[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-mi-london-spirit-the-oval-nail-biting-tie":82,"category-counts-nav":99,"related-mi-london-spirit-the-oval-nail-biting-tie":109},[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":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. Her accuracy at the death erased the strong position Spirit had built through the middle of their innings, underlining why MI London trust her with the ball when little margin remains.\n\nA tie hands each team a single point. For MI London, it prevents a slip that could have cost them ground in the race for the knockout stage. 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