't until the final over of the powerplay — when skipper Mooney finally got going and scored three successive boundaries — that they had some momentum going their way.
However, Mooney's ascent was soon cut short by her counterpart and once again, run-making started to look difficult. Though, an agricultural 36 from Dottin, a pugnacious 20 from Morris and a sketchy 18 from Monaghan took the Originals to a respectable score of 122/6. For the Spirit, skipper Charlie Dean was the pick of the bowlers with her 2/18.
The target seemed under par on paper. But Spirit huffed and puffed their way to it. A lot of it was down to some good bowling. Young left arm quick Mahika Gaur was impressive in the powerplay and Amelia Kerr seemed to have the ball on a string. Wrist spinner Danielle Gregory to bowled an impressive set of 5 balls — in which she also dismissed Chathli, who scored 34 — but surprisingly wasn't given another chance to bowl.
However, Grace Harris once again took upon the responsibility to take the team home. Her half-century was filled with some robust strokes and kept the visitors in the game throughout. The penultimate set of the run chase, where Bryce dismissed two batters of two consecutive two balls made things interesting. But in the end, Sarah Glenn exhibited nerves of steel as she smashed 10 runs off the 4 balls she faced to take the team over the finish line.
Hero of the Match: Grace Harris
Grace Harris (Hero of the Match): I thought it was a tricky wicket to start on. Once you got in, you can catch on. Dottin did that really well in the first innings. I decided to do the same and it was pretty good.
The scoreboard dictates that little bit. I thought when we needed 26 runs, I thought we were pretty good now. We had wickets in hand and tried to go hard. Just stay in touch.
I just thought get some bat on it. Just milk the ones but credit to them for nailing the yorkers. If there were more runs on the board, it would have been more trickier. Credit to our bowlers for bowling the way they did.
If you keep enjoying cricket, I think we are gelling well off the field. We are enjoying playing and just stay as it is.
I'm delighted with how I'm going at the moment. I just hope that it continues and keep summing up conditions and have an impact in the game. I'm more involved. Sometimes, I switch off when on the field. I'm working on that mentally. It's good to be involved in the game."
The scoreboard dictates that little bit. I thought when we needed 26 runs, I thought we were pretty good now. We had wickets in hand and tried to go hard. Just stay in touch.
I just thought get some bat on it. Just milk the ones but credit to them for nailing the yorkers. If there were more runs on the board, it would have been more trickier. Credit to our bowlers for bowling the way they did.
If you keep enjoying cricket, I think we are gelling well off the field. We are enjoying playing and just stay as it is.
I'm delighted with how I'm going at the moment. I just hope that it continues and keep summing up conditions and have an impact in the game. I'm more involved. Sometimes, I switch off when on the field. I'm working on that mentally. It's good to be involved in the game."
The women gave us a thriller. Will the men serve us with something similar? Up next, Phil Salt and his team of heavyweights will take on Kane Williamson and co. Switch tabs to tune into that game.
From this window, it is the troika of Darpan Tikiya, Akshay Bhide and Paras Yadav signing off. Sayonara!
From this window, it is the troika of Darpan Tikiya, Akshay Bhide and Paras Yadav signing off. Sayonara!