LS-W Vs NS-W Eliminator Preview [Source: @londonspirit, @northernsuperchargers/instagram]
London Spirit Women (LS-W) and Northern Superchargers Women (NS-W) will collide in the Eliminator match of The Hundred Women 2025 season. The winner of the match will face the Southern Brave in the grand finale. The eliminator will be hosted by the Kennington Oval in London on Saturday, August 30 and the action will commence from 6:45 PM IST onwards.
Defending champions London Spirit Women qualified for the eliminator by finishing third on the Hundred Women 2025 points table, having secured five wins at an expense of three defeats from eight matches. However, the London Spirit Women franchise has sustained all those three losses in their last five games itself.
The Northern Superchargers Women finished second on the eight-team Hundred Women 2025 standings. With six wins and just two defeats from eight matches, the Superchargers’ NRR reads a formidable 1.216. They are also currently on a three-match winning streak heading into the Eliminator.
LS-W vs NS-W Head To Head Overview
London Spirit Women and Northern Superchargers Women franchises have faced each other five times in The Hundred. The Superchargers hold head-to-head superiority over London Spirit by securing three wins at an expense of just two defeats since their first-ever meeting back in August 2021.
London Spirit Women and Northern Superchargers Women Probable Playing XI
London Spirit Women
Kira Chathli, Georgia Redmayne (wk), Cordelia Griffith, Grace Harris, Charli Knott, Danielle Gibson, Issy Wong, Charlie Dean (c), Sarah Glenn, Eva Gray and Kate Coppack
Northern Superchargers Women
Davina Perrin, Alice Davidson Richards, Phoebe Litchfield, Annabel Sutherland, Hollie Armitage (c), Nicola Carey, Bess Heath (wk), Kate Cross, Lucy Higham, Linsey Smith and Grace Ballinger
Top Run-Scorers in LS-W vs NS-W
We are considering only the players present in the current squad.
Phoebe Litchfield – 94 runs
Northern Superchargers zealot Phoebe Litchfield has aggregated 94 runs in all three innings against London Spirit Women so far in The Hundred, doing so at a prolific batting average of 47 and with a strike rate of 117.50.
Bess Heath – 77 runs
England wicketkeeper-batter Bess Heath has tallied 77 runs in four innings against London Spirit Women. While Heath averages just 19.25, she maintains a staggering strike rate of 171.11 against them in The Hundred.
Alice Davidson-Richards – 61 runs
Alice Davidson-Richards is among one of the leading run-getters against London Spirit Women in The Hundred among all Northern Superchargers players, with 61 runs to her name in five innings.
Top Wicket-Takers In LS-W vs NS-W
We are considering only the players present in the current squad.
Linsey Smith – 7 wickets
Northern Superchargers left-arm spinner Linsey Smith has plucked seven wickets in five innings of The Hundred against London Spirit with an impressive bowling average of 12.85 and an economy of just 5.68.
Alice Davidson-Richards – 4 wickets
Fast bowling all-rounder Alice Davidson-Richards has taken four wickets in three innings for the Northern Superchargers against London Spirit Women in The Hundred 2025.
Grace Ballinger – 3 wickets
Fact bowler Grace Ballinger picked up match-winning figures of 2-12 for the Northern Superchargers Women against London Spirit earlier this month. Overall, Ballinger has snared three wickets in three innings of The Hundred against the Spirit franchise.
LS-W vs NS-W Key Stats
London Spirit Women Key Records
- Grace Harris has emerged as the most successful London Spirit Women batter this Hundred 2025 season with 214 runs in eight innings at an average of 42.80. Moreover, Harris has maintained a blistering strike rate of 176.85.
- Fast bowler Eva Gray has scalped nine wickets in eight innings at an impressive average of 17.77. The speedster snared four of those wickets at an expense of just 19 runs earlier this month against Trent Rockets.
- Young Australian Charli Knott has aggregated 156 runs this Hundred 2025 Women season at a strike rate of over 120. Moreover, the cunning off-spinner has also made timely breakthroughs with the ball, thus marking her presence felt as a versatile all-rounder in the London Spirit setup.
- In-form Grace Harris holds a formidable track record against Northern Superchargers fast bowler Annabel Sutherland, as she averages a staggering 111 and strikes at 150 in all T20 matches against her.
Northern Superchargers Women Key Records
- Phoebe Litchfield is ranked third among the leading run-makers, and the highest among all Northern Superchargers Women players this Hundred 2025 season with 231 runs from eight innings at an average of 46.20 and a strike rate of above 150.
- Kate Cross is leading the wicket-taking charts for the Northern Superchargers Women players this tournament with 11 wickets to her name in just eight innings at an average of 14.45.
- Northern Superchargers’ Annabel Sutherland has emerged as one of the best all-rounders of The Hundred 2025 Women season, as the Australian dynamite has aggregated 173 runs from eight innings all while harvesting 11 wickets at an average of 15.27.
- Both Kate Cross and Linsey Smith seem to hold a tight grip over London Spirit’s prolific batter Grace Harris. The two bowlers hold an average of less than 10 against Harris in T20 cricket.
Records Which Could Be Broken In LS-W vs NS-W Match 32 Of The Hundred Women 2025
- Northern Superchargers Women fast bowler Kate Cross needs just four more wickets to complete 50 wickets in her Hundred career. In doing so, she will become only the third cricketer to breach the landmark figure.
- Fellow Northern Superchargers Women stars Annabel Sutherland and Alice Davidson-Richards need just 27 and 32 runs respectively to complete 500 runs in The Hundred.