SOUTHERN Brave women booked their spot in the final of the Hundred with a crushing 39-run victory over Welsh Fire at the Ageas Bowl.
A superb 107-run stand for the opening wicket from Smriti Mandhana and Danni Wyatt laid the foundations for a tournament record score of 166 from the Brave in front of a crowd of over 7,000.
Despite the perfect battling conditions, Fire skipper Sophie Luff won the toss and elected to field. But that decision backfired as Mandhana – who scored a superb 78 from 52 balls – put Fire to the sword in her last Hundred appearance of the summer befo...