tt9915 hund31	Welsh Fire Men v London Spirit Men
	The Men's Hundred 2021
Venue	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on 18th August 2021 (100-ball match) (day/night)
Toss	Welsh Fire Men won the toss and decided to field
Result	Welsh Fire Men won by 3 wickets
Points	Welsh Fire Men 2; London Spirit Men 0
Umpires	NGB Cook, NJ Llong
TV umpire	MJ Saggers
Referee	P Whitticase
Scorers	SM Drinkwater (London Spirit Men), AK Hignell (Welsh Fire Men)
Player of the Match	GD Phillips

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London Spirit Men innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AM Rossington	c Cobb b Critchley	16	13	19	2	-	123.08
JP Inglis	c Milnes b Higgins	72	45	70	7	3	160.00
JB Cracknell	c Duckett b Higgins	35	24	28	2	2	145.83
*EJG Morgan	lbw b Fletcher	25	12	17	1	2	208.33
RS Bopara	c Banton b Higgins	9	4	6	2	-	225.00
D Wiese	not out	1	1	4	-	-	100.00
RE van der Merwe	not out	2	1	2	-	-	200.00
BC Cullen	did not bat
MS Crane	did not bat
BTJ Wheal	did not bat
JW Dernbach	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 balls)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Rossington, 29 balls), 2-113 (Cracknell, 72 balls), 3-150 (Morgan, 92 balls), 4-160 (Bopara, 97 balls), 5-161 (Inglis, 99 balls)

Welsh Fire Men bowling	Balls	Dots	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Cobb	15	5	22	0	-	-			-	146.67
Fletcher	20	5	37	1	-	-			20.00	185.00
Milnes	15	0	36	0	-	-			-	240.00
Critchley	15	3	20	1	-	-			15.00	133.33
Qais Ahmad	15	1	25	0	-	-			-	166.67
Higgins	20	7	21	3	1	-			6.67	105.00

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Welsh Fire Men innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+T Banton	lbw b Cullen	0	2	3	-	-	0.00
DL Lloyd	c Rossington b Cullen	0	2	6	-	-	0.00
*BM Duckett	b Wheal	6	5	12	1	-	120.00
GD Phillips	c Crane b Wheal	80	35	43	5	7	228.57
JL du Plooy	lbw b Crane	26	23	44	3	-	113.04
JJ Cobb	not out	28	15	30	3	1	186.67
RF Higgins	c Bopara b Cullen	8	7	8	1	-	114.29
MJJ Critchley	c Rossington b Wheal	0	3	6	-	-	0.00
Qais Ahmad	not out	13	6	9	3	-	216.67
LJ Fletcher	did not bat
ME Milnes	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(7 wickets, 98 balls)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Banton, 2 balls), 2-2 (Lloyd, 5 balls), 3-20 (Duckett, 15 balls), 4-113 (Phillips, 63 balls), 5-123 (du Plooy, 74 balls), 6-138 (Higgins, 83 balls), 7-146 (Critchley, 89 balls)

London Spirit Men bowling	Balls	Dots	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Cullen	20	10	37	3	1	-			6.67	185.00
Dernbach	15	3	23	0	-	-			-	153.33
Wheal	18	7	30	3	-	-			6.00	166.67
Wiese	10	4	15	0	-	-			-	150.00
Crane	20	7	32	1	1	-			20.00	160.00
van der Merwe	10	1	18	0	-	-			-	180.00
Bopara	5	2	8	0	-	-			-	160.00

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Notes
--> London Spirit Men innings: 150 in 91 balls
--> Welsh Fire Men innings: 50 in 31 balls
--> JW Dernbach made his debut in The Hundred matches
--> JB Cracknell made his last appearance in The Hundred matches
--> BC Cullen made his last appearance in The Hundred matches
--> JW Dernbach made his last appearance in The Hundred matches
--> DL Lloyd made his last appearance in The Hundred matches
--> Qais Ahmad made his last appearance in The Hundred matches
--> JP Inglis passed his previous highest score of 55 in The Hundred matches
--> JB Cracknell passed his previous highest score of 15 in The Hundred matches
--> GD Phillips 50 in 21 balls with 3 fours and 5 sixes
--> GD Phillips passed his previous highest score of 50 in The Hundred matches
--> JJ Cobb passed his previous highest score of 12 in The Hundred matches
--> RF Higgins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in The Hundred matches when he dismissed RS Bopara in the London Spirit Men innings (previous best was 1-9)
--> BC Cullen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in The Hundred matches when he dismissed RF Higgins in the Welsh Fire Men innings (previous best was 2-27)

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Welsh Fire Men strategic timeout after 70 balls (London Spirit Men 113/1)
London Spirit Men strategic timeout after 60 balls (Welsh Fire Men 111/3)