The Hundred: Sophia Dunkley stars as Courageous beat Superchargers in battle of high two

Sophia Dunkley has played for England in all three formats

Women’s Hundred, Ageas Bowl

Northern Superchargers 76-3 (73 balls): Wolvaardt 21* (22); Bell 2-19

Southern Brave 89-3 (62 balls): Dunkley 50* (28), Bouchier 33* (19); Moore 2-9

Southern Brave win by seven wickets

Scorecard; Table

Two England youngsters, Sophia Dunkley and Lauren Bell, starred as Southern Brave beat Northern Superchargers in a battle of the top two in the women’s Hundred.

Dunkley, 23, smashed 50 not out off 28 balls, while 20-year-old Bell took 2-19, including the crucial wicket of the tournament’s leading run-scorer Jemimah Rodrigues.

Brave were struggling at 5-2, and 26-3, in their chase of a revised 89 off 75 balls – after rain had prematurely ended Superchargers’ innings after 73 balls – but Dunkley demonstrated her power, class and perhaps most pertinently her temperament to produce a stunning match-winning knock.

She shared an unbroken 63 with Maia Bouchier, who made an unbeaten 19-ball 33, as the pair saw…

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