Hayley Matthews stars with bat and ball as Welsh Fire end Southern Brave's home run
Smriti Mandhana, Danni Wyatt fifties in vain as Fire win high-scorer off last ball
Smriti Mandhana, Danni Wyatt fifties in vain as Fire win high-scorer off last ball
Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Danyal Rasool
"From the time we went out there," a beaming Matthews says, "it was a pretty good wicket. We wanted to put a big score on the board because we knew they were going to come out pretty hard. We talked in previous seasons about not getting over the line when we got pretty close in games, so it's great to close this one out. Thankfully, I got it done in the final over."
Great game defined by three superb innings. While two of them came from Brave, Matthews' assault in the first innings was enough to see off Mandhana and Wyatt's counterattacks. And it was Matthews herself to ended up doing the business with the ball. in a high-pressure final over
FG Kemp run out 2 (4m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
CL Tryon st †Bryce b Matthews 8 (17m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 80.00
Smriti Mandhana, Danni Wyatt fifties in vain as Fire win high-scorer off last ball