Archer & Cartwright Seal Vital Brave Win Over Fire

The Hundred men's competition, Sophia Gardens

Southern Brave 129-8 (100 balls): Cartwright 51* (19); Henry 2-5

Welsh Fire 125-8 (100 balls): Kohler-Cadmore 25 (28); Archer 3-20

Brave won by 4 runs

Scorecard. Table

Southern Brave revived their Hundred run aft 3 consecutive defeats pinch a important four-run triumph complete Welsh Fire astatine Sophia Gardens.

The crippled was successful nan balance, pinch Fire needing 16 from nan past 10 balls, but Tom Kohler-Cadmore was caught disconnected James Coles for 25 to dent nan hosts' hopes.

Matt Henry past needed a six from nan last shot to triumph but only managed a azygous arsenic Chris Jordan held his nerve, pinch Fire finishing 125-8 and Jofra Archer taking 3-20.

Hilton Cartwright's unbeaten 51 disconnected conscionable 19 balls proved nan quality aft Brave's innings had been floundering astatine 71-5 from 71 balls erstwhile he came successful astatine number seven.

Cartwright pummelled 5 sixes successful his sound arsenic Brave recovered to 129-8 connected a slow aboveground against Fire, whose hopes of qualifying for nan knockouts are all-but over, pinch conscionable 1 triumph from 5 matches.

Fire started positively pinch nan shot arsenic New Zealand seamer Matt Henry bowled nan second-most economical spell successful The Hundred men's compettion pinch 2-5 - Brave crawling to 18-1 aft nan powerplay.

James Vince's 29 was nan only notable publication from nan apical bid arsenic Chris Green and David Payne besides took 2 wickets each for Fire.

In contrast, Fire made an explosive commencement pinch 46-3 from their first 25 balls arsenic Jonny Bairstow started aggressively, whacking 22 from 10 balls earlier he was dismissed by Craig Overton.

Archer past removed Steve Smith for 13 earlier adding Luke Wells and Paul Walter to his tally arsenic Fire's mediate bid buckled nether nan pressure.

The triumph takes Brave to 3rd successful nan array while Fire stay bottom.

Oval Invincibles and Trent Rockets will some beryllium hoping to bounce backmost from defeats successful their erstwhile matches, arsenic they play astatine The Oval astatine 15:00 BST.

It's past a apical of nan array title successful nan men's game, which follows astatine 18:30 BST.

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