In The Hundred, the home team won their second straight game to give them two victories from their first four games, and the Northern Superchargers emerged victorious in the northern derby. Kate Cross, an England international, concluded with the best stats of 4 for 20.
With a record 11,061 people in attendance at Headingley, the Originals won the toss and decided to bat first. The visitor’s best bowler was England international Lauren Filer, a quick bowler who took 2 for 16, including two sets of maiden wickets.
For the second wicket, Hollie Armitage and Phoebe Litchfield put on a 47-run partnership. Litchfield and Annabel Sutherland, two Aussies who were leading the Superchargers with 43 off 25 and 44 off 26, respectively, to move the hosts to 138 for 4, failed to reach half a century despite Sutherland’s continued good form from Friday at The Kia Oval.
Earlier in the chase, it appeared as though the purple team would surpass 150 runs, and the Originals would have been content to regain their run rate towards the end of the inning.
The Manchester Originals, in response, had a good start but lost both of their openers, Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney, within the first thirty balls.
Wolvaardt was imperious for the Originals in their very identical chase of 136 at Utilita Bowl last week, but Superchargers seamer Kate Cross got the crucial wicket.
After Wolvaardt and Mooney returned to the pavilion, the opposition faced difficulties. The Superchargers attack bowled well, taking five different wickets, although they lost wickets on a frequent basis.
Annabel Sutherland was the Meerkat Match Hero for the second game in a row. In her words, “It was a complete team performance out there,” she considered the victory. We performed a great job with the bat, in my opinion. We made a strong start on a great pitch, and the bowlers did their jobs well.
“It seemed like a fantastic wicket because you could trust your swing and strike through the ball’s line. I’m quite pleased of the squad since our bowlers also gave the impression that there was more in it than there actually was.
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“At half-time I thought we might be a little bit under par, just because it was such a good wicket, but we felt it was defendable with how we usually bowl in the powerplay, which we did well again today.”