Welsh Fire end Brave's perfect Hundred start
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- Welsh Fire beat previously unbeaten Southern Brave by four wickets on the final ball at Sophia Gardens, ending Brave's 5-0 start to The Hundred women's competition.
- Tilly Corteen-Coleman, the 18-year-old left-arm spinner, took 3-27 including removing openers Georgia Voll and Ella McCaughan in the same set before also dismissing Freya Kemp.
- Heather Graham finished unbeaten on 35 to take Fire over the line on the final ball, having earlier taken two wickets with the ball to help restrict Brave's innings.
- Southern Brave posted 121-5 after becoming the first team this season to win the toss and elect to bat, with Laura Wolvaardt falling for 48 — two runs short of a half-century.
- Georgia Wareham captained Welsh Fire after Sophie Devine was ruled out for the remainder of the tournament through injury, scoring 16 before falling to Lauren Bell's slower ball that left Fire 70-5.
- Niamh Holland contributed a rapid knock alongside Grace Thompson to support Graham in the chase after Fire had slipped to 70-5 and were in serious trouble.
Why it matters: This loss ends Southern Brave's 5-0 start to The Hundred women's competition and hands Fire their second win of the campaign, achieved while playing under stand-in captain Georgia Wareham after Sophie Devine was ruled out for the tournament through injury. Tilly Corteen-Coleman's three top-order wickets at 18 highlight Fire's depth beyond Devine.
