The Hundred: Shabnim Ismail hat-trick seals thrilling Welsh Fire win over Birmingham Phoenix

Victory implicit Birmingham Phoenix takes Welsh Fire to the apical of the array successful The Hundred women's competition

Shabnim Ismail took a magnificent hat-trick for Welsh Fire to seal a thrilling three-run triumph implicit Birmingham Phoenix.

England wicketkeeper Amy Jones was near stranded connected 48 astatine the different end.

Fire stay unbeaten successful The Hundred women's contention portion Phoenix are inactive searching for their archetypal win.

Phoenix looked to beryllium cruising to triumph successful pursuit of 137-7 aft a ascendant second-wicket basal of 93 betwixt Flintoff and Jones earlier Ismail's stunning burst.

The erstwhile South Africa speedy stayed calm aft being deed for 4 by Flintoff from the 97th delivery, warring backmost to vessel the all-rounder with the adjacent ball.

Burns flashed the adjacent to Claire Nicholas earlier England seamer Wong was bowled from the last ball.

Earlier, Fire's 137-7 was acceptable up by England batter Tammy Beaumont's 59 from 40 balls, but their batting faltered astatine the extremity of the innings with a illness of 4 wickets for conscionable 13 runs.

Fire volition beryllium looking to bounce backmost connected Saturday 12 August against Southern Brave portion Phoenix instrumentality connected defending champions Oval Invincibles astatine Edgbaston connected Sunday 13 August.

What other bash you request to know?

• Phoenix's bowlers struggled aboriginal successful Fire's innings but fought backmost with 2 wickets apiece for leg-spinners Hannah Baker and Katie Levick, and 2 for seamer Emily Arlott.
• England gait bowler Wong lone bowled 10 balls, going for 18 runs.
• Fire person present won 3 of 4 games (with 1 washout) this year, having lone won 1 lucifer successful the entirety of their run successful 2022.
• Ismail is the 2nd bowler to instrumentality a hat-trick successful the women's Hundred aft Alana King for Trent Rockets successful 2022.
• But they were dealt a large stroke successful the tract with prima all-rounder Matthews going disconnected injured with a enarthrosis injury, and she was incapable to bowl.

'I'm inactive getting implicit it!' - what they said

Welsh Fire bowler Shabnim Ismail connected Sky Sports: "I'm inactive getting implicit that, adjacent though I took 3 wickets successful the past over.

"I person taken 1 hat-trick earlier but I'm truthful chuffed to get implicit the enactment for the squad today.

"The squad is wholly antithetic this year. We person a steadfast belief."

Welsh Fire skipper Tammy Beaumont: "That was incredibly stressful! But I americium truthful arrogant of the girls.

"We were a small spot disconnected with the shot up beforehand and losing Hayley connected a wicket that was turning was massive. But we fought done it until the extremity and Shabnim Ismail is ne'er acold distant from a hat-trick ball!"