Superchargers Cruise Past Brave To Clinch Women’s Hundred Title

Northern Superchargers secured their maiden Women’s Hundred title astatine Lord’s connected Sunday aft beating Southern Brave by 7 wickets.

The last was a rematch of nan 2023 crippled which Brave won comfortably, while this play nan Southampton-based broadside had enjoyed a faultless convoy to nan last successful winning each 8 of their group-stage matches.

Brave, though, faltered astatine nan past aft being put successful to bat by a Superchargers broadside precocious connected assurance pursuing their 42-run hammering of London Spirit successful nan eliminator connected Saturday. Kate Cross quickly recovered herself connected a hat-trick, Sophie Devine and Freya Kemp some holed retired successful nan 20s, and nan Brave captain, Georgia Adams, was tally retired aft hitting nan shot consecutive backmost to nan bowler Cross and dashing retired of her ground. Brave put conscionable 115 runs connected nan board.

Brave had defended a full of 106 3 days agone astatine Southampton against Welsh Fire, but Superchargers are a acold stronger batting side. The world’s starring proponent of nan switch-hit, nan 22-year-old Australian left-hander Phoebe Litchfield, erstwhile again showcased her bonzer talent, pinch 2 of her 5 boundaries struck from a right-handed stance.

Litchfield was yet undone pinch a accepted expanse which ended up successful nan hands of Lauren Bell astatine short good leg, but by nan clip she was dismissed – soon aft a 15-minute rainfall hold – nan equation was down to a tally a shot and an unbeaten business of 60 from 24 balls betwixt Annabel Sutherland and Nicola Carey saw Superchargers location pinch 12 balls to spare.

Superchargers enjoyed their adjacent stock of luck – Chloe Tryon could person seen disconnected Carey lbw first shot had Brave referred nan not-out determination to nan 3rd umpire, while Bell really clipped nan apical of Sutherland’s stumps but grounded to dislodge nan bails – but nan brace remained unbeaten, Sutherland sealing nan triumph successful style pinch a six lofted complete long-on.

Whatever happened successful nan last connected Sunday was scarcely going to eclipse nan events of 24 hours previously, erstwhile nan 18-year-old prodigy Davina Perrin struck a once-in-a-lifetime period to propel Superchargers into nan final, and herself into England contention.

All eyes were connected Perrin arsenic she walked retired to nan mediate astatine Lord’s and continued wherever she had near disconnected pinch back-to-back boundaries against Bell, including disdainfully ramping her bouncer – nan changeable of a supremely assured subordinate who has conscionable played nan innings of her career.

There was a corporate sigh of disappointment astir nan crushed erstwhile Perrin skied a drawback to mid-on for conscionable 17. But while she couldn’t rather lucifer her mammoth efforts of nan erstwhile day, she tin look backmost pinch restitution connected an innings which launched her broadside to an odds-defying Hundred title.