Spirit dampened as Lanning and Redmayne fall short

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London Spirit’s Australian opening pairing of Meg Lanning and Georgia Redmayne have been unable to inspire their side in a crucial Hundred derby clash with Oval Invincibles at the Kia Oval.

Lanning was out facing her third delivery, without scoring, and Redmayne had reached four from nine balls before departing.

Spirit lurched to 7-47 before India all-rounder Deepti Sharma brought a degree of respectability with an unbeaten 46 – including a record eighth-wicket stand of 56 with Eva Gray – that set a target of 121.

That posed few problems for Invincibles captain Lauren Winfield-Hill, who made an unbeaten 61 from 40 balls – her first half-century of the season.

With Marizanne Kapp, who had earlier dismissed Lanning, weighing in with an undefeated 30, the home side cruised to victory with eight wickets and nine balls to spare.

Invincibles’ win confirmed Manchester Originals’ tournament is over, but more importantly for the home side it leaves them in control of their own destiny with one game to go ahead of the eliminator.

For Lanning’s Spirit, they now need to win their last game and hope other results go their way to secure a place in the top three.

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