Cricket Highlights, 24 Aug: The Hundred 2022 (Match 24) – London Spirit vs Welsh Fire

London Spirit vs Welsh Fire (Match 24) – Highlights

Daniel Lawrence’s superb all-around performance led London Spirit to a stunning 17-run win over Welsh Fire in the 24th match of The Hundred 2022 at Lord’s in London on Wednesday. Daniel Lawrence was selected as the player of the match for his stormy innings of 43 runs from 26 balls, first with the bat and then taking 4 wickets with the ball.

Welsh Fire captain Josh Cobb won the toss and elected to field first, sending London Spirit to bat. London Spirit collected a challenging score of 156 runs after losing 6 wickets from the stipulated 100 balls.

London Spirit’s openers Adam Rossington, and Daniel Bell-Drummond got off to a good start after coming down to bat. They picked up 45 runs after losing 1 wicket in 25 balls of power play. Where the team lost the first wicket for 41 runs. Daniel Bell-Drummond was bowled by Jake Ball and scored 8 runs off 12 balls.

After a while, the wicketkeeper batter Rossington got out after scoring 32 runs off 20 balls. But the big blow to the London Spirit camp came up a little later. Just 4 balls after Rossington got out, skipper Eoin Morgan returned to the dugout for zero runs. Losing three wickets for the team’s 57 runs, London Spirit was somewhat knocked out of the match.

But then all-rounder Daniel Lawrence took the helm of the team. He was supported by Ben McDermott and Kieron Pollard. Lawrence brought the team back into the match with an impeccable stand of 33 first with McDermott and then 48 with Pollard.

London Spirit, who collected 50 runs in 32 balls, was able to score 100 runs in 71 balls and 56 runs in the last 29 balls due to this duo. Ben McDermott scored 32 off 23 balls. Besides, the match’s hero Lawrence played a devastating innings of 43 runs off 26 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes.

On the other hand, at the other end of the wicket, Pollard remained unbeaten with 25 runs from 17 balls. Ish Sodhi took the maximum number of 2 wickets for Welsh Fire. Besides, Josh Cobb, Dwaine Pretorius, and Jake Ball took 1 wicket each.

Chasing a challenging target of 157 runs in reply, the Welsh Fire lost 4 wickets for 37 runs to the bowling canon of the London Spirit bowlers. They were blown away by Chris Wood’s aggressive bowling and Lawrence’s spin magic. These two took 4 wickets each.

Pacer Jordan Thompson struck first in the Welsh Fire camp. After he dismissed opener Joe Clarke (9), Lawrence single-handedly demolished the Welsh Fire by picking up four consecutive wickets. He took this wicket with 20 runs off just 20 balls. Ben Duckett (34) and Dwaine Pretorius (23) tried in between but it was not enough for the team to win.

In the end, Leus du Plooy scored 30 runs off 18 balls but could not take the team to the port of victory thanks to Chris Wood’s aggressive bowling. This pacer took the last four wickets in a row. As a result, the innings of Welsh Fire stopped at 139 runs after losing 9 wickets in the scheduled 100 balls.

By winning this match, London Spirit has climbed to the top of the points table. On the other hand, Welsh Fire is currently at the bottom of the points table after losing six matches in a row.

London Spirit vs Welsh Fire Scoreboard

London Spirit – 156/6 (100)

Welsh Fire – 139/9 (100)

Result – London Spirit won by 17 runs

Player of the match – Daniel Lawrence

London Spirit vs Welsh Fire Playing XIs