KOWLOON: Danni Wyatt led the charge with an unbeaten 76 from just 41 balls as the Falcons outclassed Spirit in the final league fixture of the FairBreak Invitational 2023 on Wednesday and sent a strong warning to Barmy Army ahead of the semifinal.
With the win, Falcons finish third on the table and confirm the semifinal clash against second-placed Barmy Army on Saturday. Spirit, on the other hand, play Warriors earlier on the same day.
Wyatt spitted fire with her bat as she smashed six maximums and seven fours during her powerful knock and steered Faclons to the finish line with nine wickets in hand.
Falcons chased the paltry target of 138 in just 14.2 overs after England’s opener and her partner Chamari Athapaththu (35) set the tone with a flourishing 77-run start.
After Athapathtu’s dismissal in the 10 over, Wyatt’s pressed the peddle even more forcefully and gathered an unbeaten stand of 63 runs with Theertha Satish to take her side home quickly. Satish contributed 21 off 14, too.
Electing to bat first, Spirit made 137 for nine in the 20 overs thanks to Kerry-Anne Tomlinson’s defiant knock of 65 from 46 balls.
Falcons had dominated the Spirts in the earlier half as well since Athapathtu and Sornnarin Tippoch ran through the batting line with their sensational bowling efforts. They both took three wickets apiece as the opposing batters’ looked hapless in front of the spinning duo.
Apart from Tomlinson, Sophia Dunkley 23, Nensi Patel 15 and Gargi Bhogle 14 were the only other batters who moved across single-digit.
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KOWLOON: Deandra Dottin scored an excellent 69 before taking two wickets to steer Barmy Army to a comfortable 17-run win over table-toppers Warriors in the 11th match of FairBreak Invitational 2023 on Sunday.
West Indies’ Dottin smashed seven sixes and three fours during her sensational 48-ball knock to help her side reach 163 for 6 after they were put into bat.
In return, the Warriors were bowled out for 146 thanks to a collective effort by the Barmy Army bowlers.
Deandra Dottin and Tara Norris bagged two wickets each while Fatima Sana, Rumana Ahmed, Rubina Chhetry and Kavisha Egodage had a scalp each.
Barmy Army faced a setback early on when their skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill retired hurt after facing three balls while South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt and Kavisha Egodage were dismissed cheaply as the side stuck at 26/2 after 5 overs.
Dottin held the fort afterwards and raised a match-defining partnership with Rumana Ahmed for the third wicket. The two gathered 99 runs before Dottin fell prey to Kathryn Bryce.
Rumana, on the other hand, contributed 37 from 28 balls to take her side on top.
In reply, apart from Bryce’s late cameo of 26-ball 45, the Warriors’ batting lineup struggled greatly throughout the chase as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
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KOWLOON: Tornadoes’ Aliya Riaz and Diana Baig handed back-to-back jolts to Warriors before rain played spoilsport in the fourth match of the FairBreak Invitational tournament 2023 on Wednesday.
Electing to field first, Tornadoes made a flourishing start to the game thanks to a brilliant bowling attack led by the Pakistani duo.
When rain halted play Warriors were 84 for 3 with wicketkeeper Sindhu Sriharsha and Tanya Ruma holding the crease on 17 and 21, respectively.
Diana earned the first breakthrough for Tornadoes, dismissing Esha Oza for a paltry 3 in the third over. Aliya then struck down Ellie Johnstone an over later to restrict the Warriors to 28/3 in the fifth over.
Australia’s Phoebe Litchfield, however, was in fine touch as she scored 27 off 21 and held the fort for the Warriors while wickets tumbled from the other end. Her knock was cut short by Chanida Sutthiruang before the end of the powerplay.
The game witnessed only 12 overs of play before the showers forced umpires to abandon the match. The two teams shared two points each, taking the Warriors to the top of the table with six points from two games.
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