Summary

  • London Spirit v Northern Superchargers men, The Hundred, Lord's

  • Superchargers chase 136 to win by eight wickets with 18 balls to spare

  • Superchargers 138-2 (82 balls): Crawley 55* (38); Overton 1-22

  • Spirit 135-3 (100 balls): Pope 52* (38), Smith 41 (27); Lawes 2-34

  • Superchargers are third, behind top two on net run-rate

  • Spirit are second from bottom

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter & Matthew Henry

  1. Daniel Bell-Drummond
    Kent captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Good striking from Jamie Smith, starting to find his feet nicely. He didn't look to get much of that on the splice, but such is the power of Smith.

  2. 6 runs

    Spirit 33-1

    Smith 21, Williamson 10

    Jamie Smith is starting to warm up. First he drives elegantly down the ground for four and then they swings a six over the leg side to cheers and roars from the Lord's crowd.

    That's the powerplay done. Pretty even, you'd say.

  3. Daniel Bell-Drummond
    Kent captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Good batting from Kane Williamson. Matthew Potts trying a few things there. He tries to tuck up Williamson into his hip but he's so strong on the pull shot and finally times one as he would like.

    Matthew Potts of Northern SuperchargersGetty Images

  4. Spirit 21-1

    Smith 9, Williamson 10

    Kane Williamson, squinting into the setting sun, twice gets Matthew Potts away in a more encouraging spell for the hosts. The first is a late cut. The second is dragged behind square.

    Kane Williamson of London SpiritGetty Images

  5. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    A third single digit score for David Warner at Lord's in The Hundred, following up scores of nine off 10 v Oval Invincibles and six off five v Trent Rockets.

  6. Spirit 10-1

    Smith 8, Williamson 2

    The signs already suggest this pitch is a bit uneven in its pace. We may not be looking at the really big scores towards 200.

  7. Daniel Bell-Drummond
    Kent captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Good batting by Jamie Smith. Running down the wicket. Sometimes when it is too paced, it's best to put the pace on it. And he's met that well.

  8. Spirit 9-1

    It's not the prettiest shot he'll ever hit but Jamie Smith has his first boundary by heaving and slicing a boundary over mid-off.

  9. Spirit 4-1

    This has been the problem for Spirit. Kane Williamson has got scores this year but he doesn't get them quickly. That puts a lot of pressure on Jamie Smith.

  10. Daniel Bell-Drummond
    Kent captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    A brilliant start by the Superchargers. Been on the money from ball one. David Warner will feel unlucky there, he's come down, seen a bit of width and he's swung so hard but it's gone to deep backward point where the man is in the deep. A great bit of planning from the Superchargers.

  11. That wicket brings in Kane Williamson.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Warner c Lawes b Potts 0 (Spirit 1-1)

    David Warner of London SpiritGetty Images

    David Warner gone for a duck! He has slashed Matthew Potts to the one fielder in the deep in the off side.

    Harry Brook can give himself a pat on the back for the field placings. Potts' strong tournament continues.

  13. Daniel Bell-Drummond
    Kent captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Jacob Duffy of Northern SuperchargersGetty Images

    A good start from Jacob Duffy. Used the slope to his advantage and didn't give David Warner and Jamie Smith much opportunity for any freebies. Northern Superchargers will be happy with that.

  14. Spirit 1-0

    Smith 1, Warner 0

    It's a good start from New Zealand's Jacob Duffy - the number one T20 bowler in the world. Superchargers also have no.2 in the rankings in their line-up too in England spinner Adil Rashid. Impressive.

    For now, though, it's going to be Duffy and Matthew Potts. Everyone's favourite Australian opener David Warner is on strike.

  15. Spirit 0-0

    Jacob Duffy is going to take the new ball in the sunshine, bowling to Jamie Smith.

  16. It's a belting evening in north London. Ideal for a game of cricket featuring a host of internationals.

    Ollie Pope and Kane WilliamsonGetty Images

  17. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    London Spirit shuffled their top order in their last home game, with Jamie Smith smashing 52 off 34 as an opener alongside David Warner as the Spirit put on a winning score of 162-5 batting first.

    Smith's aggressive Powerplay style compliments the more conservative Warner perfectly, with Smith striking at 160 in the Powerplay in the Hundred compared to Warner's 109.

  19. Line-ups

    London Spirit: David Warner, Jamie Smith (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Ollie Pope, Ashton Turner, Sean Dickson, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Luke Wood, Richard Gleeson, Dan Worrall

    Northern Superchargers: Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Michael Pepper (wk), Harry Brook (c), Dan Lawrence, David Miller, Mitch Santner, Tom Lawes, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Jacob Duffy

    Superchargers are unchanged, while Jamie Overton returns in place of Olly Stone for London Spirit.

  20. Superchargers win the toss and bowl

    Northern Superchargers captain Harry Brook has won the toss and has chosen to have a bowl.

    Among his attack are England bowlers Adil Rashid and Matty Potts.

    London Spirit won the toss in the women's fixture, chose to bat first and went down to an eight-wicket defeat - Brook goes for a different approach.