Fire guarantee knockout place with win over Brave

The Hundred women's competition, Utilita Bowl

Southern Brave 103 (100 balls): Tryon 55 (38); Matthews 4-14, Jonassen 3-21

Welsh Fire 106-1 (74 balls): Beaumont 59* (40), Matthews 35 (26)

Fire won by 9 wickets

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Hayley Matthews starred pinch bat and shot arsenic Welsh Fire secured a knockout spot successful nan women's Hundred pinch a nine-wicket triumph complete Southern Brave.

Matthews took 4-14 arsenic Brave were skittled retired for conscionable 103, earlier hitting an unbeaten 35 from 26 balls arsenic Fire won pinch 26 balls to spare.

Fire skipper Tammy Beaumont top-scored pinch a blistering unbeaten 59 from 40 balls, including 10 fours.

Brave struggled pinch nan bat, slumping to 15-3 and 47-7, pinch Australian Jess Jonassen taking 3-21.

Chloe Tryon was nan only Brave batter to show immoderate resistance, scoring 55 from 38 balls - much than half of their total.

Fire will apical nan group, and advancement straight to nan final, if Oval Invincibles neglect to hit Trent Rockets successful Wednesday's later game.

Even if Invincibles triumph they will request to do truthful convincingly to amended their nett run-rate by capable to overhaul Fire and debar going into nan eliminator.

Welsh Fire all-rounder and lucifer leader Hayley Matthews: "It has been a complete squad performance; everyone has been chipping successful and playing their role.

"I deliberation it's immense [to suffice for adjacent stage]. We person played good this play to put ourselves successful a really bully position. If you told arsenic astatine nan commencement of nan play we would beryllium successful this position we would person bitten your manus off."

Fire skipper Tammy Beaumont: "There was a spot of unit connected america to suffice truthful I americium really, really happy. I haven't scored galore runs this play truthful I was nether unit to get some.

"The main point was getting 11 points and getting astatine slightest into nan eliminator. It would beryllium beautiful to spell consecutive done to Lord's."

"It was astir apt nan first wicket wherever you could really propulsion your hands astatine nan shot and spot you tin deed done nan line. It has been reliable going for batters this competition."

The last 2 matches of nan group shape return spot arsenic Birmingham Phoenix look Manchester Originals (women astatine 15:00 BST, men astatine 18:30).

You tin travel ball-by-ball commentary of some matches connected BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and nan BBC Sport website and app.