The Hundred Women's 2024: Paige Scholfield Inspires Oval Invincibles Women To Win In The Opener

The Hundred Women's 2024: Oval Invincibles Women make a dominant start to their tournament by registering a 45-run victory over Birmingham Phoenix Women. Here are the details.

The Hundred Women's 2024: Oval Invincibles Women beat Birmingham Phoenix Women by 45 runs in the opening match of The Hundred Women's 2024, as the unique league is back again with exciting action. Electing to bowl first, Birmingham Phoenix Women were off to a positive start, as Katie Levick did well to get rid of the Oval Invincibles Women captain Lauren Winfield-Hill but the journey afterwards was a downhill one for the Ellyse Perry-led side, as OIW registered a total of 150/5 in their 100 balls, thanks to 71 off 40 from Paige Scholfield.

In reply, BPW's batting order faltered under pressure as Amanda-Jade Wellington led the bowling attack of OIW from front by scalping 3 wickets, and was well-complemented by other bowlers, as Birmingham were bndled out for 105 inside 92 balls.

"I am absolutely buzzing today with my performance. I usually come in at the end but I enjoyed opening the batting tonight. Yeah I feel like the wicket played really well as it had some tennis ball bounce and I backed myself. We bat till 11 and I trusted myself because I know I have them in my back. She (Chamari Athapaththu) can bat in my place and I would be happy to bat down the order. We are one of the best fielding side and we are proud of ourselves tonight," said Paige Scholfield, who was awarded the Man of the Match.

 

"Really Proud With Today's Play, Have A Good Set Of Players": Oval Invincibles Women Captain

Lauren Winfield-Hill's side have commenced their tournament on a winning note and was full of praise for her players, and also added that Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu will be joining the side after the conclusion of the ongoing Women's Asia Cup 2024.

"Well I really enjoyed the way we played tonight. Paige batted really well and she took calculative risks which worked well for us. Chamari will be back for us and I am sure Paige will be happy to give her that spot. We have a really good group of players and I am really proud of the way we played tonight. We knew 150 was a par score here but still we had to bowl well which we did as well."