The Hundred women’s competition, Utilita Bowl<\/p>\n
Southern Brave 126-7 (100 balls): Wolvaardt 45* (36); Graham 4-19<\/p>\n
Welsh Fire 118-8 (100 balls): Voll 52 (39); Molineux 3-14<\/p>\n
Southern Brave won by eight runs<\/p>\n
Scorecard<\/a>. Table<\/a><\/p>\n Southern Brave produced a remarkable fightback to begin their Hundred campaign with a hard-fought eight-run win against Welsh Fire in Southampton.<\/p>\n Fire were on course for a comfortable victory after reaching 109-3 in their chase of 127, with opener Georgia Voll in good nick and unbeaten on a half-century.<\/p>\n But 18-year-old left-arm spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman sent back the Australian batter for 52 to spark a dramatic collapse as the visitors lost five wickets in the space of just six runs and 14 balls.<\/p>\n Lauren Bell then picked up the wickets of Georgia Wareham and Em Arlott in the following set while captain Sophie Molineux finished with 3-14, including the wicket of her opposite number Sophie Devine, to guide them to victory. <\/p>\n A Brave win had seemed unlikely for much of the evening after a sloppy fielding display in which they dropped a string of catches, including that of Voll in Bell’s opening set.<\/p>\n