[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-manchester-super-giants-thrash-london-spirit-hundred":82,"category-counts-nav":96,"related-manchester-super-giants-thrash-london-spirit-hundred":106},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. 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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":94,"_path":95},"Super Giants dismantle Spirit with clinical seven-wicket win","manchester-super-giants-thrash-london-spirit-hundred","football","Match Report","Sarah Martinez","Manchester Super Giants chase 81 in 59 balls to thrash London Spirit by seven wickets in The Hundred.","2026-07-23 16:51:00","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fmanchester-super-giants-thrash-london-spirit-hundred.webp",[93],"The Hundred","## Manchester Super Giants crush London Spirit in 59-ball chase at Lord's\n\nManchester Super Giants chased down **80** in just **59 balls** to beat London Spirit by **seven wickets** at Lord's, opening their 2026 women's Hundred campaign with a dominant display.\n\n**Ryana MacDonald-Gay** struck first with the ball, taking **four wickets** as Spirit were bowled out for just **80**. Her spell dismantled a middle order that struggled to adjust to her pace and movement, and Spirit's innings folded well inside their allocation on a ground where they needed a competitive total.\n\nSuper Giants' top order then made the chase look routine. Loose deliveries were punished, strike was rotated without risk, and the required rate shrank from the opening set. Spirit needed disciplined lines and early breakthroughs to defend 81; they managed neither with enough consistency to build any pressure. Seven wickets remained at the finish.\n\nThe win puts Super Giants in a strong early position in the table and boosts their net run rate. 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