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KOWLOON: Hayley Matthews smashed a sensational 123 from 52 balls to aid the Warriors seal a commanding 94-run victory over Falcons in the final on Sunday and win the second edition of the FairBreak Invitational tournament.  

West Indian batter played a blistering knock comprising 11 fours and nine sixes to help her side score a mammoth 230-run total for the loss of just four wickets after they were put into bat.

Scotland’s Kathryn Bryce also thrashed a quickfire fifty, scoring 52 from just 20 balls with help of eight fours and two maximums, to put Warriors into command.

Falcons, on the other hand, made a promising start but once the top order was removed, the chase got derailed with the lower order failing to put up any meaningful resistance.

Chamari Athapaththu and Danni Wyatt notched up 45 runs before the latter was removed in the fifth over. England’s Wyatt scored 20 from 12 when she fell prey to Bryce.

Sri Lankan skipper Chamari followed the suit quickly and made 29 from 16 before giving her wicket to Hayley.

Falcons captain Suzie Bates and no.4 batter Theertha Satish held the fort the for some time but with an ever-increasing asking rate the two succumbed to the pressure. Skipper Bates scored 25 while Satish made 29 from 32 balls.

Bryce and Hayley also etched their names on the top of the bowling sheet as they took five wickets combined to reduce Falcons to 137 for 8 in the 20 overs.

Bryce took three scalps while Hayley picked up two wickets as their all-round earned the FairBreak 2023 title for the Warriors. 

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KOWLOON: Rubina Chhetry ran through the Sapphires’ batting lineup to steer Barmy Army to a commanding 61-run win and confirm the semi-final spot for her side in the FairBreak Invitational 2023 on Wednesday. 

Nepal’s Rubina took the first five-wicket haul of the tournament and helped Barmy Army bundle out the opposition for 107 in the chase.

Earlier Barmy Army scored 168 for 8 after they were put into bat, thanks to excellent showings by Laura Wolvaardt (49), Shemaine Campbelle (30) and Chhetry (30).

After aiding her side in setting a respectable total, Chettry went on to grab five wickets for 11 runs in four overs and claimed the Player of the Match award.

For Sapphires, except skipper Babette de Leede (23), Erin Burns (21) and Tash Farrant (32) none of the batters were able to jump into double figures. 

Ruchitha Venkatesh claimed two wickets while Tara Norris and Laura Cardoso had a scalp each during Barmy Army’s dominant show with the ball. 

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KOWLOON: Ellie Johnston and Phoebe Litchfield raised an 87-run opening stand to help the Warriors beat the Falcons Women comfortably by five wickets in the seventh match of the FairBreak Invitational 2023 on Friday. 

Set to chase a paltry 134, openers gave the Warriors a flourishing start before Mariko Hill (3-11) clawed back in with back-to-back strikes in the middle overs to gain some ground for the Falcons.  

The top and middle-order debacle, however, had only sedated the rate with which the Warriors were advancing towards the target as they managed to get over the finish line in the 18th over.

Johnston and Litchfield scored 38 and 32 respectively while no.3 Yasmin Khan made 20 from 19 balls to put Warriots in command.

Earlier Warriors’ bowlers exhibited a brilliant effort to restrict the Falcons to 133 for 8 in the 20 overs.

Electing to bat first, the Falcons went through a dismal start, losing star openers Dani Wyatt and Chamari Athapaththu cheaply inside the first four overs.

Theertha Satish and skipper Suzie Bates then held the fort for the side and gathered 71 runs for the fourth wicket before the Warriors bowlers made a comeback to rip through the lower order.

Satish made 45 from 37 balls while captain Bates scored 44 off 38 to control the damage in the middle over but following their departure the Warriors underwent another collapse. 

None of the last six batters except Christina Gough (21) made it into the double figures. 

For the Warriors, Jess Kerr, Kathryn Bryce and Yasmeen Khan took two wickets each.

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KOWLOON: Captain Nicola Carey scored an astounding fifty before Ayabonga Khaka wreaked havoc with the ball to help Spirit beat Sapphires by 12 runs in a low-scoring match of the FairBreak invitational 2023 on Friday. 

Electing to field first, the Sapphires put up an excellent bowling effort to contain Spirit to 121/8 in the 20 overs despite Carey’s 52 from 34.

However, in reply, Sana Mir-led side could only manage 109 for 9 as South Africa’s Khaka claimed four wickets to take her side in command.

England’s Katherine Sciver-Brunt set up a solid resistance as she played a valiant 47-run after the top-order debacle, however, in the end, all her efforts proved to be a futile exercise in the absence of a meaningful backup from the other end.

Apart from Khakha’s brilliant figures of 4 for 13 which also included a maiden over, Nensi Patel, Shizuka Miyaji, Nicola Carey and Gargi Bhogle took a scalp each.

Earlier, Spirit also witnessed a dismal display from the batting lineup as none of the batters, except the skipper, truly looked in control. Carey smashed five fours and three maximums during her standout knock.

Opener Sarah Bryce (12 off 18) and Mahika Gaur (18 off 14) and Gargi Bhogle (12 off 13) were the only other batters who crossed into double figures. 

For Sapphires, Katherine, Geetika Kodali and captain Sana Mir grabbed two wickets each while Shabnim Ismail and Erin Burns had a scalp too. 

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KOWLOON: Phoebe Litchfield’s magnificent 77-run knock in the run chase aided Warriors Women to seal a dominating seven-wicket victory over Sapphires Women in the second fixture of the FairBreak Invitational Tournament 2023.

Set to chase a mere 112, the Warriors accumulated 115/3 in just 12.4 overs at the back of a scintillating knock by Litchfield.

The Warriors’ openers scripted a decent start for their side in the run chase as the opening pair of Hayley Matthews and Litchfield added 28 runs for the first wicket before the former perished in the fourth over after scoring nine off seven.

The Warriors then jolted with another blow as Katherine Sciver-Brunt trapped Esha Oza (1) plumb to draw another success for the Sapphires in the next over.

Following the slump, skipper Sindhu Sriharsha joined Litchfield in the middle and helped her to raise an astounding 70-run partnership for the third wicket.

Litchfield was the core aggressor of the third-wicket stand and scored the majority of the partnership runs before a run out brought down the curtains on her brilliant knock in the 12th over.

She top-scored for the Warriors with a 37-ball 77, which featured 16 boundaries and a six.

Following Litchfield’s dismissal, Sriharsha then put on a brief partnership with Mignon du Preez (9*) and made sure to script a winning start to her side’s campaign. She remained unbeaten with a cautious 10 off 23 deliveries.

For Sapphires, Sciver-Brunt and Erin Burns could pick up a wicket.

Put into bat first, the Sapphires’ batting lineup failed to put up a big total on the scoreboard as could amass 111/7 in the allotted 20 overs.

The Sapphires had a similar decent start but ran into a collapse after losing the first wicket and could not recover from it as the Warriors’ bowlers exerted domination to restrict them to a meagre total.

Wicketkeeper batter Babette de Leede remained the top-scorer for the Sapphires amid a dismal show with the bat, scoring 24 off 36 deliveries, while opener Katie Mack followed with a 19-ball 21.

Kathryn Bryce led the bowling attack for the Warriors with 3/25, followed by Amanda-Jade Wellington’s 2/15, while Jess Kerr and Matthews made one scalp each.

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KOWLOON: Theertha Satish scored a brilliant fifty before Marizanne Kapp and Sornnarin Tippoch starred with the ball to help Falcons women beat Tornadoes women by 41 runs in the opening match of the FairBreak Invitational tournament 2023 on Monday. 

UAE’s Satish top-scored with an excellent 57 from 40 balls while local star Mariko Hill hit 38 from 25 balls as the Falcons made 150 for 6 in the 20 overs after they were invited to bat.

Tornadoes batters, in reply, struggled to fire in as South Africa international Kapp and Thailand’s Tippoch bagged three wickets each to restrict the opposition to 109 for 9 in the chase. 

Kapp’s compatriot Sune Luus held a fightback for Tornadoes as she scored a valiant 48 under pressure but without any meaningful support from the other end.

Apart from Luus, only three other batters – captain Stafanie Taylor, Winifred Duraisingam and Chanida Sutthiruang – barely crossed into double figures as the Tornadoes’ batting line failed miserably during the chase.

For Falcons, Kaia Arua (2-10) and Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapathtu (1-11) also etched their names to the wickets list. 

Earlier, Satish and Hill led the batting charge for the Falcons as the two gathered a 62-run stand for the fourth wicket after cheap dismissals of  Danni Wyatt (0)  and captain Suzie Bates (5).

Wicketkeeper batter Nannapat Koncharoenkai also contributed a useful 17 off 12 in the dying overs of the innings to steer the Falcons to a respectable total.

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LAHORE: ARY Digital Network and FairBreak Invitational have partnered to bring 40 live women’s cricket games to Pakistani audiences this year.

The FairBreak Invitational 2023 kicks off in Hong Kong from 3 April and all games will be live on A Sports HD, Pakistan’s first HD sports channel, and ARY ZAP, ARY’s flagship super application.

Billed as the first truly global women’s cricket league, the FairBreak Invitational features 90 players from 36 countries. Pakistani superstars Sana Mir, Bismah Maroof, Fatima Sana, Diana Baig and Aliya Riaz will be in action for their second FairBreak appearance. In all, six teams comprising international cricketers will be taking part in the tournament.

FairBreak Invitational includes 20 matches in Hong Kong this April to be followed by 20 matches in Houston in September 2023.

This year’s event will see a number of international cricket stars taking part in the competition. Some of the leading players include Sune Luus, Shabnim Ismail, Mignon du Preez and Laura Wolvaardt from South Africa, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Sophie Ecclestone, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Dani Wyatt and Sophia Dunkley from England, Stafaine Taylor, Hayley Matthews, Deandra Dottin and Shemaine Campbelle from the West Indies, Rumana Ahmed and Jahanara Alam from Bangladesh, and Chamari Athapaththu from Sri Lanka,

FairBreak Global delivered the first FairBreak Invitational in May 2022 where 90 players from 35 countries took part and global TV audiences reached the 40-million mark.

Chairman ARY Group, Founder and CEO ARY Digital Network, Salman Iqbal: 

“I am delighted that ARY is partnering with the FairBreak Global. In the last few months, ARY has been at the forefront of promoting women’s cricket in Pakistan.

It is my sincere hope that our coverage of the ICC U19 Women’s World Cup, ICC Women’s World Cup, the PCB women’s exhibition games, and the FairBreak Invitational will inspire the next generation of women cricketers in Pakistan.”

Founder of FairBreak, Shaun Martyn:

“FairBreak is delighted to be partnering with A Sports – Pakistan’s top HD channel, in showcasing 20 Live matches to be played in Hong Kong.

Pakistan’s very own former captains Bismah Maroof and Sana Mir, along with Diana Baig, Aliya Riaz and Fatima Sana will be returning to compete in the tournament.

We take pride in being the pioneers of the first ever women’s global T20 with 90 players from 36 countries playing 20 games to compete, in hope to inspire generations to come.”