22/07Result
2nd Match (D/N), The Hundred Men's Competition at Southampton, Jul 22 2026
Fire won by 6 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Phil Salt
Phil SaltWelsh Fire (Men)
22/07Result
2nd Match (D/N), The Hundred Men's Competition at Southampton, Jul 22 2026
Fire won by 6 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Phil Salt
Phil SaltWelsh Fire (Men)

  • Southern Brave (Men) Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    JL Smith †
    3
    3
    5
    0
    0
    100
    1.1 ping! Top of off! That's what Sam Cook does! He was picked for the Test team last summer as a Chris Woakes-a-like, and he's proven exactly why! Perfect line, perfect line, Smith plays the initial line but the ball isn't there. Infinitesmal seam movement away from the bat 5/1
    BS McKinney
    4
    9
    24
    0
    0
    44.44
    6.2 walks across his stumps, leathers his pull to backward square! That was struck so well, but too well! Jansen's bounce tempts McKinney to go for broke. Ravindra clings on on the boundary's edge, which is a change after his butterfingers in the New Zealand Tests! 35/2
    THS Rew
    41
    30
    33
    5
    1
    136.66
    10.4 round the wicket, the change of angle does the trick! A wild wipe across the length from Rew, he gets a massive leading edge to the knuckle-ball, and Short at backward square does brilliantly to get a huge, swirling top-edge 56/3
    DA Miller
    44
    35
    52
    3
    1
    125.71
    19.4 hoisted across the line, out to deep midwicket, a flat return from the deep beats a floundering dive as Salt whips off the bails. Miller is done, it's been a grind but it's a decent knock in the end 133/7
    T Stubbs
    4
    7
    8
    0
    0
    57.14
    13.1 stunning grab from Kellaway at deep midwicket! Stubbs connected sweetly with the launch across the full length, but Kellaway tracked back from some metres inside the ropes, clings on as he falls backwards, then crumbles into a child's-pose yoga position to keep his fingers inches inside the rope! Big wicket! 68/4
    N Chaudhary
    19
    12
    17
    3
    0
    158.33
    17.2 Root at short cover clings onto a blinder! Absolutely lashed through the off-side, but in the air, Root flings himself to his right with inverted hands and gobbles up the offering! 108/5
    JC Archer
    4
    4
    7
    0
    0
    100
    19.1 clubbed into the covers, Jansen drops it and grips his thumb ... as Archer is run out! The spill rolled to Woakes at mid-off, who fired it back to the bowler. Miller didn't want the single, and his partner burnt himself! 126/6
    CJ Jordan (c)
    not out
    1
    1
    6
    0
    0
    100
    L Wood
    not out
    2
    1
    1
    0
    0
    200
    Extras
    13 (lb 7, nb 2, w 4)
    TOTAL
    135/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.75 per 6 ball)
    Did not bat: AU Rashid, DJ Worrall
    Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Jamie Smith, 1.1 ov), 2-35 (Ben McKinney, 6.2 ov), 3-56 (Thomas Rew, 10.4 ov), 4-68 (Tristan Stubbs, 13.1 ov), 5-108 (Nikhil Chaudhary, 17.2 ov), 6-126 (Jofra Archer, 19.1 ov), 7-133 (David Miller, 19.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    CR Woakes40281753010
    SJ Cook402616.583021
    M Jansen401724.25101010
    LH Ferguson403408.543101
    MW Short20512.550000
    JE Root20180931100

  • Welsh Fire (Men) Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    PD Salt (c) †
    not out
    47
    37
    76
    2
    1
    127.02
    MW Short
    20
    15
    16
    4
    0
    133.33
    4.1 flubbed tamely to mid-off! Gentle outswinger, wide outside off stump. Short was done for lack of pace, looking to launch over extra cover, and chipped it straight to captain Jordan 29/1
    JE Root
    15
    15
    16
    2
    0
    100
    9.2 legcutter, tip-and-run into the leg side. Untidy fielding by Worrall... but there's a mix-up between Salt and Root, and Root is run out! Never run on the misfield, as the cliche goes... Worrall dives to his left from short midwicket to cut it off, but there's confusion as to whether the second is on. The delay means that Root is running through treacle, and Smith whips the bails off as Worrall recovers with a good throw. Salt was apologising as he ran through for the second 60/2
    R Ravindra
    24
    16
    24
    2
    0
    150
    14.3 Miller takes the catch diving forwards at deep midwicket! Rachin falls, slog-sweeping a wide one outside off stump. Toe-edged, and Miller did well in the deep to get underneath it 109/3
    JM Cox
    6
    4
    4
    0
    0
    150
    15.5 chops on! Drifting in, full outside off, looking to slice it away with an open face and plays on via the toe-end 117/4
    AM Tribe
    not out
    11
    12
    13
    1
    0
    91.66
    Extras
    15 (b 4, lb 7, nb 1, w 3)
    TOTAL
    138/4 (19.3 Overs, RR: 7.04 per 6 ball)
    Did not bat: BI Kellaway, M Jansen, CR Woakes, LH Ferguson, SJ Cook
    Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Matthew Short, 4.1 ov), 2-60 (Joe Root, 9.2 ov), 3-109 (Rachin Ravindra, 14.3 ov), 4-117 (Jordan Cox, 15.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    L Wood302909.6666001
    DJ Worrall30151561010
    JC Archer402205.551020
    AU Rashid401804.560000
    CJ Jordan2.302409.2333100
    N Chaudhary301926.3340000

Match Notes

Fire 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st29MW ShortPD Salt
2nd31JE RootPD Salt
3rd49PD SaltR Ravindra
4th8PD SaltJM Cox
5th21PD SaltAM Tribe