Heather Knight and Georgia Redmayne led London Spirit to an eight-wicket victory over Oval Invincibles in a tense eliminator at The Kia Oval to e book their place in The Hundred remaining.
England pair Charlie Dean (3-24) and Sarah Glenn (2-15) starred for Spirit with the ball, making quick affect after they gained the toss and elected to bowl.
Dean trapped opener Paige Scholfield (5) lbw whereas Glenn took a wicket with the third ball of her first set to take away Lauren Winfield-Hill (17) and break the 21-run opening partnership.
Eva Grey (2-13) and Danielle Gibson (2-38) took two wickets apiece to provoke a lower-order collapse which noticed Invincibles lose 4 wickets in eight balls, posting an below par 113-9.
Needing 114 for victory, Spirit’s Meg Lanning (22) made a blistering begin in reply earlier than she was eliminated by Marizanne Kapp (19) however Invincibles struggled to interrupt the third-wicket partnership between Knight (36no) and Redmayne (53no).
Knight was dropped twice throughout her 23-ball outing because the hosts struggled to interrupt a well-crafted 74-run partnership. With Spirit needing seven from 15 balls, the England captain reverse-swept Capsey to backward level for 4 earlier than Redmayne drove Alice Capsey (0-8) via the covers for an additional boundary to succeed in a 47-ball fifty, her second of the event, and safe Spirit’s place within the remaining at Lord’s on Sunday – stay on Sky Sports activities.
Dean and Glenn shine for Spirit
Dean and Glenn struck early to dent the Invincibles’ flying begin 37-2 however Capsey (30) and Kapp (26) helped their facet rebuild with a 45-run stand to take them to 82-3.
The pair fell in fast succession as Capsey toe-ended a large sluggish leg-cutter from Gibson behind to Redmayne earlier than Kapp slog-swept Glenn into the deep the place Lanning took the catch to dismiss each batters within the area of 4 balls.
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Charlie Dean will get London Spirit their first wicket as she removes Paige Scholfield
Gibson struck once more to disrupt Invincibles’ center order, eradicating Amanda-Jade Wellington (8) who launched the tempo bowler to deep backward sq. however discovered Lanning to depart Invincibles 92-5.
Dean took two wickets within the penultimate set to provoke a lower-order collapse which noticed Mady Villiers (3) caught on the leg-side by a surprising catch from Gibson and Laura Harris (16) who additionally picked out the England all-rounder at deep mid-wicket.
Grey (2-13) struck twice within the remaining set, dismissing Ryana MacDonald-Homosexual (0) for a golden duck leaving the Invincibles stuttering on 110-8 and had Sophia Smale (1) stumped off the ultimate ball.
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Sarah Glenn takes an excellent catch with a lightning-quick response to dismiss Lauren Winfield-Hill
Spirit victorious in tense reply
Lanning (22) made a blistering begin to the chase, hitting 4 boundaries throughout her 16-ball outing however feathered Kapp behind to Invincibles’ skipper Winfield-Hill.
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Marizanne Kapp secures the necessary wicket of Meg Lanning after nicking an edge straight to the wicketkeeper
Cordelia Griffith (1) was dismissed cheaply after she charged down the pitch however was overwhelmed by flip and bounce, with Winfield-Hill whipping off the bails.
Knight and Redmayne then shared their very important third-wicket partnership to depart their facet needing 30 runs from 30 balls however the Invincibles dropped Spirits’ skipper twice, first on 13 after which 27.
The Spirit duo stored their cool as they led their facet to victory in type, hitting Capsey for 2 boundaries within the remaining set with the previous batter reaching an excellent half-century.
Redymane relishing Lord’s remaining
Participant of the Match, Georgia Redmayne (53no off 47 balls, 6×4):
“We came in with really good spirits.
“Oval have in all probability acquired the very best of us within the video games we now have performed however we knew if we did the straightforward issues proper – bowled in good areas and stored them to a rating we may chase – we had the group to win.”
“A Lord’s remaining at dwelling goes to be unbelievable.”
What’s next?
London Spirit meet Welsh Fire in the women’s final on Sunday at Lord’s, live on Sky Sports Cricket from 1.45pm.
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