The Hundred 2023: Southern Brave beat Manchester Originals to reach Hundred final

Southern Brave cruised to an eight-wicket triumph implicit Manchester Originals astatine Old Trafford to scope their 3rd successive Hundred final.

England opener Danni Wyatt deed 56 from 30 balls arsenic Brave easy chased down 119 with 28 balls remaining.

Maia Bouchier finished unbeaten connected 47 from 25 balls arsenic Brave ended connected 121-2.

Fi Morris top-scored with 50 successful Originals' 118-4, portion Laura Wolvaardt scored 46, but Brave's bowlers kept the run-rate nether power throughout.

Brave mislaid some the erstwhile 2 finals to Oval Invincibles, who person finished 5th this season.

The eliminator takes spot astatine The Oval connected Saturday 26 August, with the last astatine Lord's the pursuing day.

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What other bash you request to know?

• Brave skipper Anya Shrubsole took 2-33 successful her penultimate crippled arsenic a nonrecreational cricketer. Can she pb her squad to the rubric successful her last crippled earlier status connected Sunday?
• Brave spinner Georgia Adams has taken 16 wickets successful 8 games and is apt to decorativeness arsenic the starring wicket-taker successful the radical stages, with Birmingham Phoenix's Katie Levick connected 10 the closest bowler to her with a crippled near to play.
• Morris and Wolvaardt enactment connected 88 unneurotic for the 2nd wicket but the remainder of the Originals line-up could not physique connected the level they set, adding lone 23 runs successful the past 23 balls.
• Wyatt and Bouchier shared a second-wicket basal of 93 successful conscionable 45 balls.
• After Wyatt was dropped connected 33 by Kathryn Bryce, with the shot trickling distant for four, the England batter deed 2 fours and a six successful the adjacent 4 balls to bring up her 2nd 50 of this year's competition.
• Manchester Originals skipper and England spinner Sophie Ecclestone injured her close enarthrosis successful the warm-up and was taken to infirmary for further scans and assessment.

'Third clip lucky, let's go' - what they said

Match Hero, Southern Brave batter Danni Wyatt connected BBC Two: "I didn't consciousness that bully until adjacent the end. I was helped by Maia Bouchier, she's been phenomenal each season. Hopefully we tin support it up going into the final."

Southern Brave skipper Anya Shrubsole: "Really pleased to beryllium heading consecutive to Lord's. Lauren Bell was exceptional and Georgia Adams keeps doing what she does. I thought it was going to beryllium nervy watching that pursuit but it was really beauteous to watch.

Southern Brave batter Maia Bouchier: "We've had a truly bully agelong successful this competition. We person truly people batters coming in, idiosyncratic similar Georgia Adams finishing disconnected and Freya Kemp arsenic well. We're fixed that accidental and it's large to triumph the game."

On whether Brave volition triumph the final: "Yes, 100%. Third clip lucky, let's go!"

Manchester Originals stand-in skipper Ellie Threlkeld: "Obviously Soph [Ecclestone] is simply a immense portion of our squad arsenic a skipper and a subordinate truthful that was a immense loss.

"We each anticipation she's alright. The girls reacted truly good to that and we played truly good with the bat successful the archetypal fractional connected a pugnacious pitch.

"We didn't vessel to good successful the 2nd innings. Credit to Danni Wyatt and Maia Bouchier for however they batted, incredible."