
Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|15-08-2026
Delhi:In the eliminator match of The Hundred Women's Competition 2026, Sunrisers Leeds Women performed brilliantly and defeated Southern Brave Women by 5 wickets. Sunrisers Leeds Women have secured a ticket to the final by winning their fifth consecutive match in the tournament. Now Sunrisers Leeds Women will face Trent Rockets in the final match on 16th August.
In this match, Southern Brave, batting first, scored 114 runs for 7 wickets in 100 balls. In reply, Sunrisers Leeds won the match by scoring 116 runs losing 5 wickets in just 89 balls. With this victory, Hannah Baker played an important role for Sunrisers Leeds.
Southern Brave, who came to bat first after the toss, had a good start. Lizelle Lee scored 32 runs in 25 balls. Along with him, Maya Bushier contributed 15 runs on 17 balls. Powerful batsman Laura Wolvaardt could not last long and was out after scoring 8 runs on 7 balls. Sophie Molineux tried to handle the innings and scored unbeaten 22 runs in 24 balls.
Charlie Knott's contribution in Southern Brave's innings was also important. He scored 25 runs in just 21 balls and hit 3 fours in his innings. However, Sunrisers Leeds bowlers did a good job of stopping the runs in the last overs. Southern Brave team could score only 114 runs for 7 wickets in 100 balls.
For Sunrisers Leeds, Annable Sutherland and Hannah Baker took 2 wickets each, while Kate Cross and Deepti Sharma got one wicket each.
Sunrisers Leeds, which came out to chase the target of 115 runs, also did not have a good start. Bryony Smith was out after scoring only 2 runs, while Phoebe Litchfield could also score only 4 runs. After the fall of two wickets at the score of 13 runs, there was definitely some pressure on the team.
After this, Lauren Winfield-Hill took the lead by playing a brilliant inning of 37 runs. He faced 37 balls and hit 4 fours. Annable Sutherland supported him. Sutherland scored 17 runs in just 12 balls and led the team to victory.
Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma played a useful inning of 28 runs in 22 balls. He hit 3 fours and took the team's score forward rapidly. After Deepti's dismissal, Jess Jonassen took charge. He scored 10 unbeaten runs in 10 balls and led the team to victory. Sunrisers Leeds scored 116 runs after losing 5 wickets in 89 balls and won the match by 5 wickets and entered the final. At the same time, Southern Brave's dream of winning the trophy was shattered.
Isshi Wong was the most successful bowler for Southern Brave. He took 3 wickets for 21 runs in 20 balls. Sophie Molyneux and Sarah Glenn got one wicket each, but the rest of the bowlers could not put much pressure on the Sunrisers batsmen.




