SunRisers Leeds secure first win; Ravindra scores 98 for Welsh Fire
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According to a Sky Sports report, SunRisers Leeds defeated Southern Brave by five runs in The Hundred at Headingley, securing their first win of the competition. Half-centuries from Mitchell Marsh and Dan Lawrence set the hosts on course, with Marsh scoring 69 off 34 balls and Lawrence making an unbeaten 51 from 25 deliveries. In the women's match at the same venue, Southern Brave beat SunRisers Leeds by five wickets. Separately, Rachin Ravindra scored 98 from 44 balls for Welsh Fire, the joint fourth-highest score in the history of the men's competition, leading his team to a 15-run victory over MI London in Cardiff. The report notes that MI London had won the men's competition in each of the previous three summers.
What’s reported
Mitchell Marsh scored 69 off 34 balls for SunRisers Leeds.
Dan Lawrence made an unbeaten 51 from 25 balls.
SunRisers Leeds posted 187-5 and won by five runs.
Southern Brave women beat SunRisers Leeds women by five wickets.
Rachin Ravindra scored 98 from 44 balls for Welsh Fire.
Welsh Fire beat MI London by 15 runs in the men's match.
MI London had won the men's competition in each of the last three summers.
Welsh Fire women beat MI London women by 60 runs.
Key figures
Mitchell Marsh (SunRisers Leeds batter)
Dan Lawrence (SunRisers Leeds batter)
Zak Crawley (SunRisers captain)
Adil Rashid (Southern Brave bowler)
Ryan Rickelton (SunRisers opener)
Harry Brook (SunRisers batter)
Marcus Stoinis (Southern Brave batter)
Tom Alsop (SunRisers batter)
Ben McKinney (Southern Brave batter)
Jamie Smith (Southern Brave batter)
Tristan Stubbs (Southern Brave batter)
Rachin Ravindra (Welsh Fire batter)
Joe Root (Welsh Fire batter)
Jordan Cox (Welsh Fire batter)
Jason Roy (MI London batter)
Trent Boult (MI London bowler)
Will Jacks (MI London batter)
Sam Cook (Welsh Fire bowler)
Lockie Ferguson (Welsh Fire bowler)
Nicholas Pooran (MI London batter)
James Vince (MI London batter)
Sherfane Rutherford (MI London batter)
Tom Curran (MI London batter)
Sophie Devine (Welsh Fire women's captain)
Georgia Wareham (Welsh Fire women's batter)
Georgia Voll (Welsh Fire women's batter)
Ella McCaughan (Welsh Fire women's batter)
Grace Potts (Welsh Fire women's bowler)
Jemimah Rodrigues (Southern Brave women's batter)
Sophie Molineux (Australia captain, Southern Brave women's batter)
Bryony Smith (SunRisers women's batter)
Sources: Sky Sports
