The Hundred: Alice Capsey stars as Oval Invincibles safe essential win over Birmingham Phoenix

Alice Capsey took three wickets because the Invincibles secured a vital win over Birmingham Phoenix; Lauren Winfield-Hill shone with the bat for the house aspect, hitting 41 off 38 balls; watch each match from The Hundred this summer season reside on Sky Sports

Alice Capsey’s devastating bowling show led Oval Invincibles to a cushty eight-wicket victory over Birmingham Phoenix on the Kia Oval in a repeat of final 12 months’s Hundred Eliminator.

Story of the match

The 18-year-old recorded Invincibles’ greatest figures of the competitors thus far, taking three for 15 as the house aspect reigned victorious in overcast situations within the capital.

Seeking revenge for his or her loss in final season’s Eliminator, Phoenix set 107 to win, which the house aspect made gentle work of.

Ferocious hitting from Lauren Winfield-Hill (41), Dane van Niekerk (21) and Capsey (20) noticed Invincibles cruise house with 13 balls to spare.

Phoenix ought to have been stuffed with confidence having secured three wins from their opening three video games, however they seemed utterly shaken by the spectacular Invincibles’ bowling assault.

The sheer tempo of Shabnim Ismail and the sensational spin of Sophia Smale proved an excessive amount of for the Phoenix top-order to deal with within the powerplay, with simply 27 runs coming from the opening 30 balls.

Smale has had a unbelievable event thus far and continued to impress by dismissing Phoenix skipper Sophie Devine with an distinctive catch off her personal bowling.

Phoenix have been unable to select up any momentum, and frugal Invincibles bowling – led by youngsters Smale and Capsey – saved the speed under a run-a-ball for a lot of the innings.

Amy Jones has been in luxurious type for Phoenix thus far this season however by no means bought going, meandering her method to 18 earlier than she departed to Capsey.

The harmful Ellyse Perry was not capable of elevate the speed both and he or she scored simply 10 earlier than she fell to Mady Villiers.

Eve Jones was the choose of the Phoenix batters scoring a run-a-ball 29, however she fell to Capsey simply two deliveries later.

A cameo of 15 from Emily Arlott lifted Phoenix above the 100 mark, but it surely appeared like a below-par complete for the away aspect.

In reply, Invincibles seemed like they needed to get the sport completed rapidly.

Lauren Winfield-Hill placed on one other sensible show with the bat because the Invincibles chased down 107

Big-hitting Kiwi Suzie Bates smashed consecutive fours off Issy Wong. She hit an additional two boundaries to thrill the house crowd earlier than departing for 17.

Winfield-Hill picked up the place Bates left off, hitting Sophie Molineux for 4 after which following it with a mighty six in the identical set.

The damaging Capsey then joined the occasion, smashing a six together with her third supply on the best way to twenty off 18, earlier than departing to Arlott.

Captain Van Niekerk then entered the pitch, and having been controversially overlooked of the earlier sport, she seemed decided to show that choice resolution was a mistake.

Although she was lucky to not be dismissed when Amy Jones missed what ought to have been an easy run-out, the Invincibles skipper made Phoenix pay with consecutive fours off the following two deliveries.

Jones then gave Van Niekerk one other lifeline when she dropped a catch off Arlott.

Meanwhile, on the different finish, Winfield-Hill continued to gentle up the Kia Oval with consecutive boundaries off Phoebe Franklin en path to victory.

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Hero of the match, Alice Capsey (20 off 18 balls, 15-3)

“It was a big game for us obviously playing Phoenix who are three from three so to come out here and get a dominant win was amazing.

“To contribute to that, and the group have been superb, so it was nice.

“I think we were just trying to keep it really simple, bowl full and straight at the stumps and almost if they miss, we hit.

“I feel the fielders have been completely superb, they backed us up.

“We felt really good and the energy continued throughout the 100 balls so it was great.”

What they stated

Oval Invincibles captain Dane van Niekerk stated: “It has been good to be back on the park and getting a win.

“Birmingham Phoenix have been going rather well and we had a variety of nerves going into this sport, they’ve an excellent arrange.

“As a captain I couldn’t ask for more.

“Everything simply clicked on the sphere.

“It was very close to a perfect performance in my opinion.”

What’s subsequent?

Next up in The Hundred is a double header at Lord’s as London Spirit welcome Welsh Fire. The girls’s fixture will get below method at 3pm earlier than the boys’s match begins at 6.30pm.

Spirit vs Welsh Fire

August 24, 2022, 2:30pm

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Spirit vs Welsh Fire

August 24, 2022, 6:00pm

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For the Invincibles, in addition they have a go to to Lord’s subsequent up on Saturday, with the ladies’s match at 3.30pm and the boys’s at 7pm.

Birmingham Phoenix are then in motion on Sunday as they face Manchester Originals on their house turf (similar timings as above).

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