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It was a double-header Sunday (August 11) in the Women’s Hundred 2024. The 26th match saw the Oval Invincibles Women take on the London Spirit Women. In the 27th match, the Manchester Originals Women locked horns against the Northern Superchargers Women.
At the Kennington Oval in London, the Oval Invincibles Women beat the London Spirit Women comprehensively. The Originals Women came out on top against the Superchargers Women at the Emirates Old Trafford
The Welsh Fire Women are sitting at the top of the points table with nine points in seven games. They have a net run rate of +0.086. The Oval Invincibles Women have jumped to the second spot after taking their points tally to nine. They have a net run rate of -0.016.
The Northern Superchargers Women suffered their second loss of the Women’s Hundred 2024 and are sitting at the third spot with eight points. The same was the case with London Spirit Women and they are sitting in the fourth position with seven points in as many games.
The Trent Rockets Women have six points to their name and have a net run rate of +0.562. They are placed fifth in the points table. The Manchester Originals Women have moved to the sixth spot after their win on Sunday. They have six points under their belt and have a net run rate of -0.398.
The Birmingham Phoenix Women also have six points to their name and follow the Originals Women with a net run rate of -0.817. The Southern Brave Women are placed at the bottom of the points table with three points in seven matches.
Beth Mooney’s sensational knock helps Manchester Originals get back to winning ways in the Women’s Hundred 2024
After being asked to bat first in the 26th match of the Women’s Hundred 2024, the London Spirit Women got off to a horrible start. Their batters failed to get going and were reeling at 47/7 after 58 balls before Deepti Sharma and Eva Gray started rebuilding the innings.
Deepti and Gray (28) stitched a fantastic partnership of 56 which helped the Spirit Women get past the 100-run mark. Deepti remained unbeaten on 46 to take her side to 120/8. It was a collective effort from the Invincibles with the ball as each of their six bowlers entered the wickets column.
In reply, skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill led the Invincibles Women from the front. She opened the batting and played a brilliant knock. She was well-supported by Marizanne Kapp from the other end as both kept the Spirit Women at bay.
Winfield-Hill (61*) and Kapp (30*) put a match-winning partnership of 51 to take the Invincibles Women across the line in 91 balls. The Spirit Women only managed to pick up two scalps as they failed to defend the total.
In the 27th match, the Manchester Originals Women opted to bat first. Beth Mooney opened the batting and led the charge with the bat. The southpaw played some outstanding strokes and kept the Northern Superchargers Women at bay.
Mooney hit 14 boundaries and three maximums to score 99* off 54 balls to power the Originals Women to 151/3 at the end of their innings. The Superchargers Women failed to create inroads with the ball in hand.
It was a daunting task to chase 152 for the Superchargers Women. Phoebe Litchfield at three played well and scored 45 before getting cleaned up in the 65th set. Annabel Sutherland (26) and Georgia Wareham (25) tried hard but the Superchargers Women fell short by 17 runs.
Kathryn Bryce bowled brilliantly for the Manchester Originals Women. She picked up a fifer and conceded only 13 runs in her 20 balls, which included a hat-trick. Kim Garth grabbed two scalps as they restricted the Superchargers Women to 134/8.
With this win, the Manchester Originals Women denied the Northern Superchargers Women from going to the top of the points table in the Women’s Hundred 2024.
