Brave beat Fire to secure fourth in Hundred table

The Utilita Bowl and The Hundred Men’s Competition

Southern Brave 167-7 (100 balls): Roy 70 (39), Payne 2-17

Welsh Fire 163-6 (100 balls): Kohler-Cadmore 84 (46), Overton 3-22

Brave won by four runs.

In Southampton, Southern Brave defeated bottom side Welsh Fire by four runs to finish fourth in the series.

Tom Kohler-Cadmore, who had a 168-run record, was dismissed on the 98th ball of the innings because Fire was so close to falling short. This was the third-highest score in this season’s competition.

Before Craig Overton’s fire openers Stephen Eskinazi and Steve Smith were caught inside the first five balls of the chase, Jason Roy led Brave’s innings by striking 70 from 39 deliveries as the home side came to a 167-7 lead.

With an 81-run fifth-wicket partnership with Ben Kellaway, Kohler-Cadmore put his side back in contention by hitting seven sixes and three fours.

After receiving seven from three balls, he cleared the ropes off Jordan Thompson to put his side in the box seat, but the delivery was denied.

To cap the match, the Brave all-rounder only managed to concede one single from his final deliveries.

Both Welsh Fire teams are now at the bottom of their respective standings, after the women’s side lost to the same foe earlier in the day.

In the final match of the group stage, Brave lost openers James Vince and Toby Albert four balls after being batted and James Coles was bowled by Kellaway for seven before going out with a score of 34-3 at the break.

However, Roy put together partnerships of 55 with Leus du Plooy and 38 with Laurie Evans to help Brave reach a strong total, twice hitting back-to-back sixes in a inning full of potent strokeplay.