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By Frank Dalleres India batter Deepti Sharma smashed a title-winning six as London Spirit beat Welsh Fire by four wickets to win the women’s Hundred for the first time on Sunday at Lord’s. Sharma hit Fire bowler Hayley Matthews back down the wicket and all the way to the boundary, where Shabnim Ismail was unable to hold the catch. Captain Heather Knight’s 24, Dani Gibson’s explosive 22 off just nine balls and Georgia Redmayne’s steady 34 looked to be carrying Spirit to their victory target of 116 with ease. But Redmayne’s lbw departure with 11 balls remaining was quickly followed by Abbey Free…

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