{"success":true,"data":{"id":"529bec9e-aee6-4ce5-99c4-a5e69a265af7","title":"Brave fightback against Fire to make winning start","summary":"A-Z Sports Brave fightback against Fire to make winning start Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Southern Brave registered eight wins from as many matches to reach last season's final By Adwaidh Rajan BBC Sport journalist Published 3 minutes ago The Hundred women's competition, Utilita Bowl S...","content":"**A-Z Sports**\n\n# Brave fightback against Fire to make winning start\n\n![Image 1: Lauren Bell of Southern Brave Women celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Georgia Wareham of Welsh Fire ](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/3840/cpsprodpb/f0d1/live/a3c02ce0-85ed-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.jpg)Image source, Getty Images\n\nImage caption, \n\nSouthern Brave registered eight wins from as many matches to reach last season's final\n\nBy Adwaidh Rajan\n\nBBC Sport journalist\n\n*   Published 3 minutes ago \n\n**The Hundred women's competition, Utilita Bowl**\n\n**Southern Brave 127-6 (100 balls)**: Wolvaardt 45* (36); Graham 4-19\n\n**Welsh Fire 118-8 (100 balls)**: Voll 52 (39); Molineux 3-14\n\n_Southern Brave won by eight runs_\n\n[Scorecard](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-236000). [Table](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/womens-england-the-hundred/table)\n\n**Southern Brave produced a remarkable fightback to begin their Hundred campaign with a hard-fought eight-run win against Welsh Fire in Southampton.**\n\nFire were on course for a comfortable victory after reaching 109-3 in their chase of 128, with opener Georgia Voll in good nick and unbeaten on a half-century.\n\nBut 18-year-old left-arm spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman sent back the Australian batter for 52 and sparked a dramatic collapse as the visitors lost five wickets in the space of just six runs and 14 balls.\n\nLauren Bell then picked up the wickets of Georgia Wareham and Em Arlott in the following set while captain Sophie Molineux finished with 3-14, including the wicket of her opposite number Sophie Devine, to guide them to victory.\n\nA Brave win had seemed unlikely for much of the evening after a sloppy fielding display in which they dropped a string of catches, including that of Voll in Bell's opening set.\n\nEarlier, Brave, who reached four of the five finals and [won the competition in 2023](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66631053), had struggled to build on the platform laid by opener Lizelle Lee, who struck 30 from 26 deliveries, after being sent in to bat first.\n\nSouth Africa's Laura Wolvaardt anchored their innings with an unbeaten 45, but Heather Graham's 4-19 with the ball ensured the home side's innings never really took off as they finished on 126-7.\n\nFire will hope to bounce back quickly, having made significant investments, including a joint-high fee of £210,000 for Devine in the auction, after finishing bottom of the table with just one victory last season.\n\n    \n\n    *   Published 11 hours ago \n\n    \n\n## What is happening on Thursday?\n\n**London Spirit**will take on **Manchester Super Giants** at Lord's on Thursday, with the women's game starting at 14:45 BST and the men's at 18:30.\n\nYou can follow ball-by-ball commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app.\n\n## Related topics\n\n## More on this story\n\n    \n\n    *   Published 2 days ago \n\n    \n\n    *   Published 14 July \n\n    \n\n    *   Published 8 June \n\n## Shorts\n\nPrevious Next\n\n*   0:31 What could potential Bezos investment mean for Liverpool? 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