- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.4 Harris looks to pick up the flow and falls. Sees the above-the-eyeline flight and the fullness in length and tries to clear the boundary. Took a big stride forward, slid a bit leg side and drove with a slightly closed bat face. Holes out to long-on. Another catch for Bouchier. Timely wicket for Spirit 37/32.2 And that's why Molineux's captain. Comes on and strikes. A touch lucky as that was short and not that pacy. Jones was late on the swivel and pulled it low to midwicket. Think she was done in by the trajectory - lack of flight - more than anything 10/12.4 Was about to say good intent from Kelly but long-on is out and takes it. She made room and charged down, maybe could've gone inside out but heaved it with the bat-face curving in. Bouchier takes it without much effort and Molinuex's burgled another, this time aided by flight 10/214.3 Kapp's attempt to inject momentum costs her. Sees width and looks to slap it over cover, ballooned to backward point. Ball was on the fuller side of length, so she had to hit slightly on the rise. Corteen-Coleman's bounce does her in. Will that wicket cost 10-20 runs? 71/58.4 Beats the pull, hits the top of the front leg. This looks close, not given. Lee runs in to chat with Molineux and Glenn. Late review taken. Shortish ball coming in towards leg. Kalis on one knee, got beaten on the under-edge as she pulled. Hit the top of the leg, on the midle too. Landing on middle, impact on leg... and hitting leg! Kalis wears an empty expression as Kapp wears her gloves nonchalantly. Big hoot among Brave 44/418.5 Even the short boundary can't save de Klerk there. Sweeps another ball off a length, top edges to Wolvaardt at long leg. She got all three sixes with that shot iirc 104/717.5 Dream spell ends with a wicket for for SoMo. Swing and a miss, middle stump rocked. 54ks on a fullish length, angled in and Dottin looked for a slog sweep. No seeing out and she has to see herself out 94/619.2 Done her all ends up. Pavely knew it was slow but couldn't pick the line. She wound big for the pull, looked like she expected it to be around or outside off but that came in and hit middle. She was a little late into the shot too. Brave could keep Spirit under 110 now. Back of hander from Bell btw 106/8Extras5 (b 1, lb 2, w 2)TOTAL114/8 (20 Overs, RR: 5.7 per 6 ball)Did not bat: T JohnsonFall of wickets: 1-10 (Amy Jones, 2.2 ov), 2-10 (Marie Kelly, 2.4 ov), 3-37 (Grace Harris, 6.4 ov), 4-44 (Sterre Kalis, 8.4 ov), 5-71 (Marizanne Kapp, 14.3 ov), 6-94 (Deandra Dottin, 17.5 ov), 7-104 (Nadine de Klerk, 18.5 ov), 8-106 (Charis Pavely, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB LK Bell 4 0 29 1 7.25 6 4 0 1 0 IECM Wong 4 0 21 0 5.25 7 2 0 1 0 S Molineux 4 1 7 3 1.75 14 0 0 0 0 MR Corteen-Coleman 4 0 26 2 6.5 6 2 1 0 0 S Glenn 4 0 28 2 7 6 1 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR17.5 Bouchier has been stumped with Brave one away from victory! She falls four short of her fifty. Bouchier runs down the track, Dean drags her length back and spears it away from the reach of the advancing batter. Jones does the rest to give the Lord's crowd some consolation 114/40.5 Kapp dives low to her left and plucks the return catch, inches from the turf! Floated up on off, holds up in the surface. Lee forces a drive and is a touch early into her shot. Kapp throws himself to her left from her followthrough and makes it look ridiculously easy. Lee has been sent packing for a duck 1/17.3 de Klerk belts out an appeal for lbw and the finger goes up. Good length and nips back in fairly sharply to beat the inside edge. Possibly a quick offcutter. It would've crashed into middle and leg. She snags her South African compatriot for 13 off 17 41/210.3 Kapp knocks Rodrigues over and lets out a roar! Seems like an offcutter, on a length and veers in to strike the middle stump. Rodrigues shuffles a long way across off and misses the ball. Kapp, though, hits the stumps. Gone for 12 off 9. LS are still in this at Lord's 62/318.1 Molineux also falls with Brave one away from the win! She shimmies out and shovels it in the air but Dottin leaps across to her right at short midwicket and holds onto a one-handed screamer. Spectacular catch. More consolation for the Lord's crowd 114/5Extras20 (b 5, nb 1, w 14)TOTAL115/5 (18.3 Overs, RR: 6.18 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Lizelle Lee, 0.5 ov), 2-41 (Laura Wolvaardt, 7.3 ov), 3-62 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 10.3 ov), 4-114 (Maia Bouchier, 17.5 ov), 5-114 (Sophie Molineux, 18.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Kapp 4 0 16 2 4 14 1 0 2 0 T Johnson 1 0 9 0 9 2 2 0 0 0 DJS Dottin 2 0 14 0 7 6 1 0 2 1 CE Dean 4 0 19 1 4.75 5 1 0 0 0 KL George 1 0 9 0 9 2 0 1 1 0 N de Klerk 3.3 0 13 2 3.61 8 1 0 0 0 C Pavely 1 0 9 0 9 2 2 0 0 0 GM Harris 2 0 21 0 10.5 1 4 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Southern Brave (Women) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
01 August 2026 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Southern Brave (Women) 4, London Spirit (Women) 0
Balls per over
5
Match Notes
- Balls 1: Review by Southern Brave (Women) (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - G Bambury, Batter - GM Harris (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 22 runs, 2 wickets)
- Balls 44: Review by Southern Brave (Women) (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - G Bambury, Batter - SL Kalis (Upheld)
- London Spirit (Women): 50 runs in 52 balls, Extras 1
- London Spirit (Women): 100 runs in 94 balls, Extras 4
- Innings Break: London Spirit (Women) - 114/8 in 100 balls (KL George 1, CE Dean 8)
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 27 runs, 1 wicket)
- Southern Brave (Women): 50 runs in 46 balls, Extras 8
- Strategic Timeout: Southern Brave (Women) - 59/2 in 50 balls (ME Bouchier 27, JI Rodrigues 11)
- Southern Brave (Women): 100 runs in 80 balls, Extras 10
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (ME Bouchier 19, S Molineux 22, Ex 9)
- Balls 92: Review by London Spirit (Women) (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - G Bambury, Batter - ND Dattani (Struck down)
- Crowd Attendance: 17,537
Match Coverage
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