Wyatt-hodge And Devine Star As Brave Beat Phoenix

The Hundred women's competition, Southampton

Southern Brave 139-7 (100 balls): Wyatt-Hodge 59 (39); Arlott 2-19

Birmingham Phoenix 124 (99 balls): Kalis 44 (34); Bell 3-17

Southern Brave won by 15 runs

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England batter Danni Wyatt-Hodge's 59 from 39 balls and a good all-round show from Sophie Devine led Southern Brave to a 15-run triumph against Birmingham Phoenix successful nan women's Hundred.

Phoenix slipped to 22-3 successful pursuit of 140 to win, but skipper Ellyse Perry led a revival pinch stands of 37 pinch England's Amy Jones and 36 pinch Sterre Kalis.

The visitors were successful a beardown position pinch 45 needed from nan past 30 balls, but New Zealand all-rounder Devine crucially dismissed Perry for 26 to spark a illness from 95-4 to 124 each out.

Devine besides held connected to nan drawback to disregard Jones for 20, removed Ailsa Lister for 1 and executed a superb tally retired successful her follow-through to get free of Megan Schutt for 7 arsenic Phoenix's little bid buckled nether nan pressure, pinch cipher capable to support Kalis' 44 from 34 balls.

England seamer Lauren Bell besides impressed for Brave, pinch 3-17 to proceed her good shape aft a three-wicket haul successful their opening triumph against Manchester Originals connected Wednesday.

Earlier, Wyatt-Hodge added 52 for nan 3rd wicket pinch Devine, who made 27, aft Maia Bouchier fell cheaply for six and South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt made a fluent 28.

Brave had a coagulated level astatine 120-2 pinch 15 balls remaining, but Phoenix fought backmost pinch a flurry of wickets and nan hosts were pegged backmost to 139-7.

Australia seamer Megan Schutt and England's Em Arlott were nan standout bowlers pinch 2-23 and 2-19 respectively.

The attendance of 11,167 group a caller grounds for a women's Hundred lucifer astatine nan Utilita Bowl, surpassing nan erstwhile champion of 10,911 from 2024.

Defending champions of nan women's title London Spirit look to proceed their winning tally arsenic they return connected Manchester Originals astatine Old Trafford, starting astatine 15:00 BST.

The men's crippled follows astatine 18:30 BST pinch Originals searching for their first triumph of nan campaign.

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