Spirit edge Fire in thriller to win The Hundred

The Hundred women's title final, Lord's

Welsh Fire 115-8 (100 balls): Jonassen 54 (41); Glenn 2-17, Gray 2-26

London Spirit 118-6 (98 balls): Redmayne 34 (32); Ismail 3-24

Spirit won by 4 wickets

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London Spirit won The Hundred for nan first clip aft a thrilling four-wicket triumph complete Welsh Fire successful nan last astatine Lord's.

Set 116 to win, it came down to 4 needed from nan past 3 balls earlier Deepti Sharma lofted Hayley Matthews complete long-on for six.

It could each person been truthful different, though, arsenic nan shot burst done nan hands of Fire bowler Shabnim Ismail and complete nan rope.

Ismail had looked for illustration being nan match-winner for Fire, taking 3-24 arsenic she bowled Meg Lanning, Heather Knight and Danielle Gibson to support her broadside successful contention.

However, location was conscionable excessively overmuch connected Deepti's decisive onslaught arsenic Spirit claimed nan trophy connected their location ground.

Knight's squad were connected apical astatine nan halfway shape aft an fantabulous bowling display, led by England spinners Sarah Glenn and Charlie Dean, restricted Fire to 115-8 contempt a good half-century from Australia all-rounder Jess Jonassen.

The unit of nan pursuit began to show connected Spirit until Gibson came successful and struck 5 fours from her first six balls to springiness her broadside nan momentum.

But erstwhile she was bowled by Ismail and opener Georgia Redmayne was trapped lbw by Freya Davies, nan crippled duly went to nan ligament and Deepti was connected manus to present nan telling blow.

Deepti sewage nan momentum of glory pinch nan bat but it was her chap Spirit spinners who laid nan foundations connected a slow aboveground astatine nan location of cricket.

Charlie Dean conceded conscionable 1 tally from her first 10 balls and, pinch nan unit building, Sarah Glenn removed Fire skipper Tammy Beaumont pinch her 2nd transportation and dismissed Sarah Bryce 2 balls later to make it 32-3.

Jonassen and Matthews managed to rebuild nan innings pinch a captious 52-run business but boundaries were difficult to travel by and, though nan Australian batted done until nan penultimate shot of nan innings, nan full appeared light.

That afforded Spirit nan luxury of being capable to person quieter spells successful nan pursuit and enactment successful touch, pinch Redmayne calmly keeping nan people ticking over.

At 1 stage, it seemed she and Knight whitethorn nutrient a repetition of their match-winning business successful nan Eliminator but Ismail put paid to that.

However, that disappointment was soon shrugged disconnected arsenic Gibson, successful nan abstraction of 9 balls, swung nan lucifer backmost successful Spirit’s favour.

Fire responded to springiness a crowd of 22,009 - a grounds for a women’s lucifer successful The Hundred – a grandstand decorativeness earlier Deepti seized her moment.

London Spirit skipper Heather Knight: "It was tense, wasn't it?! It feels truthful good. I'm an atrocious watcher. When I'm retired location I'm fine, but I was emotion sick for nan past 20 aliases 30 balls.

"I'm truthful pleased for nan girls and nan coaching staff. Deepti made a spot of a repast of it successful nan extremity and kept america connected tenterhooks erstwhile nan six conscionable went over! I'm conscionable truthful delighted."

Welsh Fire skipper Tammy Beaumont: "I'm truthful proud of nan girls to conflict for illustration they did.

"When I called nan clip retired and they needed little than a tally shot astatine that point, 30 balls left, it was theirs to suffer really, but we fought and really gave it a bully ace and took it to that past set."