Sunrisers Leeds placed on a ruthless show to knock Welsh Hearth out of competition for a spot within the Ladies’s Hundred Eliminator whereas boosting their very own possibilities. Welsh Hearth placed on a shoddy show with the bat, crawling to 121/8 earlier than Sunrisers breezed previous the full effortlessly with Phoebe Litchfield organising the chase with a quickfire fifty. The win has now setup a digital quarterfinal for Sunrisers towards Manchester Tremendous Giants
The choice to bowl first for Sunrisers labored out effectively. Sarah Bryce was dismissed early and Deepti Sharma put an finish to Georgia Voll’s scatchy knock. Hannah Baker did some injury within the center order earlier than Deepti added to her tally. Freya Kemp placed on a solo effor, smashing an unbeaten 72 off simply 45 deliveries, as the remainder of the batting order crumbled with out a lot resistence. In whole, seven batters have been dismissed for single-digit scores and if not for Kemp’s knock, Welsh Hearth would not have breached three figures in all chance.
In distinction, Sunrisers made a breezy begin to their chase regardless of dropping an early wicket. Litchfield bought going with 4,6,4 off Grace Potts and carried that momentum ahead. Regardless of Lauren Winfield-Hill’s dismissal, Sunrisers continued to stay on high with Litchfield making merry enroute to her fifty. By the point she was despatched packing, the competition was just about performed and dusted as Sunrisers bought over the end line with 26 balls to spare.
Temporary scLores: Welsh Hearth 121/8 in 100 balls (Freya Kemp 72*; Deepti Sharma 3-13, Hannah Baker 2-15) misplaced to Sunrisers Leeds 122/4 in 74 balls (Phoebe Litchfield 55; Sophia Smale 2-23) by 6 wickets
Kapp smashed six sixes, three of which got here in a row ©ECB
Marizanne Kapp placed on a six-fest in her unbeaten 57 as London Spirit inflicted one other loss on bottom-placed Birmingham Phoenix within the Ladies’s Hundred. Chasing 141, Phoenix may solely muster 108/8, with Charlie Dean ripping by way of with figures of 3-17, and Nadine de Klerk giving her assist with a few scalps.
Spirit have been hit by an early setback when Grace Harris departed 4 balls in. Amy Jones took the lead thereafter, hitting six fours earlier than Alana King made the ball flip, resulting in a smooth dismissal at cowl. Marizanne Kapp eased in, making 9 off the primary ten balls. Nonetheless, she modified gears in the direction of the top of the innings, hitting a hat-trick of leg-side sixes of Alice Capsey’s remaining set.
Kapp returned to strike early with the ball, making certain that Phoenix didn’t get off to a fast begin together with Hannah Rainey. Charlie Dean struck in her first set, sending again Ellyse Perry, which set off one other silent part. They continued to lose wickets often, and at last ended 32 runs quick.
Temporary scores: London Spirit 140/4 in 100 balls (Marizanne Kapp 57*; Alana King 2-18) beat Birmingham Phoenix 108/8 in 100 balls (Emma Lamb 36, Charlie Dean 3-17) by 32 runs.
