The Hundred: Laura Wolvaardt hits unbeaten 90 as Northern Superchargers beat Manchester...

Manchester Originals’ Deandra Dottin strikes six sixes – the most by a player in a women’s Hundred match – en route to 68 from just 30 balls but Northern Superchargers reach target of 161 with one delivery to spare as Laura Wolvaardt scores unbeaten 90 from 49 in Hundred thriller

Last Updated: 21/08/22 6:24pm

Laura Wolvaardt’s match-winning 90 not out from 49 balls contained 13 fours and two sixes

Deandra Dottin’s six blitz came in vain as Laura Wolvaardt’s unbeaten 90 from 49 balls dragged Northern Superchargers to a stunning comeback win at Headingley…

Story of the match

Dottin calls herself the ‘World Boss’ and she played like it in Leeds on Sunday afternoon, striking an unbeaten 68 from 30 balls as she mixed those six maximums with five fours during a pulsating knock.

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Deandra Dottin stunned in her performance, with three sixes in a row and six in total

The former West Indies international nailed three sixes in a row off Superchargers left-arm spinner Linsey Smith as Originals smoked 69 runs from their final 25 deliveries to post 160-3 from their 100 balls.

With 20 balls remaining in Superchargers’ knock, that total looked like being enough – but Wolvaardt (90no off 49) then struck six of the next seven balls she faced for boundaries to leave her side needing 16 from 10.

That became 11 off five after a tight set from Originals skipper Kate Cross with Dottin bowling the final five deliveries.

Unfortunately, Originals’ hero with the bat then bowled a no-ball, fluffed the chance to run out Heather Graham and was drilled for four by Wolvaardt, before the 99th ball of the innings deflected off Graham for the match-winning leg byes.

Superchargers’ victory was their second in four games, while Originals – somehow – slipped to a third defeat from four.

Dottin had earlier cracked a six and three fours off Phoebe Graham in a 21-run final set, with Sophie Ecclestone (24no off 17) also slamming fours on the trot off Jenny Gunn as she and Dottin added 74 from just 33 balls.

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Ex-South Africa opener Lizelle Lee thumped 40 from 27 balls at the top of the order after Superchargers squandered the chance to run her out on five – but Ami Campbell (7) was run out after a poor lapse of concentration, failing to get back into her crease after steering Graham to cover.

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Watch how Ami Campbell was run out after a terrible lapse of concentration!

Australia opener Alyssa Healy contributed 25 off 18 for Superchargers before Wolvaardt anchored the chase and then ignited in the final stage the game, firing fours and sixes off Ecclestone, Lea Tahuhu and Dottin to complete a staggering win and delight the home fans.

What they said – Dottin was ‘brutal’

Sky Sports’ Lisa Sthalekar: “It was crazy. It’s amazing what Dottin can do when she is set. She was brutal against Smith but also against pace bowling. Any time the bowlers were around off stump, she went boom straight down the ground or to the legside.”

Sky Sports’ Lydia Greenway: “Dottin has a high backswing. You will often see the toe of her bat pointing to the sky and that is giving her the best chance of hitting the ball hard. She also clears her front leg but not too much and that gives her all of the swinging arc to go straight or legside.”