Hayley Matthews starred with bat and ball as Welsh Hearth secured a knockout place within the girls’s Hundred with a nine-wicket win over Southern Courageous.
Matthews took 4-14 as Courageous had been skittled out for simply 103, earlier than hitting an unbeaten 35 from 26 balls as Hearth received with 26 balls to spare.
Hearth skipper Tammy Beaumont top-scored with a blistering unbeaten 59 from 40 balls, together with 10 fours.
Courageous struggled with the bat, slumping to 15-3 and 47-7, with Australian Jess Jonassen taking 3-21.
Chloe Tryon was the one Courageous batter to indicate any resistance, scoring 55 from 38 balls – greater than half of their complete.
Hearth will prime the group, and progress on to the ultimate, if Oval Invincibles fail to beat Trent Rockets in Wednesday’s later recreation.
Even when Invincibles win they may want to take action convincingly to enhance their web run-rate by sufficient to overtake Hearth and keep away from going into the eliminator.