Carey undone by Bell’s slower yorker in The Hundred

Welsh Fire’s Hayley Matthews tried to bring the chase on track with a run-a-ball 20 after having lost her captain Tammy Beaumont, but her dismissal triggered a collapse. The home side lost four crucial wickets for 23 runs, slipping to 67/5 in as many balls. Wicketkeeper-bat Sarah Bryce kept Fire’s hopes alive still with her enterprising 21-ball 28 but the asking rate climbed up steadily after Anya Shrubsole’s twin strikes to get rid of Katie George and Lauren Filer all but sealed the fate of the game, just like how this slower yorker did for the batter.

Brief scores: Southern Brave 122/8 in 100 balls (Sophia Dunkley 49, Georgia Adams 25*; Hayley Matthews 2-26) beat Welsh Fire 108 all out in 99 balls (Sarah Bryce 28; Anya Shrubsole 3-20, Georgia Adams 2-13, Lauren Bell 2-17) by 14 runs