The Hundred: Southern Courageous ladies and men make it double delight towards Birmingham Phoenix | Cricket Information

Southern Courageous held their nerve to beat winless Birmingham Phoenix by three runs in an exciting girls’s Hundred conflict on the Ageas Bowl.

Danni Wyatt and Smriti Mandhana set Courageous on their strategy to a fifth victory from six fixtures with an 84-run opening stand, whereas Lauren Bell, Georgia Adams and Anya Shrubsole every took two wickets because the hosts defended 132 to maneuver again to the highest of the ladies’s desk.

Indian opener Mandhana grew to become the primary girl to go 600 runs within the match’s historical past with a classy 39, which took her above Welsh Fireplace’s Tammy Beaumont on the prime of this marketing campaign’s run-scoring charts.

She and England batter Wyatt cruised to 36 with out loss in a no thrills powerplay earlier than happening to publish their eighth 50-partnership collectively.

Wyatt struck six fours earlier than she was bowled for a 33-ball 43 by an impeccable leg cutter from Emily Arlott, and Mandhana fell 11 deliveries later to the seventieth ball when she was adjudged lbw to Arlott – though Replays recommended the choice ought to have been reviewed because it pitched exterior leg stump.

Katie Levick had Adams stumped and Maia Bouchier swept on to her personal stumps off Erin Burns’ off spin as Courageous posted a barely above par 132.

Sophie Devine was caught at midwicket off the third ball of Birmingham’s innings however Sterre Kalis and Eve Jones constructed a platform with a 40-run stand.

They each fell inside 9 balls of one another because the spin duo of Kalea Moore and Adams pulled Courageous again on prime – Kalis lbw to Adams and Jones caught at midwicket.

One other stand, this time of 43 between Burns and Amy Jones, edged the guests in the direction of favourites. However Jones was run out by Bouchier’s sturdy arm to go away Phoenix needing 36 off 24 balls. Burns hit Adams for the primary six of the day after which a 4 however was caught at lengthy on.

Defending 15 off the final 10 deliveries, Bell constructed strain with a pair of slower-ball dots earlier than Abigail Freeborn mishit to mid-off, and Shrubsole had Tess Flintoff caught and bowled and Hannah Baker stumped to go away six wanted off the final ball, from which Levick couldn’t present match-winning heroics.

Ahmed stars for Courageous after England call-up

Within the males’s recreation, Rehan Ahmed celebrated his England T20 call-up with a spellbinding 3-22 because the Courageous claimed a four-wicket victory over Birmingham Phoenix.

The 19-year-old, who’s the youngest male cricketer to play all three codecs for England, bamboozled Phoenix via the center units, whereas the lightening fast Tymal Mills starred on the loss of life with 3-20 to limit the guests to an under-par 119-8.

George Garton prime scored with 28 as Southern Courageous received forward of the speed early and reached their goal with six balls to spare. Courageous climbed to second within the desk to spice up their probabilities of reaching the play-offs whereas Phoenix stay backside with development trying unlikely.

Phoenix skipper Moeen Ali elected to bat first and Will Smeed began quick, placing three boundaries off Garton and Craig Overton’s opening spell. England opener Ben Duckett quickly joined the enjoyable, placing boundaries with a lower, flick and a ramp.

Smeed crashed two superb drives via the off aspect for 4, and had a life when he was put down by Tim David within the deep, however his luck ran out when he was overwhelmed by the additional tempo of Mills and prime edged a pull to Leus du Plooy to go away Phoenix 40-1 after the powerplay.

Courageous captain James Vince turned to spin and was vindicated as Ahmed trapped Jamie Smith lbw earlier than bowling Duckett round his legs with a disguised googly. Off-spinner Colin Ackermann picked up the prize scalp of Moeen too as each spinners dominated, bowling back-to-back 10-ball units.

Ahmed picked up his third wicket after Dan Mousley overbalanced to a leg-side supply and was well stumped by Devon Conway.

Liam Livingstone was dropped within the deep and threatened to make the Courageous pay when he dispatched Ahmed and Mills for sixes, nevertheless he edged behind off the latter. Benny Howell then fell to a Chris Jordan slower ball and Chris Woakes holed out to long-off as Mills picked up his third wicket.

Courageous’s Finn Allen set about making mild work of the goal, placing Woakes over extra-cover, launching fellow New Zealander Adam Milne for a six over long-on and hitting Woakes for consecutive boundaries over his head, however fell quickly after when he may solely glove an tried ramp off Kane Richardson to Smith.

Vince labored a Richardson in-swinger behind sq. for 4 off his first supply, earlier than assertively pulling Woakes to the boundary. Nonetheless, he was bowled after advancing down the pitch to a Moeen supply that spun between bat and pad.

Conway was run out after a mix-up, however a quickfire partnership of 34 between Garton and Du Plooy put Courageous firmly in management. Garton fell after looping a catch to level, David holed out to cow nook and Du Plooy was trapped lbw as Courageous stumbled over the road for a significant victory.

What’s subsequent?

The Hundred continues on Thursday when Trent Rockets welcome Manchester Originals to Trent Bridge reside on Sky Sports activities Primary Occasion, Sky Sports activities Cricket and Sky Sports activities Combine, with each matches being streamed on Sky Sports activities‘ digital platforms as effectively.

The ladies’s recreation is first up (2.30pm on air, 3pm begin), with each groups aiming to revitalise their marketing campaign after only one win apiece so removed from their first 5 matches.

The boys’s match (6pm on air, 6.30pm begin) then sees the Rockets and the Originals aiming to steal a march on one another in pursuit of a spot within the knock-out stage, with each stage on 5 factors after 5 video games.

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