Dunkley stars with bat and ball as Fire progress

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Sophia Dunkley batting for Welsh FireSophia Dunkley and Tammy Beaumont struck 53 from the 25-ball powerplay
The Hundred women's competition, Sophia Gardens
Welsh Fire 161-4: Dunkley 68 (48); Munro 2-24
London Spirit 138-7: Ghosh 34 (26); Dunkley 2-15
Fire win by 23 runs
Scorecard. Table

Sophia Dunkley impressed with both bat and ball as Welsh Fire beat London Spirit to move second in the women's Hundred table.

The England batter struck 68, putting on a brisk stand of 75 for the opening wicket with Tammy Beaumont, as Fire posted an impressive 161-4.

Richa Ghosh and Heather Knight shared 68 for the fourth Spirit wicket before Dunkley dismissed both within one set.

Spirit continued to lose steady wickets as they fell 23 runs short in Cardiff.

Second-placed Fire have now guaranteed their place in the knockout stages, while Spirit remain seventh.

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