Lauren Winfield-Hill scored her first half-century in The Hundred this yr to guide Oval Invincibles to an eight-wicket win over London Spirit.
Set 121 to win, Invincibles bought over the road with 9 balls to spare because of an unbeaten 61 in 40 balls from captain Winfield-Hill.
The Invincibles opener hit the successful runs together with her tenth boundary, taking her partnership with Marizanne Kapp, who made 30 from 18 balls, to 51 within the course of.
Victory takes Invincibles degree on factors with leaders Welsh Fireplace and retains them in with an opportunity of qualifying instantly for subsequent Sunday’s ultimate at Lord’s.
However for Deepti Sharma’s 46 not out, to rescue Spirit from 47-7 to publish 120-8, the margin of victory would probably have been large enough to ship Invicibles prime on web run-rate.
As it’s, Winfield-Hill’s facet go into their ultimate group match – towards Trent Rockets on Wednesday – realizing a win ensures them a spot within the prime three.
They need to wait on Fireplace’s outcome at Southern Courageous earlier that day to know what will probably be required to take prime spot, although.
In the meantime, Spirit are two factors again in fourth and have to win at Northern Superchargers on Tuesday to guide a top-three place.
Invincibles’ win additionally means Manchester Originals have now been eradicated from rivalry.
