Welsh Fire chased down 122 runs in the last-ball thriller to register their second win in five matches this season. Here’s the updated women’s points table after the 19th match of the tournament.
Women's Hundred 2026: Updated Points Table After Welsh Fire vs Southern Brave
Southern Brave’s five-match winning streak ended on Monday, August 3 with a four-wicket loss against the Fire. Despite the loss, they are comfortably sitting on the top of the points table with 20 points. Meanwhile, Welsh Fire jumped to fourth place after a much-needed win in their fifth game of the season.
Pos | Team | P | W | L | Tie | NR | Pts | NRR |
1 | Southern Brave | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.399 |
2 | Trent Rockets | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1.671 |
3 | Manchester Super Giants | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | +1.043 |
4 | Welsh Fire | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.251 |
5 | London Spirit | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -0.833 |
6 | Birmingham Phoenix | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -2.184 |
7 | Sunrisers Leeds | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.284 |
8 | MI London | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1.540 |
What were the talking points in WELW vs SOUW, Women's Hundred Match 19?
After opting to bat, the Brave lost both their openers, Maia Bouchier and Lizelle Lee, with just nine runs on the board. Laura Wolvaardt and Jemimah Rodrigues then rebuilt the innings with a 49-run partnership. But the Brave kept losing wickets and could only post 121 runs.
The chase wasn’t straightforward either for the Fire. They found themselves reeling at 49-4 before Heather Graham, along with Georgia Wareham, Grace Thompson and Niamh Holland, took the team over the line on the last ball of the match, with four wickets in hand.
Who were the top performers in Welsh Fire vs Southern Brave?
Laura Wolvaardt was the top-scorer for the Brave with a 48-run knock off 45 deliveries. Tilly Corteen-Coleman was brilliant with the ball for the Fire in the defence of 121 runs, picking up the first three wickets to fall and conceding only 27 runs in her spell.
For the Fire, Grace Potts was exceptional with the new ball. She bowled 13 dot balls and went for only 14 runs while picking up two wickets. Heather Graham was at her best as she picked up two wickets for 23 runs before playing a match-winning knock of 35* off 28 balls to take Welsh Fire over the line in a thriller.
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