McCarthy's Bat-Down Blunder Costs Sunrisers Leeds in the Hundred

McCarthy's bat costs her in Sunrisers Leeds collapse

Cassidy McCarthy made her ground, then lost her wicket. Jogging through for a run in Sunrisers Leeds' Hundred fixture against Southern Brave, she held her bat above the crease long enough for Lizelle Lee to gather the throw and break the stumps. Lee, the former South Africa international keeping behind the stumps, needed one clean motion: collect, look, release. McCarthy's willow was still hanging in the air when the bails came off. "Not great," noted the commentary box, and it wasn't. Sunrisers Leeds were already struggling when McCarthy's bat cost her the run-out, handing Brave another wicket without requiring a brilliant delivery or a direct hit from the field.

Marsh's six sixes power Sunrisers Leeds to victory over Brave

The franchise's men fared considerably better at Headingley. Both sides entered the fixture searching for their first win of the 2026 tournament, giving extra weight to every phase of play, and Mitch Marsh seized the occasion with 69 off 34 balls. He cleared the rope six times at a strike rate above 200, driving Sunrisers Leeds to 187-5 against the same Southern Brave outfit that had dismantled the women's side.

Sunrisers Leeds held on to win by five runs, restricting Brave's reply despite late tension. Marsh's boundary-hitting set a target that remained just beyond the visitors, and the Australian all-rounder's innings stood as the difference between the two sides, handing Sunrisers Leeds their first victory of the campaign.