Welsh Fire captain Phil Salt would ideally like The Hundred to be a week longer after his side played three matches in five days. His second-placed side won at Birmingham Phoenix on Saturday afternoon and defeated Southern Brave in Cardiff on Monday evening, before losing to Manchester Super Giants on Wednesday afternoon. “It’s been a
The Hundred men’s competition, Old Trafford Welsh Fire 155-4 (100 balls): Short 71 (47), Salt 48 (37); Atkinson 2-12 Manchester Super Giants 161-1 (69 balls): Seifert 62* (36), Buttler 51* (20); Cook 1-20 Manchester Super Giants won by nine wickets Scorecard. Table Jos Buttler became the all-time leading run-scorer in T20 cricket as Manchester Super
The Hundred women’s competition, Old Trafford Manchester Super Giants 85-9 (100 balls): MacDonald-Gay 18* (14); Prendergast 4-18 Welsh Fire (91 balls): Wareham 17 (12); Ecclestone 3-14 Welsh Fire won by three wickets Scorecard. Table Ireland international Orla Prendergast took 4-18 as Welsh Fire beat Manchester Super Giants by three wickets at Old Trafford. Playing only
Welsh Fire might have lost captain Sophie Devine to injury but their young talent stepped up in a dramatic final-ball victory over Hundred leaders Southern Brave. Set a target of 122 in Cardiff, Heather Graham helped Fire to a four-wicket victory to inflict a first defeat of the campaign on the Brave. The Welsh side
The Hundred men’s competition, Sophia Gardens Southern Brave 115-8 (100 balls): Stoinis 55 (39); Cook 3-14 Welsh Fire 116-4 (95 balls): Short 60* (41); Archer 2-19 Welsh Fire won by six wickets Scorecard. Table Welsh Fire claimed their fourth win in five matches in this season’s Hundred as a well-crafted half-century from Matt Short helped
