Southern Brave maintained their unbeaten streak in The Hundred Women’s 2025 with a dominant win over London Spirit at Lord’s, highlighted by a 95-run stand between Maia Bouchier and Laura Wolvaardt.
Match Analysis
Southern Brave made it seven wins in a row in this year’s The Hundred women’s competition with a resounding victory over London Spirit at Lord’s, underscored by a superb partnership of 95 between Maia Bouchier and the stylish South African superstar, Laura Wolvaardt.
The result, achieved with six balls to spare, leaves the Spirit hanging on in their quest to break into the final top three. After an uneven performance with the bat – only Cordelia Griffith, Charli Knott and Georgia Redmayne managed double figures – followed by a luckless run in the field, they will have to win their final match against the Invincibles on Monday and hope that other results go their way.
The Brave are a brilliantly well-drilled unit. In Lauren Bell they have one of the standout seamers of the tournament who was excellent again here, removing Kira Chathli in her opening set and going for just 18 across her 20. Mady Villiers provided control and potency with her off-breaks, picking up three more wickets; and with the bat they rarely miss.
While Bouchier impressed, eventually holing out for 43 from 34 balls, Wolvaardt was irresistible. Coming together after the early dismissal of Danni Wyatt-Hodge, given out leg-before on review to a beauty from Issy Wong, Wolvaardt opened her account with a brace of boundaries driven down the ground, before a stunning cover drive took her into double figures.
A subsequent no-look slap off Wong that went for six over midwicket, carrying 74 metres, should have been the standout shot, but that honour fell to her extraordinary one-handed six over long-on. That shot brought up her thousandth run in the history of The Hundred, Wolvaardt becoming just the fourth player to do so, and the first overseas star. Her fifty came up off 31 balls, and she was still there at the death, ensuring that the mighty Brave continued their unbeaten streak.
They will now, irrespective of results elsewhere, be guaranteed to finish top of the group going into the knockouts later this week. Rock bottom last year, top this; it’s been an extraordinary turnaround for the Brave.
Wolvaardt’s class was recognised with the Meerkat Match Hero award: “I’m so happy that we were able to get the win. It was a nice wicket to bat on, so we did well to restrict them to that total. On a good wicket we wanted to get ahead of the game early. We knew they had a load of world-class spinners in their attack, so we wanted to get off to a fast start. I really enjoy batting with Bouch, we rotated well, and we were both able to find the boundaries as well.
“Our bowlers have been absolutely amazing all tournament. The way that Belly and Tilly [Corteen-Coleman] have set the tone up front has been awesome.”
Match Summary
London Spirit (Women) vs Southern Brave (Women) – Match 26
London Spirit (Women) 125/8 (100 balls)
Southern Brave (Women) 126/2 (94 balls)
Southern Brave (Women) won by 8 wickets
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Match Stats
London Spirit (Women) Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Kira Chathli – 0.4 ov), 2-30 (Georgia Redmayne – 6.1 ov), 3-36 (Grace Harris – 6.4 ov), 4-103 (Cordelia Griffith – 14.5 ov), 5-113 (Charli Knott – 16.4 ov), 6-115 (Issy Wong – 17.2 ov), 7-116 (Danielle Gibson – 17.4 ov), 8-125 (Sarah Glenn – 19.5 ov)
Southern Brave (Women) Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Danielle Wyatt – 1.3 ov), 2-108 (Maia Bouchier – 13.5 ov)
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London Spirit (Women)
Southern Brave (Women)
Match Details:
Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025 14:30
Venue: Lord’s, London
Toss: Southern Brave (Women) elected to bowl
Umpires: Anna Harris (England) Chris Watts (England) Martin Saggers (England TV)
Match Referee: Phil Whitticase (England)
The Hundred Women’s 2025 continues with Match 26 as London Spirit Women clash with Southern Brave Women. Fans can catch live streaming, score updates, and highlights.
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