The Hundred women's competition, Utilita Bowl
Southern Brave 126-7 (100 balls): Wolvaardt 45* (36); Graham 4-19
Welsh Fire 118-8 (100 balls): Voll 52 (39); Molineux 3-14
Southern Brave won by 8 runs
Southern Brave produced a singular fightback to statesman their Hundred run with a hard-fought eight-run triumph against Welsh Fire successful Southampton.
Fire were connected people for a comfy triumph aft reaching 109-3 successful their pursuit of 127, with opener Georgia Voll successful bully nick and unbeaten connected a half-century.
But 18-year-old left-arm spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman sent backmost the Australian batter for 52 to spark a melodramatic illness arsenic the visitors mislaid 5 wickets successful the abstraction of conscionable six runs and 14 balls.
Lauren Bell past picked up the wickets of Georgia Wareham and Em Arlott successful the pursuing acceptable portion skipper Sophie Molineux finished with 3-14, including the wicket of her other fig Sophie Devine, to usher them to victory.
A Brave triumph had seemed improbable for overmuch of the evening aft a sloppy fielding show successful which they dropped a drawstring of catches, including that of Voll successful Bell's opening set.
Earlier, Brave, who reached 4 of the 5 finals and won the contention successful 2023, had struggled to physique connected the level laid by opener Lizelle Lee, who struck 30 from 26 deliveries, aft being sent successful to bat first.
South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt anchored their innings with an unbeaten 45, but Heather Graham's 4-19 with the shot ensured the location side's innings ne'er truly took disconnected arsenic they finished connected 126-7.
Fire volition anticipation to bounce backmost quickly, having made important investments, including a joint-high interest of £210,000 for Devine successful the auction, aft finishing bottommost of the array with conscionable 1 triumph past season.
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