{"id":736418,"date":"2026-08-13T07:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736418\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T07:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:08:08","slug":"the-hundred-cricket-what-next-for-welsh-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736418\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hundred Cricket: What next for Welsh Fire?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After a comfortable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/articles\/cqx7p9nej52o\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">15-run win against London Spirit<\/a> at Sophia Gardens, Michael Klinger&#8217;s side finished fifth in the women&#8217;s overall standings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They looked a much improved outfit compared to last season but three defeats in their first four games &#8211; alongside the loss of captain Sophie Devine, The Hundred&#8217;s joint most expensive signing &#8211; extinguished any hopes of a spot in Friday&#8217;s knockout match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Replacement skipper Georgia Wareham led the side to three wins from four as they finished on a high and insists she has enjoyed her time in the Welsh capital, despite the ultimate lack of success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve really enjoyed Cardiff, I&#8217;ve loved it here,&#8221; Wareham said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve loved every minute with the team and the support staff. It&#8217;s been incredible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The fans, they&#8217;ve been awesome as well, they&#8217;ve been turning out every game. Even on the final game, despite us being out of the competition, they&#8217;ve showed up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been really cool.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a comfortable 15-run win against London Spirit at Sophia Gardens, Michael Klinger&#8217;s side finished fifth in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-736418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}