END OF OVER:20 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | WF-W: 118/8 (9 runs required, RR: 5.90)
- Sophia Smale3 (3b)
- Rhianna Southby1 (1b)
- Tilly Corteen-Coleman3.5-0-22-2
- Sophie Molineux3.5-0-14-3
5:41pm That will be all from us for this game. But there is another game lined up in the men's comp, and that will begin in less than an hour from now. Until next time, from Ranjith, Thilak and myself (Shashwat), it is goodbye!
Sophie Molineux, Player of the Match: The girls were brilliant today - we were never really out of it. Nice feeling to get a close win early. Nice to get back out here and play in front of the home fans. Have heard they (the Brave fans) always turn out in massive numbers and today was no different. (Message during Kemp-Voll partnership) Just to hang in there. They were batting well, but they were going hard, so we knew chances were coming. Glenn's spell was really good and for Tilly to do that at the back end, it was awesome. (On the dropped catches) Hopefully we have gotten them out of the way. It happens. It is not a technical thing, about getting back into the swing of things. (On the buzz around this season) Loved it. Definitely been a vibrant atmosphere. It always is but feel it has picked up a notch. Southern Brave have been amazing. Looking forward to watching the boys and hopefully we can get two out of two today.
5:35pm Wow. What a turnaround. The Welsh Fire had the win in the palm of their hands, especially when Voll and Kemp were at the crease. They still had it under control when Wareham was out in the middle alongside Voll. But then, things unraveled and they unraveled rather dramatically for them. They kept losing wickets and the Brave's strong bowling attack squeezed the life out of what was a routine run-chase.
Each of the hosts' bowlers played their part, picking up wickets when their team needed them to. And all of that means that the Southern Brave, despite seemingly being second-best for much of this game, begin their campaign with two points.
Smale on strike now
