{"id":353143,"date":"2025-08-18T02:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T02:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/353143\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T02:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T02:49:11","slug":"the-hundred-london-spirit-thrash-birmingham-phoenix-in-historic-win-as-northern-superchargers-collapse-to-manchester-originals-defeat-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/353143\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hundred: London Spirit thrash Birmingham Phoenix in historic win as Northern Superchargers collapse to Manchester Originals defeat | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bBirmingham Phoenix were bowled out for just 76 as they slumped to their fourth defeat from five games with an 88-run thrashing at the hands of London Spirit, marking the largest margin of victory ever in the women&#8217;s competition.<\/p>\n<p>The defending champions struggled in the opening stages when Georgia Redmayne was dismissed early and Emily Arlott bowled both Cordelia Griffith and Charli Knott.<\/p>\n<p>Kira Chathli underpinned the innings with a fantastic 69 from 35 balls, but her effort was ended after edging Ellyse Perry behind.<\/p>\n<p>Grace Harris picked up where Chathli left off with a quickfire 34 before being trapped lbw by Arlott for her third wicket as the Spirit closed on 164-6.<\/p>\n<p>        Twitter<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Georgia Voll fell early in the Phoenix&#8217;s chase and Emma Lamb enjoyed a bright start before being run out for 23, the highest score of their innings.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Jones and Arlott both finished with 10 runs and were the only other players to make double figures.<\/p>\n<p>Chathli, who was named the Meerkat Match Hero said: &#8220;In The Hundred, that&#8217;s definitely my best performance to date.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They bowled really well up top &#8211; as did our bowlers as well &#8211; but the key is to give yourself a few balls, and after that it got a little easier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a team, we just focus on what do really well, which is to play positive cricket, and there&#8217;s no doubt in my mind that every member of our team backs each other to deliver their skill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dottin stars for Originals <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skysports-deandre-dottin-manchester-originals_6993590.jpg\"   alt=\"Deandre Dottin, Manchester Originals, The Hundred\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Deandre Dottin&#8217;s unbeaten 51 helped Manchester Originals to victory over Northern Superchargers<\/p>\n<p>Deandra Dottin smashed an unbeaten fifty as Manchester Originals edged to a five-run win over Northern Superchargers, who suffered a late batting collapse of 6-35.<\/p>\n<p>West Indies all-rounder Dottin spearheaded Originals&#8217; 117-5 from their 100 balls with a brilliant unbeaten 51 from 26 deliveries after England seamer Kate Cross (2-21) had earlier removed openers Kathryn Bryce (5) and Beth Mooney (8) cheaply to have the Manchester outfit in trouble at 22-2.<\/p>\n<p>In reply, Bryce (2-26) found an early breakthrough as Davina Perrin (10) departed, but Superchargers appeared to be in control of the chase with Alice Davidson-Richards (29) and Phoebe Litchfield (31) at the crease.<\/p>\n<p>        Twitter<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pair blasted 64 runs from 47 balls, leaving just 43 needed from the final 40 deliveries, only for Litchfield&#8217;s dismissal to Bryce to spark an almighty collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Amelia Kerr (2-20) swiftly added the scalp of Davidson-Richards as she and England star spinner Sophie Ecclestone (2-21) ran through the Superchargers&#8217; middle order.<\/p>\n<p>With nine needed from the final set of five, fast bowler Lauren Filer (1-12) conceded only three runs and claimed Cross&#8217; wicket as Originals claimed their third win in five to draw level on points with their opponents in the women&#8217;s table.<\/p>\n<p>How do matches work?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One hundred balls a side, the team with the most runs wins. It is as simple as that.<\/li>\n<li>Five bowlers can bowl up to 20 balls in an innings, including five or 10 in a row.<\/li>\n<li>The traditional six-ball overs seen in other forms of cricket are not used in The Hundred, with 10 balls bowled before a change of ends.<\/li>\n<li>The powerplay is for the first 25 balls of an innings, with only two fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle.<\/li>\n<li>A 25-ball-a-side game is the minimum length that can be played in the event of wet weather.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What&#8217;s next?<\/p>\n<p>The Hundred continues with <strong>Southern Brave<\/strong> versus <strong>Oval Invincibles<\/strong> on Monday &#8211; both games live on Sky Sports Cricket, with the women&#8217;s match getting under way at 3pm and the men&#8217;s contest from 6.30pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Originals<\/strong> are back in action on Tuesday against <strong>Trent Rockets<\/strong>, while Superchargers face <strong>Spirit <\/strong>on Wednesday as part of another four-match day which kicks off with <strong>Welsh Fire<\/strong> against <strong>Southern Brave<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phoenix<\/strong> have a break until their next in action, against <strong>Fire<\/strong> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch every match across the women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s competitions live on Sky Sports from August 5-31.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bBirmingham Phoenix were bowled out for just 76 as they slumped to their fourth defeat from five games&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-353143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115047495486195366","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}