Davina Perrin slammed a jaw-dropping century as she propelled Northern Superchargers to the highest-ever whole within the Girls’s Hundred. Perrin slammed a 42-ball hundred and helped the Superchargers rack up 214/5 with the bat.
Davina Perrin’s jaw-dropping century laid the platform for Northern Superchargers’ large win in opposition to defending champions London Spirit within the Hundred Eliminator on August 30. Perrin slammed a 42-ball century, the second-quickest within the competitors, to guide her workforce to the first-ever 200-plus whole within the historical past of the ladies’s competitors that proved simply manner an excessive amount of for the Spirit.
The 18-year-old Perrin made 101 from 43 balls, laced with 15 fours and 5 sixes as he helped Superchargers put up a frightening 214 on the board. That is now the very best whole in Girls’s Hundred, simply forward of the 181 for 3 that Welsh Hearth had made in 2023. In the meantime, Perrin has change into simply the second participant to have hit 100 within the Girls’s Hundred, becoming a member of Tammy Beaumont on the record.
Following the primary innings, Perrin was informed she fell one ball in need of the all-time document for quickest century within the Hundred, which at the moment belongs to Harry Brook. “One ball? Rattling,” she responded to Sky Sports activities after the tip of the primary innings. “I might higher hit the gymnasium so I can ship these sixes a bit additional.”
Perrin unleashed her strokes to the total extent, discovering boundaries at will. She put up a century partnership with Davidson Richards, who made 18 in all from 15 deliveries as she watched the carnage from the opposite finish. Phoebe Litchfield got here in at No.3 and scored some essential runs, making 35 from 19, whereas Nicola Carey’s unbeaten 31 from 12 deliveries offered the ultimate touches, with Superchargers ending on 214/5.
London Spirit have been at all times enjoying catch-up and particularly after shedding each the openers within the first two units. Grace Ballinger received Grace Harris for a two-ball duck, whereas Kira Chathli was caught for six with Kate Cross getting her.
Cordelia Griffith did bat the way in which by way of and located Charli Knott scoring freely, however couldn’t stick with it any additional than her 29. Knott made 40 from 16 balls, whereas Georgia Redmayne made 50 from 30, however all of that went in useless as Superchargers defeated them to arrange the ultimate conflict in opposition to Southern Courageous.