{"id":8117,"date":"2022-08-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=8117"},"modified":"2024-06-10T09:14:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T08:14:20","slug":"southampton-southern-brave-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=8117","title":{"rendered":"Southampton: Southern Brave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 19 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday 3rd August 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The start of this year&#8217;s The Hundred series and we headed to Southampton to watch Southern Brave take on Welsh Fire.  Alas, no ladies match as players were involved in the Women&#8217;s Cricket World Cup, so just the men to watch this evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We arrived what we thought was in good time, but by the time we&#8217;d parked on the golf course and walked over the stadium, the queues were incredibly long.  From what we could see, there were more people queuing outside than there were in the stadium &#8230; and the queues were not moving!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Match start time, and hardly anyone in the stadium.  All of a sudden, the queues moved at break-neck speed.  They&#8217;d stopped checking everyone&#8217;s tickets and everyone in the queue made their way in and found their seats.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2022-Aug-03-4B.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2022-Aug-03-4B.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2022-Aug-03-4B-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2022-Aug-03-4B-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Southern Brave kept Welsh Fire to 107-7 for their innings and in reply, quickly rattled off 109-1 to win the match, helped massively by some awful fielding from Welsh Fire right under our noses!  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