full on middle, driven through extra cover to the sweeper, but it's not enough. The Welsh Fire finally have their first win of the season.
Fire vs N S-Chargers, 18th Match at Cardiff, Women's Hundred, Aug 26 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary
6.01 pm So a gloomy season for Welsh Fire finally sees a bit of sunshine. Their first win of the season is notched. Northern Superchargers on the other hand suffer a crippling loss that seriously dents their playoff hopes.
Match Hero is Nicola Carey: "It's been a tough first few games for us, but to get a first win in front of this home crowd, the girls are pumped. I feel like all the wickets over here are a bit tricky to bat on. Halfway through, our batting coach said he thought 120 would be enough. Our batters did well to get us to that total and then our bowlers did well to defend it. If you could roll your fingers over the ball, it was tough to get away so we tried to stick to that plan. It was really simple. The message was stay on the stumps and don't do too much and get the batters to try to hit over the top. It's a funny game. The 100 balls go really quickly and fortunately we wound up on the winning side in the end."
That's it for today's coverage of the women's match. Stay tuned for the the second half of the doubleheader featuring the men. On behalf of Ashish Pant, I'm Peter Della Penna. Flip over to the men's feed to catch ball-by-ball coverage of the men's match with me and Matt Roller. Take care!
length ball on middle and leg, backs away to carve in front of point for one.
Barring any wides or no balls, Welsh Fire finally are going to get their first points of the season.
yorker on leg stump jammed out to midwicket for one.
Welsh Fire are on the verge of their first win of the season...
back of a length ball on middle, backs away for another heave and misses again.
good length ball goes between Gunn backing away from leg and leg stump, misses a leg side heave.
Sutherland to bowl the last set.
full on the stumps, driven to long-on for one.
Bullseye! Full on middle, tries to paddle flick this over the keeper and misses. Middle stump is rattled!
full and misfired down the leg side, Bryce gets partial glove to this to save it from being five but they still change strike to get a second wide off it.
goes for wide yorker, winds up as a low full toss spooned low to mid-off diving forward on the ring and the fielder holds on.
length ball wide outside off, goes to heave and misses.
good length ball on fifth stump, tapped into midwicket for one.
Carey back for her final set of five balls.
good length ball on off, tap and run into mid-on for one.
the dot balls lead to a wicket! Mid-off and mid-on were kept inside the ring as a teaser to try to slog over the top. Sutherland bowls this full on sixth stump and Graham tries to clear mid-off but instead picks the fielder out on the ring at knee height. Catch taken sliding left.
yorker on fifth stump jammed out to midwicket for another dot.
length ball on fourth stump, whacked straight to mid-on on the ring for a dot.
full on the legs, flicks this through wide midwicket for two.
Sutherland back into the attack.
full on middle, driven hard but straight to mid-on on the ring.
length ball on fourth stump, Wolvaardt heaves this on the up but doesn't time it at all and picks out Sutherland jogging in 10 yards from long-on for a simple catch at waist height.
thigh high full toss sails down leg, Wolvaardt misses a pull but Bryce does well with a dive to prevent five wides.
full on middle, chipped to long-on for one.
Carey follows Wolvaardt backing away from leg stump and darts in a full ball flicked away into the leg side for one.
low full toss on fifth stump, Armitage shuffled well outside off to flick this through square leg for one.
Carey back for her third set of five now.