Jonny Bairstow 72, Ben Duckett 53, James Neesham 3 wickets powers Welsh Fire beat Southern Brave by 18 runs.
The 8th match of The Hundred Mens Competition 2021 played yesterday between Welsh Fire and Southern Brave at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, In which Jonny Bairstow 72, Ben Duckett 53, James Neesham 3 wickets powers Welsh Fire beat Southern Brave by 18 runs.
Southern Brave won the toss and and invited Welsh Fire to bat first, Welsh Fire batted first scored 165 runs for losing just 4 wickets in stipulated 100 balls, Welsh Fire started the inning very brilliantly, Tom Banton and Jonny Bairstow came to start the inning, and gave a brilliant start of 43 runs partnership, the first wicket has gone for 43 runs, Tom Banton dismissed after scoring 34 runs in just 23 balls, followed by Ben Duckett came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant century partnership of 116 runs with Jonny Bairstow, the second wicket fall in 159 runs, Jonny Bairstow dismissed after playing a brilliant quick half-century inning of 72 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 5 boundries in just 39 balls, next batsman James Neesham came to bat, and he dismissed without scoring a third wicket, followed by Glenn Phillips came to bat, menwhile the fourth wicket also has gone in 162 runs, Ben Duckett dismissed after playing a brilliant quick half-century inning of 53 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundries in just 34 balls, after that Ian Cockbain came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 1 run with Glenn Phillips, and Glenn Phillips also remains unbeaten for 3 runs. In this way, Welsh Fire batted first after losing the toss, scored 165 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in stipulated 100 balls, and set a target of 166 runs in front of Southern Brave.
Southern Brave bowler Danny Briggs took 2 wickets, Chris Jordan and Jake Lintott got 1-1 wicket.
Southern Brave chasing 166 runs in the second inning, they could manage just 147 runs after losing 7 wickets in stipulated 100 balls. Southern Brave started the inning very well but ending was very poor, James Vince and Quinton de Kock came to start the inning, and gave a brillinat start of 41 runs partnership, the first wicket has dismissed for 41 runs, Quinton de Kock dismissed after playing a very quick brilliant inning of 21 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 bpundries in just 7 balls, next batsman Devon Conway came to bat, and played well with James Vince, the second wicket fall for 87 runs, Devon Conway dismissed after scoring 23 runs in 20 balls, after that Colin de Grandhomme came to bat, meanwhile the third wicket has also gone for 92 runs, James Vince dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 40 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundries in just 27 balls, next batsman Alex Davies came to bat, meanwhile the fourth wicket has also gone in 96 runs, Colin de Grandhomme dismissed just for 1 run, next batsman Ross Whiteley came to bat, and played well with Alex Davies, the fifth wicket has gone for 124 runs, Alex Davies dismissed for 14 runs in 11 balls, next batsman Chris Jordan came to bat, and he dismissed just for 6 runs as sixth wicket, after that Craig Overton came to bat, meanwhile the seventh wicket also fall in 138 runs, Ross Whiteley dismissed after scoring 25 runs in just 14 balls, followed by Danny Briggs came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 3 runs with Craig Overton, and Craig Overton also remians unbeaten just for 4 runs. In this way, Southern Brave chasing 166 runs in the second inning, they managed just 147 runs for losing 7 wickets in stipulated 100 balls and lost the match by 18 runs.
Welsh Fire bowlers performed very brilliantly, James Neesham took 3 wickets, David Payne took 2 wickets, Matthew Critchley and Jake Ball and got 1-1 wicket.
Welsh Fire batsman Jonny Bairstow selected as the best player of the match, he played a brilliant quick half-century inning of 72 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 5 boundries in just 39 balls.
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