Northern Superchargers defeated Birmingham Phoenix by 7 wickets in the fourth match of The Hundred Womens Competition 2023. In the match played at Headingley, the team of Birmingham Phoenix, batting first, was able to score only 110 runs, losing 8 wickets in 100 balls. In response, Northern Superchargers achieved this target by losing 3 wickets in just 78 balls. Davidson Richards was adjudged Player of the Match for his excellent bowling.
The start of the first batting Birmingham Phoenix was not so good. Captain Evelyn Jones returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs off 8 balls. At the same time, wicket-keeper batsman Amy Jones was also able to score 13 runs in 13 balls. Opener Sophie Devine scored an innings of 46 runs in 36 balls with the help of 6 fours and 1 six but she did not get the support of the rest of the batsmen and due to this the whole team could only reach the score of 110 runs. For Northern Superchargers, Davidson Richards took 3 wickets for 20 runs in 20 balls.
Phoebe Litchfield scored an unbeaten 42 off 29 balls
Chasing the target, opener Jemima Rodrigues scored 16 runs off 10 balls with the help of 4 fours for Birmingham Phoenix. At the same time, Mary Kelly played an inning of 24 runs in 20 balls. In the middle order, Phoebe Litchfield scored an unbeaten 42 off 29 balls to give her team an easy win. Davidson Richards also contributed with the bat and remained unbeaten on 11 runs off 5 balls.
Let us tell you that on August 2, two matches were canceled due to rain. Matches between Wales Fire vs Manchester Originals and London Spirit vs Oval Invisibles were abandoned due to rain.