Lauren Winfield-Hill scored her first half-century in The Hundred this 12 months to guide Oval Invincibles to an eight-wicket win over London Spirit.
Set 121 to win, Invincibles obtained over the road with 9 balls to spare because of an unbeaten 61 in 40 balls from captain Winfield-Hill.
The Invincibles opener hit the profitable runs along with her tenth boundary, taking her partnership with Marizanne Kapp, who made 30 from 18 balls, to 51 within the course of.
Victory takes Invincibles degree on factors with leaders Welsh Hearth and retains them in with an opportunity of qualifying instantly for subsequent Sunday’s remaining at Lord’s.
However for Deepti Sharma’s 46 not out, to rescue Spirit from 47-7 to submit 120-8, the margin of victory would doubtless have been large enough to ship Invicibles high on web run-rate.
As it’s, Winfield-Hill’s facet go into their remaining group match – towards Trent Rockets on Wednesday – figuring out a win ensures them a spot within the high three.
They have to wait on Hearth’s consequence at Southern Courageous earlier that day to know what can be required to take high spot, although.
In the meantime, Spirit are two factors again in fourth and must win at Northern Superchargers on Tuesday to ebook a top-three place.
Invincibles’ win additionally means Manchester Originals have now been eradicated from rivalry.