END OF OVER:
20 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | NSC-W: 112/7 (6 runs required, RR: 5.60)

  • Nicola Carey8 (7b)
  • Lucy Higham1 (1b)
  • Lauren Filer2.5-0-12-1
  • Sophie Ecclestone3.5-0-21-2

1:51pm That will be all for this game. But there are two more games slated to kick off in less than an hour from now. The women's match can be followed here, and the men's match can be followed here. Do join us for both of those, but until then, from Sudeep and myself (Shashwat), this is goodbye!

Naresh: "The game again shows how low scorers can be thrillers"

Deandra Dottin, Player of the Match: (On the game) Very exciting, really nice to get across the line (for us). The main thing for me was to go out there and see what it was doing, and batting as long as possible to get us a decent total on the board. (Feedback to the bowlers) To be honest, to keep the stumps in play. The slower balls, to be bowled fuller. From one end, it was getting a little bounce, so was just about keeping it simple. There were some awesome catches, and a matter of keeping your eyes on the ball and putting in a big effort. We are not too overconfident - we will take it one game at a time.

1:45pm Phew. What a game of cricket that turned out to be. For a long while, it felt the Superchargers had things under control, especially when Litchfield and ADR were at the crease. But both of them fell relatively close to each other, and that exposed the middle order. Sutherland sparkled briefly, but her inability to take her team past the finish line, plus the fact that none of the others in the lower order got going, meant the Superchargers ultimately felt short.

The Originals, on the other hand, will be thrilled to bits with the result. They seemed to be out of the game, until a string of awesome catches hauled them back. Their bowlers then held their nerve at the death, with almost all of them playing their parts to perfection. The Originals will take immense confidence from this game because, well, it was one they felt primed to lose, until a stunning turnaround towards the end.

19.5
1
Filer to Carey, 1 run, smashed down the ground, but that will only be a single! Manchester Originals pull a win out of the fire, and they go level on points with their rivals from the north! Low full toss just outside off. Carey cannot get under it and for the moment, that is all that matters. Clinks it back past the bowler, and Bryce, running around from mid off, reins it in. The Superchargers remain winless at this venue, and they will feel they have let one get away today!

7 off 1. Carey on strike. A six, and the points will be shared. A legal ball and any other outcome, and the Originals will go level on points with the Superchargers. Around the wicket

19.4
1
Filer to Higham, 1 run, excellent stop by Mooney, and that is a pivotal stop! Back of a length outside off. Higham, rather ambitiously, looks for the reverse-lap and gloves it. Mooney sticks out her right mitt and gets a good chunk on it, preventing what may have been a boundary!

8 off 2. Surely the Originals will close this out now? Higham on strike

Ryan : "Catches win matches they say?! And boy they have needed all of them."

19.3
W
Filer to Cross, OUT, in the air, and taken by Bryce! Filer takes out Cross, and this is another body blow for the Superchargers! Hard length, tailing back into middle and leg. Skips off the surface too and that rushes Cross on her attempted lofted stroke. Cloths it badly and Bryce, running back from mid on, gobbles up the chance!

KL Cross c Bryce b Filer 3 (4m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100

8 off 3. Cross on strike. Cross, remember, has played for the Originals in the past. As if the drama wasn't enough...

19.2
1lb
Filer to Carey, 1 leg bye, another sizzling yorker - this time on the pads. Carey cannot lay bat on ball, and the ball trickles off the pads into the on side for just a leg bye
19.1
0
Filer to Carey, no run, nails the wide yorker first up, and bags a dot! Carey a little too late to react and in the end, she cannot do anything with it

9 off 5. Carey on strike. Filer to bowl. Around the wicket. Who are you backing?

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | NSC-W: 109/6 (9 runs required from 5 balls, RR: 5.73, RRR: 9.00)

  • Kate Cross3 (2b)
  • Nicola Carey7 (4b)
  • Sophie Ecclestone3.5-0-21-2
  • Kathryn Bryce3.5-0-26-2
18.5
1
Ecclestone to Cross, 1 run, fullish on middle and leg. Cross dances down the track and powers it towards long off

10 off 6

N S-Chargers 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11AN Davidson-RichardsD Perrin
2nd64AN Davidson-RichardsP Litchfield
3rd10AN Davidson-RichardsA Sutherland
4th5HJ ArmitageA Sutherland
5th2NJ CareyHJ Armitage
6th14NJ CareyBAM Heath
7th4KL CrossNJ Carey
8th2NJ CareyLF Higham