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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":97,"_path":98},"MI London Edge Spirit in Nail-Biting Tie at The Oval","mi-london-spirit-the-oval-nail-biting-tie","football","Match Report","James Chen","Hayley Matthews' heroic last-over stand secured a nail-biting tie for MI London against London Spirit.","2026-07-29 18:04:12","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fmi-london-spirit-the-oval-nail-biting-tie.webp",[93,94,95,96],"Women's Cricket","MI London","London Spirit","The Oval","## A Narrow Escape at The Oval\n\nMI London and London Spirit played to a tie at The Oval after Hayley Matthews defended three runs from the final three balls of Spirit's chase. The result leaves both teams with work to do in a tightly packed standings table.\n\nMatthews bowled the decisive 20th over, conceding just those three runs to seal the stalemate. 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