12/08Result
31st Match, The Hundred Women's Competition at Cardiff, Aug 12 2026
Fire won by 15 runs
Player of the Match
Grace PottsWelsh Fire (Women)
12/08Result
31st Match, The Hundred Women's Competition at Cardiff, Aug 12 2026
Fire won by 15 runs
Player of the Match
Grace PottsWelsh Fire (Women)

2:24pm That will be all from us for this game. Plenty more to come today from the Hundred, so do stay tuned to Cricinfo. Until next time then, it is goodbye from Harshith and me (Shashwat). Take care, folks!

Grace Potts, Player of the Match: Always nice to start well and put the team in a nice position coming out of the powerplay. Have just tried to bowl my best ball. A bit of swing up top and have tried to bowl my best ball. I know what my role is, so have real clarity of role. Just practicing what I am coming out for. She (Wareham) was fantastic - really set up the game for us. We have had a bit of a mixed bag. When we have put a performance in, we have challenged the best teams. I am going to take a lot of confidence (from this season). Big thank you to the crowd. We could not qualify but really important for us to put up a nice performance (today).

2:18pm A convincing victory for the hosts to cap off their campaign. Potts was brilliant at the top, with Graham equally impressive through the middle. Sophia Smale was her usual tidy spell, with Wareham and Prendergast also chipping in. London Spirit, by virtue of the Fire's bowling effort, never really built up the head of steam that would have taken them close to their target. Dean top scored but support was not very forthcoming for the skipper.

19.4
W
Graham to Rainey, OUT, chipped back to Graham, and that will be that! A meek end to a meek run-chase. On a length outside off. A bit of hold in the surface and Rainey pops it back to the bowler, who completes the catch nonchalantly!

HRA Rainey c & b Graham 3 (3m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100

19.3
2
Graham to Rainey, 2 runs, length outside off. Rainey plants her front foot and powers it back past the bowler. Voll, moving to her left from long on, reins it in via a dive
19.2
1
Graham to Higham, 1 run, back of a length outside off. Higham shuffles across before hacking it towards square leg. Good work by Holland to her left to keep it to one
19.1
1
Graham to Rainey, 1 run, full on middle and off. Rainey pokes it into the mid on region

20 off 5. Graham to bowl. Over-rate penalty imposed

END OF OVER:
19 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | LS-W: 119/9 (20 runs required from 5 balls, RR: 6.26, RRR: 20.00)

  • Lucy Higham7 (4b)
  • Sophia Smale3.5-0-21-2
  • Georgia Wareham3.5-0-29-1
18.5
W
Smale to Dottin, OUT, big lbw shout, not given! Speared in full on off. Dottin has a huge hoick at it and misses. She gets struck on the pad in front of off, but the umpire is unmoved. Smale is adamant that she has trapped Dottin and the Fire review. While all the appealing was happening, there was plenty of chaos, in terms of the running too. But all of that is immaterial because Ball Tracking returns three reds, with the ball smashing into the middle of middle stump!

DJS Dottin lbw b Smale 15 (23m 13b 1x4 1x6) SR: 115.38

18.4
1
Smale to Higham, 1 run, full outside off. Higham walks across before tugging it towards deep mid wicket
18.3
4
Smale to Higham, FOUR, nicely done! Length on middle and leg. Higham brings out the reverse and lifts it over short third. Spirit still in this, albeit barely!
18.2
1
Smale to Dottin, 1 run, full on the stumps. Dottin gets her front foot out of the way and hacks it to long on
18.1
1
Smale to Higham, 1 run, hung up full and wide outside off. Higham pushes it to extra cover and gets Dottin back on strike

Sophia Smale to bowl the penultimate over. 27 off 10

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | LS-W: 112/8 (27 runs required from 10 balls, RR: 6.22, RRR: 13.50)

  • Deandra Dottin14 (11b)
  • Lucy Higham1 (1b)
  • Georgia Wareham3.5-0-29-1
  • Georgia Wareham3.5-0-29-1
17.5
4b
Wareham to Dottin, 4 byes, missed chance! Floated up tantalizingly on a length just outside leg. Dottin skips down and looks to tonk it into next week. Misses it completely and the keeper fumbles her collection too. Four bonus runs, and a reprieve for Dottin!
17.4
1
Wareham to Higham, 1 run, loopy low full toss on middle and leg. Higham dinks it to deep mid wicket
17.3
W
Wareham to Smale, OUT, scuffed to short third, and Wareham with a vital wicket! Lots of revs on this fullish ball on the stumps. Smale looks for the reverse but does not get the connection she wants. Short third moves to her right and does the rest. LS eight down!

SA Smale c Arlott b Wareham 17 (14m 14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 121.42

17.2
2
Wareham to Smale, 2 runs, back of a length on leg. Smale bunts it into the wide acreage in the wide long on region and picks up another brace
17.1
1
Wareham to Dottin, 1 run, slower on a full length on leg. Dottin looks to smash it downtown but shanks it to long on

Wareham to continue

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs | LS-W: 104/7 (35 runs required from 15 balls, RR: 6.11, RRR: 11.66)

  • Seren Smale15 (12b)
  • Deandra Dottin13 (9b)
  • Georgia Wareham2.5-0-25-0
  • Orla Prendergast3.5-0-25-2
16.5
1
Wareham to Smale, 1 run, googly on a full length on middle and leg. Smale reverse-sweeps it towards short third
16.4
2
Wareham to Smale, 2 runs, very full on leg. Smale yorks herself by advancing and digs it out into the wide long on region. Both batters are swift enough to notch up another brace
16.3
1
Wareham to Dottin, 1 run, full on the stumps. Dottin advances and drills it into the stumps at the other end. She gets a single off the ricochet
16.2
0
Wareham to Dottin, no run, back of a length outside off. A bit of turn and bounce and Dottin cannot connect with her square cut
16.1
6
Wareham to Dottin, SIX, palmed over the bar! Fullish on middle and leg. Dottin marches down and mows it towards deep mid wicket, where Graham can only parry it over the fence!

Time-out. 45 off 20. LS need a few big hits soon to transfer pressure onto the hosts

END OF OVER:
16 | 8 Runs | LS-W: 94/7 (45 runs required from 20 balls, RR: 5.87, RRR: 11.25)

  • Seren Smale12 (10b)
  • Deandra Dottin6 (6b)
  • Orla Prendergast3.5-0-25-2
  • Heather Graham2.5-0-12-1
15.5
2
Prendergast to Smale, 2 runs, back of a length outside off. Smale nurdles it to the edge of the ring in the wide mid on region. Dottin instigates the second and Smale responds
15.4
4
Prendergast to Smale, FOUR, thumped! Back of a length outside off. Smale stands tall and wallops it past mid on. Dottin had to veer for cover too!
15.3
0
Prendergast to Smale, no run, back of a length on middle and leg. No room to work with this time and Smale taps it tamely to mid on
15.2
2
Prendergast to Smale, 2 runs, shorter outside off. Smale short-arm-jabs it into the wide long on region and Dottin hares back for a couple of runs
15.1
0
Prendergast to Smale, no run, back of a length outside off. Smale backs away, trying to access the off side, but only wafts at thin air

53 off 25 now. LS need something special from here to get past the finish line

END OF OVER:
15 | 4 Runs | LS-W: 86/7 (53 runs required from 25 balls, RR: 5.73, RRR: 10.60)

  • Seren Smale4 (5b)
  • Deandra Dottin6 (6b)
  • Heather Graham2.5-0-12-1
  • Sophia Smale2.5-0-14-1
14.5
2
Graham to Smale, 2 runs, slower ball on a back of a length outside off. Smale tugs it to long on's right and saunters back for two

Spirit 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2GM HarrisAE Jones
2nd0AE JonesM Kelly
3rd16AE JonesC Pavely
4th26CE DeanC Pavely
5th28N de KlerkCE Dean
6th3KL GeorgeCE Dean
7th6DJS DottinKL George
8th26DJS DottinSA Smale
9th12DJS DottinLF Higham
10th4LF HighamHRA Rainey