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Jul 25, 2021 8:00 amMarchant de Lange made history becoming the first bowler to take a 5-wicket haul in Saturday’s action in the Hundred while Jemimah Rodrigues would be the star of the show at Headingley for the Northern Superchargers. You can see the rest of the opening round of results in this column.
Trent Rockets vs Southern Brave (Women)
Trent Rockets would win the toss and elect to field first.
Smriti Mandhana would be caught by Michaela Kirk off the bowling of Sammy-Jo Johnson without scoring before Sophia Dunkley would be run out by Sarah Glenn for 6. Danni Wyatt would be caught by Johnson off the bowling of Nat Sciver for 7 before Maia Bouchier would be caught by Lucy Higham off the bowling of Glenn for 18 – the visitors sitting at 49/4 off 44 balls.
Amanda-Jade Wellington would be the final wicket to fall as she was caught by Abigail Freeborn off the bowling of Sciver for 5 as Stafanie Taylor and Anya Shrubsole would finish with 45 and 40 not out respectively.
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Rachel Priest would be caught by Mandhana off the bowling of Shrubsole for 4 before Johnson would be caught by Taylor off the bowling of Lauren Bell for the same score. Sciver would be bowled by the same bowler for 44 off 29 balls before Katherine Brunt would be caught by Bouchier off the bowling of Taylor for 22.
Freeborn would be LBW to Shrubsole for 10 off the penultimate ball of the innings before Kathryn Bryce would be bowled off the final one for a golden duck – Glenn would finish 1 not out.
SB 133/5 (100 balls), TR 110/7 (100 balls)
Trent Rockets vs Southern Brave (Men)
The Brave won the toss and elected to bat first.
James Vince would be bowled by Luke Wood for a second-ball duck before Alex Davies would be caught by Dawid Malan off the bowling of Lewis Gregory for 21. Delray Rawlins would be caught by Gregory off the bowling of Marchant de Lange for 7 before Colin de Grandhomme would be bowled by the same bowler for 4.
Opener Devon Conway would be caught behind by Tom Moores off the bowling of de Lange for 18 before Liam Dawson would be bowled by Joe Root for 5. Chris Jordan would be caught by D’Arcy Short off the bowling of de Lange for 16 before George Garton would be the final wicket to fall (de Lange’s fifth) as he was bowled without scoring – Ross Whiteley (39 off 29 balls) and Danny Briggs (5) would be the not out batsmen.
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Alex Hales would be the only wicket to fall in the reply, bowled by Garton for a golden duck, with Short (51 off 41 balls) and Malan (62 off 43 balls) putting on 124 unbroken for the second-wicket partnership.
SB 126/8 (100 balls), TR 127/1 (82 balls)
Northern Superchargers vs Welsh Fire (Women)
The Superchargers would win the toss and elect to field first.
Bryony Smith would be caught by Laura Wolvaardt off the bowling of Katie Levick for 19 before Alice Macleod would be bowled by the same bowler for 6. Hayley Matthews would be bowled by Alice Davidson-Richards for 30 before Georgia Redmayne would be bowled by Elizabeth Russell for 16.
Sarah Taylor would be stumped by Lauren Winfield-Hill off the bowling of Linsey Smith for 18 before Sophie Luff would be LBW to the same bowler for 13. Piepa Cleary would be stumped by Winfield-Hill off the bowling of Davidson-Richards for 4 before Alex Griffiths would be dismissed off the final ball of the innings, caught by Laura Kimmince off the bowling of Smith for the same score – Georgia Hennessy would be not out with 8.
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Winfield-Hill would be caught by Hennessy off the bowling of Smith without scoring before Wolvaardt would be run out by Redmayne for 1. Hollie Armitage would be bowled by Cleary for the same score before Bess Heath would be the final wicket to fall, caught by Katie George off the bowling of Matthews for 12 as Jemimah Rodrigues (92 off 43) and Davidson-Richards saw the hosts home with 15 balls remaining.
WF 130/8 (100 balls), NS 131/4 (85 balls)
Northern Superchargers vs Welsh Fire (Men)
The Superchargers would win the toss and elect to field first.
Tom Banton would be LBW to Brydon Carse for 4 before Jonny Bairstow would be caught by David Willey off the bolwing of Ben Stokes for 56 off 36 balls. Ben Duckett would be caught by Matty Potts off the bowling of Adil Rashid for 41 off 27 balls before Glenn Phillips would be the final wicket to fall, caught by Adam Lyth off the bowling of Potts for 23 – Jimmy Neesham (30 off 11 balls) and Ian Cockbain (12) would finish not out.
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Lyth would be caught by Banton off the bowling of Matt Critchley for 25 before Chris Lynn would be caught by Cockbain off the bowling of Qais Ahmad for 11. Ben Stokes would be caught by Phillips off the bowling of Jake Ball for 5 before David Willey would be caught by Critchley off the bowling of Ahmad for 2.
Tom Kohler-Cadmore would be run out by Phillips for 18 before John Simpson would be caught by Cockbain off the bowling of Ahmad for 6. Harry Brook would be the final wicket to fall, LBW to the same bowler, for 62 off 31 balls – Carse and Potts would be not out with 11 and 20 (off 10 balls) respectively.
WF 173/4 (100 balls), NS 168/7 (100 balls)
Today’s Fixtures
11:00 – Essex vs Middlesex (RLC Group A)
11:00 – Gloucestershire vs Lancashire (RLC Group A)
11:00 – Leicestershire vs Yorkshire (RLC Group B)
11:00 – London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles (W 100)
11:00 – Northamptonshire vs Glamorgan (RLC Group B)
11:00 – Sussex vs Durham (RLC Group A)
11:00 – Warwickshire vs Nottinghamshire (RLC Group B)
11:00 – Worcestershire vs Kent (RLC Group A)
14:00 – Somerset vs Derbyshire (RLC Group B)
14:30 – London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles (M 100)
14:30 – Manchester Originals vs Birmingham Phoenix (W 100)
18:00 – Manchester Originals vs Birmingham Phoenix (M 100)
