{"id":67103,"date":"2025-08-14T07:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/67103\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T07:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:44:09","slug":"steve-smith-riley-meredith-and-chris-green-star-as-welsh-fire-defeat-manchester-originals-hundred-results-graham-clark-last-ball-six-video-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/67103\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Smith, Riley Meredith and Chris Green star as Welsh Fire defeat Manchester Originals, Hundred results, Graham Clark last-ball six, video, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian trio has helped the Welsh Fire secure their first victory of the Hundred tournament as the Cardiff-based franchise defeated the Manchester Originals by 25 runs at Sophia Gardens on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a 138-run target for victory, the Originals were rolled for 112 in 97 balls with Fire speedster Riley Meredith claiming career-best figures of 4-9 from 17 deliveries. The Tasmanian quick removed both Manchester openers during his opening burst, including rival captain Phil Salt, before returning to help clean up the tail at the death.<\/p>\n<p>Meredith received support from spinner Chris Green, who was named player of the match after smacking a nine-ball 19 before holding onto two superb outfield catches and taking three wickets, including Originals wicketkeeper Jos Buttler (57 from 34 balls). The England white-ball captain\u2019s dismissal prompted a frantic collapse of 6-9 from 17 deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffAustralia vs South Africa T20I &amp; ODI Series | Watch every ball LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, opener Steve Smith top-scored for the Fire with a 22-ball 26, headlined by a stunning strike over point for six. The Australian was eventually dismissed by Ashes rival Josh Tongue, who finished with impressive figures of 3-25 from 20 balls.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a lot of fun. The last two games here have been an amazing atmosphere. The support here in Cardiff has been fantastic and it was great to reward that support with a win here tonight,\u201d Green said after the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Fire captain) Tommy Abell thought 130 was defendable, there was a bit of hold for the off-cutters for the seamers and a bit of hold for the spinners as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeredith was outstanding upfront and probably should be standing here because I thought he broke the game open. The energy we had and the support we had tonight got us over the line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Wednesday, the Northern Superchargers sealed a dramatic three-wicket victory over the Southern Brave in Southampton after Graham Clark slapped the final delivery of the match for six.<\/p>\n<p>With five runs needed off the last ball for an unlikely win, Clark swatted former England star Tymal Mills over cow corner to ensure the Superchargers reeled in the 140-run target. The right-hander finished unbeaten on 38 (24), while England paceman Jofra Archer claimed 2-15 from 20 balls during the run chase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat felt euphoric,\u201d Clark later told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I messed it up when I left the ball before, but it\u2019s a good feeling to get over the line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Brave posted 5-139 courtesy of a 31-ball fifty from wicketkeeper Laurie Evans, with Supercharges seamer Jacob Duffy taking three wickets.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s competition, the Originals defeated the Fire by seven wickets in Cardiff and the Brave toppled the Superchargers by eight wickets in Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the London Spirit will host the Trent Rockets at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Australian trio has helped the Welsh Fire secure their first victory of the Hundred tournament as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-67103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}