Jemimah Rodrigues six: Jemimah hits spectacular six off Bryony Smith in Supercharger vs Fire The Hundred 2021 clash

Dixit Bhargav | 24/07/2021
Jemimah Rodrigues six: Jemimah hits spectacular six off Bryony Smith in Supercharger vs Fire The Hundred 2021 clash

Jemimah Rodrigues six: The Indian batter appears to have regained form with her maiden half-century in The Hundred.

During the fourth match of the ongoing inaugural season of The Hundred (Women’s) between Northern Supercharger and Welsh Fire in Headingley, Northern Supercharger batter Jemimah Rodrigues is playing a gem of an innings to power her team towards a victory in their first match of the season.

Chasing a 131-run target, Rodrigues opened the batting with captain Lauren Winfield-Hill (0) only to single-handedly keep her team in the hunt. Having struggled for form at the highest level of late, Rodrigues appears to have regained her lost touch on the back of a match-winning half-century.

Rodrigues, who was among the runs from the word go by hitting a couple of boundaries, stepped out to Welsh Fire spinner Bryony Smith on the 29th ball to hit the first six of the innings. On a delivery which was in her arc, Rodrigues dispatched it over long-off with disdain.

Despite Supercharger losing wickets at regular intervals, Rodrigues not just held one end but also found boundaries at a constant pace. It was on balls 58-60 that Rodrigues hit three consecutive boundaries off Nicole Harvey to reach the 50-run mark.

Rodrigues, 20, ended up scoring a magnificent 92* (43) with the help of 17 fours and a six as the hosts sealed the chase on the 85th delivery.

Asked to bat first by Winfield-Hill, Welsh Fire had scored 130/8 in 100 balls in the first innings. With bowling figures of 20-11-14-3, Linsey Smith was the pick of the bowlers for the home team and was well-supported by the likes of Katie Lavick and Alice Davidson-Richards who picked a couple of wickets each.

Jemimah Rodrigues six in Superchargers vs Fire The Hundred 2021 match

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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