Southern Courageous secured their place in The Hundred males’s eliminator on the Kia Oval on Saturday after rain intervened at Utilita Bowl in opposition to Welsh Hearth.
Courageous got here into the match realizing {that a} level would assure their presence in Saturday’s showdown however on the midway stage, with 181 posted by already-eliminated Hearth, they’d have feared shedding management of their future.
Two fast wickets – Alex Davies for a duck after which James Vince for 19 – additional set Courageous again. However following Vince’s dismissal, with rain falling steadily, the umpires took the gamers off.
The rain by no means abated and with simply 16 balls having been bowled of Courageous’s innings – a minimal of 25 balls are required to ship a end result – the sport was duly deserted.
It was a bitter tablet for Hearth to swallow. With the bat they had been irrepressible, with Luke Wells and Glenn Phillips particularly damaging, sharing a 76-run partnership from simply 30 balls to propel Hearth to their highest-ever rating within the event.
Wells registered simply his second fifty within the competitors whereas Phillips clubbed 5 sixes – together with one hit over square-leg in opposition to Jofra Archer that sailed 102 metres – to make 48 from simply 19 balls.
For Courageous, solely Akeal Hosein escaped punishment, the West Indian left-armer conceding simply 21 from his 20-ball quota.
Finally, it was immaterial. Courageous are by way of to face both Oval Invincibles, Northern Superchargers or Birmingham Phoenix, with the latter’s sport in opposition to Manchester Originals on Thursday figuring out the ultimate placings on the prime.
Participant of the match- James Vince
“Bowling first, issues most likely acquired away from us a bit. We had been sloppy. Some good gamers acquired going and we weren’t in a position to shut them down, so it was at all times going to be a troublesome ask to chase that down,” mentioned Vince.
“We had a couple of messages saying the climate is perhaps on its means so we had a couple of discussions about the best way to strategy these first 25 balls; fortunately the rain got here simply in time.
“On the entire, throughout the event, the bowling group will get quite a lot of credit score. They’re high quality, skilled bowlers. Our batting goes underneath the radar a bit. We would like a couple of extra guys in type, however on the entire we have been moderately constant.”
What’s subsequent?
The Hundred continues on Thursday August 15 with a conflict between Birmingham Phoenix and Manchester Originals.
You possibly can watch the ladies’s match on Sky Sports activities Foremost Occasion and Sky Sports activities Cricket from 2.30pm, first ball at 3pm, and the boys’s match on Sky Sports activities Foremost Occasion and Sky Sports activities Cricket from 6pm.
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