Anna Harris (England), Tom Lungley (England), Jasmine Naeem (England, TV)
Referee
Helen Pack (England)
Toss
London Spirit (Women) elected to bowl
Pitch Report
This looks a really nice pitch to bat on. The surface may offer some assistance early on to the seam bowlers but on the whole, we are in for a good game for the batters. It is harder than any other track at Lord's in this tournament.
VENUE STATS
1st Innings
119Avg Runs
7Avg Wkts
101.2Avg
SR
2nd Innings
113Avg Runs
5Avg Wkts
102.34Avg
SR
Weather Update
Weather Update
London,England
Updated: 18 Aug 21:30
23.6°CClear
45%
Clouds
0%
Rain %
10.6 kmph
Wind
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The celebrations go on at Lord's, but there's another game coming up in just more than half an hour with the men's final. Defending champions Oval Invincibles are taking on the champions of the first season, Southern Brave. Do join us for the game right here. Till then, this is Bala and Bidipto signing off. Goodbye!
London Spirit etch their name onto the much-coveted Hundred trophy! They finished third in the table behind Welsh Fire and Oval Invincibles, but held their nerve in the crunch matches to lift the trophy for the first time. What a moment for the franchise and skipper Heather Knight. The emotions after Deepti Sharma hit that six just showed how much this means to the players.
Heather Knight (London Spirit Women captain): Deepti Sharma is a class player and an experienced player, she held her composure and did it for us! Our international players were amazing! Georgia Redmayne was great, so was Deepti. Danielle Gibson contributed with both bat and ball and on the whole, a complete team effort. It did get tricky through the middle, it was a scrappy game alright but we got the job done and that's all that matters! Congratulations to Tammy and her team too for putting up such a show.
Georgia Redmayne (Hero of the Match, 34 runs off 32 balls): I'm not sure if there is going to be any better feeling than watching that last ball going for six! I think their bowlers were pretty good, specially Shabnim Ismail, but it was a special victory winning it that way! We wanted to be the first Spirit team to make the final and win, and to do it the way we did with so many contributions, is brilliant! Playing here at Lord's was great too.
Eva Gray: It was like an up-and-down campaign but it felt great to get this win! We had a really good game against the Fire last time but this time, we got it done! I was nervous with the pads on but thankfully, I wasn't needed!
Danielle Gibson: Great that Deepti smashed it in the end! What a feeling! I am glad that I got those boundaries in. I stood still and went with see-ball-hit-ball.
London Spirit beat Welsh Fire by 4 wickets with just two balls to spare!
What a fitting end to the tournament! A nail-biter to finish it off. The game swung from one team to another, but it was the homeside who managed to get over the line in the end. There's something poetic about Indians and sixes to finish off the final, isn't there? Deepti Sharma took a chance, heaving one off to long-on and cleared Shabnim Ismail by inches. A meter short, and the game could have gone the other way. It was that tight an encounter.
Welsh Fire had a strong start to the innings, with Ismail getting the crucial wicket of Meg Lanning early. But her partner Georgia Redmayne stayed in the crease for the most part of the innings and supported the batters at the other end. She played an anchor's role, which are crucial in these tough chases which can get tricky. She had ensured that the team is almost at the ridge before falling to Frey Davies.
Skipper Heather Knight played a fantastic knock of 24 from 18 deliveries. The going was a bit slow when she came out to the middle. She gave some much needed impetus to the innings. They were scoring at a run per ball when Knight got out, and then came Danielle Gibson. Her cameo of 22 runs from just 9 deliveries was probably the game-changing performance. That 9-ball innings included five boundaries. Without that knock, the Spirit might have easily fallen short.
Shabnim Ismail stood out on a different zone with the ball. She showed why she is one of the best in the world with the three-fer. If the Meg Lanning wicket was not sufficient, she delivered whenever there was a crunch moment in the game and her captain looked at her for a breakthrough. If one person did not deserve to be on the wrong side of the result, it was probably Ismail. Jonassen and Davies gave her some support, but the score proved to be too short in the end.
London Spirit win the Hundred Women's Competition 2024! The players are running out to the middle and there are emotions all over. Spirit stars are celebrating. Shabnim Ismail is sitting at the boundary where the ball sailed inches above her head. She is in disarray but she can be proud of her effort today.
19.3 Hayley Matthews to Deepti Sharma, SIX RUNS! LONDON SPIRIT WIN THE HUNDRED! AND IT IS DEEPTI WHO DOES IT! Good length ball on middle-stump. Deepti steps out a bit and smacks it off the meat of the blade over the in-field. Long-on tries to compose herself and take it but the ball still goes over her and beats her effort! The London Spirit Women go into a frenzy!
Dean misses out on a big juicy full toss, and she throws her head back!
19.2 Hayley Matthews to Charlotte Dean, over the wicket, OH! Full toss outside off-stump. Heaved away to the deep mid-wicket fielder for just the single here! That was there to be put away!
19.1 Hayley Matthews to Deepti Sharma, round the wicket, good length ball on off-and-middle. Swept around on length to deep square-leg for a single.
Hayley Matthews [15b-0-26-0] will bowl the final five. Deepti Sharma is on strike. Charlotte Dean has joined her at the other end.
Oh my my! You can cut the pressure with a knife. That was the pressure telling on Freeborn. This one is going down the wire.
19.0
18.5 Jess Jonassen to Deepti Sharma, RUN OUT! Full outside leg-stump. Swept around to square-leg straight but this time, there is no single available. Freeborn was off though and that meant she was not getting back home in any case! Jonassen collected and did the rest at the non-striker's end.
18.4 Jess Jonassen to Deepti Sharma, OH WELL! Full and slow around off-stump now. Deepti tried to heave across the line and got an outside edge just past the left of the keeper for a brace now!
18.3 Jess Jonassen to Abigail Freeborn, good length ball on off-stump. A miscued lofted drive to long-on on the charge for a single.
18.2 Jess Jonassen to Deepti Sharma, over the wicket, good length ball on the pads. Flicked away on the charge to the long-leg area for a single. Freeborn wanted two but had to be sent back!
18.1 Jess Jonassen to Abigail Freeborn, round the wicket, good length ball around off-stump. A paddle sweep here that goes to the left of short fine for a single somehow!
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