London Spirit 116 for two (Redmayne 53*) beat Oval Invincibles 113 for 9 (Capsey 30, Dean 3-24) by eight wickets
London Spirit secured a spot within the Ladies’s Hundred closing in opposition to Welsh Fireplace at Lord’s with an eight-wicket win over Oval Invincibles.
The introduction of Sarah Glenn noticed the again of Winfield-Hill, the Invincibles skipper slapping a return catch again to make the rating 37 for two.
On the midway level of their innings, Invincibles had moved on to 54 for two, the Spirit spinners bowling tightly, Dean, Glenn and Deepti Sharma with the mixed figures of two for 25 from 30 balls.
Gibson, who had beforehand dropped Alice Capsey twice, finally eliminated her for 30 earlier than Kapp fell to Glenn for a run-a-ball 26.
Dean then mixed twice with Gibson within the deep to dismiss Mady Villiers and Laura Harris to complete with figures of three for twenty-four – Gibson’s full-length heroics to snare Villiers one of many catches of the match.
Grey returned for the ultimate 5, dismissing MacDonald-Homosexual first ball and having Smale stumped because the Invincibles closed their innings on 113 for 9.
Chasing 114 to win, opening batter Redmayne made an unbeaten 53 from 47 balls and was properly supported by captain Heather Knight who made an aesthetic 36 not out.
Spirit had reached 33 for 0 after the powerplay, Meg Lanning going properly on 21 from 14, each she and Redmayne surviving robust possibilities to Villiers and Harris.
Marizanne Kapp returned to the assault to have Lanning caught behind for 22 and Amanda-Jade Wellington had Cordelia Griffith stumped to go away the Spirit on 42 for two after 40 to deliver Knight to the crease.
From there on, Spirit cruised to their goal, Redmayne and Knight sharing an unbroken stand of 74.
Meerkat Match Hero, Redmayne, mentioned: “It is actually particular, we got here into this recreation in actually good spirits.
“Oval have in all probability bought one of the best of us within the video games we have performed in opposition to them beforehand. We knew if we did the straightforward issues proper that we have the crew to have the ability to win the sport and get to a Lord’s closing at house which goes to be unimaginable.”
On her innings she mentioned: “It is good figuring out what sort of intent you have to go in with. Generally while you’re going through some actually good bowling upfront you will get caught up in {that a} bit, however it helps having stored for 100 balls beforehand.”
