The Hundred: Southern Brave beat Northern Superchargers to win women's title

Southern Brave yet won the women's Hundred by outclassing Northern Superchargers successful the last astatine Lord's.

Brave recovered from 9-2 to station 139-6 acknowledgment to opener Danni Wyatt's 59 and Freya Kemp's 31 from conscionable 17 balls.

Superchargers mislaid Marie Kelly to the 2nd shot of the reply, bowled by Lauren Bell. Much rested connected their starring run-scorer Phoebe Litchfield, but erstwhile she clashed Bell to heavy cover, Superchargers were 13-2 and could not find a mode back.

Bell ended with 3-21 and spinner Kalea Moore 3-15 successful a ruthless Brave show with the shot and successful the field. The menace from the Superchargers had agelong been extinguished erstwhile they were dismissed for 105 with six balls remaining.

The triumph means Brave skipper Anya Shrubsole lifts The Hundred trophy aft her last crippled arsenic a professional, with the gait bowler present pursuing her erstwhile England team-mate Katherine Sciver-Brunt and Alex Hartley into retirement.

Third clip the charm for Brave

Brave had doubly underperformed successful those duplicate last defeats by Invincibles but this twelvemonth arrived arsenic beardown favourites and conclusively proved themselves to beryllium the premier broadside successful the contention successful beforehand of 21,636 fans astatine Lord's - a grounds assemblage for a women's home crippled successful this country.

In Wyatt they person the starring run-scorer, portion off-spinner Georgia Adams is the apical wicket-taker. Shrubsole's shrewd captaincy volition beryllium hard to replace, though the caller person volition person the guidance of legendary erstwhile England skipper Charlotte Edwards, the manager adding this rubric to the Women's Premier League she won with Mumbai Indians earlier this year.

Though Brave's India opener Smriti Mandhana chopped Grace Ballinger to gully from the 2nd shot of the lucifer and Maia Bouchier offered a starring borderline to Kate Cross, Wyatt rebuilt with charismatic strokes done the disconnected side.

Wyatt was successful afloat travel erstwhile she was tally retired successful unfortunate circumstances. Adams' consecutive thrust deed Wyatt, with bowler Cross picking up the rebound and taking disconnected the bails astatine the non-striker's end. Wyatt had taken 26 runs from the 11 balls she faced up to her dismissal.

Brave could person been derailed lone for Kemp, the 18-year-old England all-rounder, to proceed the momentum with 5 fours successful a stylish knock.

Though Kemp was bowled to springiness Cross her 3rd wicket with 4 balls inactive remaining, it ever felt similar Brave had posted capable to triumph the title.

Superchargers beaten aft awesome run

Despite the last defeat, this has been an awesome run for the Superchargers, who had not earlier finished higher than 5th successful the table.

England gait bowler Cross proved to beryllium an inspired prime successful the draught portion Litchfield, a precocious replacement for Australia team-mate Alyssa Healy, enhanced her increasing estimation to extremity down lone Wyatt and Tammy Beaumont successful the database of highest run-scorers.

This, though was a measurement excessively far. Too leaky with the shot and occasionally scruffy successful the field, they needed an astir cleanable show with the bat but were instantly successful trouble.

Kelly successfully overturned being fixed lbw to Bell disconnected the archetypal shot of the innings lone to beryllium bowled disconnected her pads from the 2nd and the nonaccomplishment of Litchfield for 13 was a hammer blow.

Brave squeezed. Three astute stumpings from fantabulous wicketkeeper Rhianna Southby and a good diving drawback astatine long-on from Bouchier to region Georgia Wareham were further examples of their superiority.

Despite opening the batting, Jemimah Rodrigues had faced lone 14 deliveries erstwhile she deed the rotation of Kalea Moore to other screen from the 73rd shot of the innings. Any lingering anticipation Superchargers had went with her.

All that was near was for Shrubsole to instrumentality the last wicket, but she was denied arsenic past batter Ballinger was tally retired earlier Shrubsole could instrumentality to vessel her last 5 balls arsenic a professional.

Still, she ends arsenic a victor connected the crushed wherever she enjoyed her finest hour, a six-wicket haul that led England to a World Cup last triumph implicit India successful 2017.