The Hundred, CardiffManchester Originals 120-6 (100 balls): Ecclestone 31 (15), Kaur 26 (32)Welsh Fireplace 124-1 (88 balls): Matthews 71* (50)Welsh Fireplace win by 9 wicketsScorecardDesk
Welsh Fireplace earned their first win of the ladies’s Hundred with a complete nine-wicket victory towards Manchester Originals in Cardiff.
Defeat leaves Originals winless from 4 video games on the midway stage and already struggling to achieve the latter phases.
Batting first they have been boosted by Sophie Ecclestone’s 31 from 15 balls on the finish of their innings which lifted them to 120-6.
However West Indies worldwide Hayley Matthews made that whole look effectively beneath par, hitting 71 from 50 balls on the prime of the order for Welsh Fireplace.
Georgia Redmayne additionally hit 38 from 35 balls because the hosts eased to their whole with 12 balls to spare.
Welsh Fireplace and Manchester Originals additionally meet within the males’s competitors from 14:30 BST, reside on BBC Two.
Matthews the most recent opener to impress
The ladies’s Hundred to this point has been all in regards to the opening batters.
First there was Jemimah Rodrigues’ 92 not out for Northern Superchargers, then 16-year-old Alice Capsey’s 59 at Lord’s, Rachel Priest’s 76 for Trent Rockets and on Friday Danni Wyatt hit 69 not out in a win for Southern Courageous.
We are able to now add Hayley Matthews’ title to that listing.
She scored 30 and 33 in Fireplace’s opening two video games in a gradual begin to the competitors however on this sport actually caught gentle.
The 23-year-old hit 4 fours within the opening 10 balls of the innings and by no means regarded again. She hit a picture-perfect six over further cowl and sealed the win with a robust, textbook on-drive again previous the bowler.
The win takes Fireplace into sixth and with Matthews, highly-rated ever since hitting 66 off 45 balls as an 18-year-old to guide West Indies to victory within the 2016 T20 World Cup last, they may stand an opportunity going ahead.
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