- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.5 Ballinger gets Harris this time! Fullish on middle, and this seems to stop in the surface a touch. A bit of inward nip too and Harris, poking at it half-heartedly, ends up chipping it straight to Ecclestone at mid on. A very tame dismissal, and Ballinger is on the board early! 4/11.3 edged again, and gobbled up this time! And this is another big wicket early in the piece. In that probing corridor just outside off. Jones unsure of whether she should come forward or stay back. Has a loose prod at it in the end and feathers it through to Ghosh. Much easier chance, and the Super Giants have two in quick succesion! 5/24.1 sliced and taken! Full outside off and curving away late. Kelly looks to go inside-out but cuts across it too much. The ball swirls off the outer half of the blade and Scholfield, running back from cover back, takes it smartly over her shoulder. London Spirit three down now! 22/34.3 Kapp perishes too, and the London Spirit are in a whole heap of trouble now! Angled in on a length on middle and leg, and this seems to just stick in the surface. Kapp wants to work to leg but the lack of pace means the ball pops up off the leading edge. Lanning runs in and completes a regulation catch, and the Super Giants are well and truly in the ascendancy! 23/415.2 a wild mow across the line, and de Klerk departs too! Speared in on a length on middle. de Klerk thinks this is there for the swipe but tries to go too square. Loses track of the ball and loses her leg stump soon after. London Spirit eight down now, and staring down the barrel! 73/86.4 Ecclestone into the wicket-taking act too! And this is brilliant bowling. Slips in the arm-ball on a fullish length just outside off. Dottin does not quite read it and seems to play outside the line. Might have gotten a slight inside edge but that did not prevent the ball from cannoning into the stumps. London Spirit five down, and we have not even had 35 balls yet! 28/59.5 lovely bowling, and Pavely has to go! Lobbed up on a length outside off. Drifts in and then grips to turn away. Pavely skips down but is beaten in the flight, meaning she is not to the pitch of the ball. Enough spin to beat her on the outside and Ghosh does the rest, despite Pavely stretching to make it back. London Spirit six down! 48/614.4 has Dean been run out! A bit of width offered. de Klerk jabs it towards extra cover and calls for the single. Dean has to scurry, and she might be in trouble here. She dives but the throw by Lanning is accurate. Ghosh also does well to collect it in front of the stumps, and her wrist knocks the bail off once she has gathered the ball. Dean a yard short, and MSG keep chipping away! 68/718.1 edged, and a simple catch for Ghosh! MacDonald-Gay gets four, and the Spirit bundled out for 80! A rather feeble end to what was a feeble innings. Back of a length outside off. George wafts at it without much conviction and nicks it through to the keeper! 80/1016.4 another run-out, and this is not great running! Back of a length on the stumps. Punched to extra cover, and George seems to call for the single. The ball is hit straight to Lanning, though, and she fires in an accurate throw at the stumps. Ghosh takes off the bails, and Groves is not even in the frame! 78/9Extras6 (lb 2, w 4)TOTAL80 all out (18.1 Overs, RR: 4.39 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Grace Harris, 0.5 ov), 2-5 (Amy Jones, 1.3 ov), 3-22 (Marie Kelly, 4.1 ov), 4-23 (Marizanne Kapp, 4.3 ov), 5-28 (Deandra Dottin, 6.4 ov), 6-48 (Charis Pavely, 9.5 ov), 7-68 (Charlie Dean, 14.4 ov), 8-73 (Nadine de Klerk, 15.2 ov), 9-78 (Josie Groves, 16.4 ov), 10-80 (Katie George, 18.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB G Ballinger 4 1 9 1 2.25 17 1 0 1 0 M Brown 4 0 28 1 7 10 2 2 0 0 R MacDonald-Gay 3.1 0 17 4 5.31 8 1 1 0 0 S Ecclestone 4 0 7 1 1.75 15 0 0 1 0 MK Villiers 3 0 17 1 5.66 6 2 0 2 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.3 huge lbw shout, but this might have been high! LS review! Back of a length on middle and leg. A bit of nip back in and Mandhana is trapped on the crease. Rapped on the back leg and it did seem high in real time. But as we saw earlier in the day, that may not count for much. No bat involved, and Ball Tracking has the ball crashing into the top of leg stump. Three reds, and Mandhana has to go! 33/19.2 goes straight up, and Lanning will not be around to finish the job! Slanted in on a length on leg. Much like the Kapp dismissal earlier in the day, Lanning closes her bat face early and plonks it off the leading edge. Taken at mid wicket this time, and Lanning's anchoring act has come to an end! 57/35.4 Kapp goes back to back! This is a sizzling delivery. On a back of a length on middle. This goes the other way and decks away. Scrivens, caught on the crease, nibbles at it and gets done on the outside. Hears the rattling of off stump soon after and Kapp, just like that, is on a hat-trick! 33/2Extras11 (lb 6, w 5)TOTAL86/3 (11.4 Overs, RR: 7.28 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Smriti Mandhana, 5.3 ov), 2-33 (Grace Scrivens, 5.4 ov), 3-57 (Meg Lanning, 9.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Kapp 4 0 18 2 4.5 11 2 0 0 0 DJS Dottin 2 0 18 0 9 5 3 0 1 0 CE Dean 2 0 8 0 4 6 1 0 1 0 N de Klerk 2 0 14 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 HRA Rainey 1 0 5 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 JP Groves 0.4 0 17 0 21.25 0 1 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Manchester Super Giants (Women) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
23 July 2026 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Manchester Super Giants (Women) 4, London Spirit (Women) 0
Balls per over
5
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 23 runs, 4 wickets)
- London Spirit (Women): 50 runs in 55 balls, Extras 3
- Balls 81: Review by Manchester Super Giants (Women) (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - S Shanmugam, Batter - KL George (Struck down)
- Innings Break: London Spirit (Women) - 80/10 in 91 balls (HRA Rainey 1)
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 27 runs, 0 wicket)
- Balls 28: Review by London Spirit (Women) (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - S Shanmugam, Batter - S Mandhana (Upheld)
- Manchester Super Giants (Women): 50 runs in 40 balls, Extras 10
- Attendance: 10,474
Match Coverage
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