Summary

  • Welsh Fire v Southern Brave men, The Hundred, Sophia Gardens

  • Brave restrict Fire to 125-8 to win by four runs

  • Fire 125-8 (100 balls): Kohler-Cadmore 25 (28); Archer 3-20

  • Brave 129-8 (100 balls): Cartwright 51* (19); Henry 2-5

  • Fire remain bottom, with knockout hopes all but over

  • Brave move up to third

Live Reporting

by Matthew Henry & Mike Peter

  1. Melissa Story
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Uppercut over point. Too much width from Jofra Archer.

  2. Fire 89-5

    Need 41 runs from 34 balls

    This wasn't in the plan from James Vince!

    He turns to his star man in Jofra Archer but Tom Kohler-Cadmore slashes a four.

  3. Fire 85-5

    Need 45 runs from 35 balls

    Paul Walter relocates the middle of his bat but only manages a single. This has been a tricky slow pitch.

    Win predictor is still backing Fire.

    Time for Jofra Archer...

  4. Fire 84-5

    Paul Walter is chewing up balls early in his innings.

  5. Fire 83-5

    Need 47 from 38 balls

    There are four England internationals in Brave's bowling line-up. One of those is Reece Topley, who hits Paul Walter on the pad. Dot ball.

  6. Brave take fifth wicket to set up tight finish v Fire

    Jofra Archer celebrates wicketGetty Images

    So with that women's match done early, attention turns to Cardiff where there's a tight finish on the cards in the men's competition.

    Welsh Fire, currently bottom of the standings, need 48 from 40 balls to beat Southern Brave but have just lost Saif Zaib to leave them five down.

    Tom Kohler-Cadmore is on 12 while Paul Walter is yet to score.

  7. Sophie Luff
    Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra

    Northern Superchargers have had a great day out.

    Not much went the way of London Spirit but they need to dust themselves off as they have a few tough games ahead of them.

  8. That win takes Northern Superchargers up to second in the women's Hundred after six matches.

    Spirit are also on 16 points but they have been knocked down to fourth with Manchester Originals in between.

    It's tight but that is a momentum-booster for Superchargers. They look far stronger than their opponents.

  9. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    A hefty win for the Northern Superchargers. Lovely batting from the Australia duo to get their team over the line.

  10. Superchargers beat Spirit by eight wickets
    Breaking

    A thumping win for Northern Superchargers women.

    They chase 91 with 34 balls remaining.

  11. Sophie Luff
    Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra

    There haven't been too many boundaries from Sutherland but she will be happy with that six.

    You have got to have your best day out as a bowler in this situation and Issy Wong would have been desperate to get onto the wickets column.

  12. Superchargers 89-2

    Two runs to win

    Will Phoebe Litchfield win it with another six?

  13. 6 runs

    Superchargers 88-2

    Three runs to win

    Annabel Sutherland heaves Issy Wong for six.

    Superchargers are on the brink.

  14. Sophie Luff
    Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra

    A touch of class from Litchfield. She has accessed all of this Lord's ground and made it very difficult for the Spirit bowlers to bowl at her.

    A well deserved fifty.

  15. 50 runs

    50 for Phoebe Litchfield

    A sweep, a pull and a nudge.

    Phoebe Litchfield has her second fifty in three innings.

    Superchargers only need 12 more to win.

  16. Sophie Luff
    Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra

    Northern Superchargers' coaches won't be saying much to the batters. It will be to just carry on business as usual.

    For Spirit, it will be a conversation about tinkering the field and discussing which bowlers can get a few quick wickets.

  17. How's stat?!

    Ashwanth R Kavuluri
    CricViz analyst

    That is just the second time Steve Smith has been dismissed by Jofra Archer across all formats in 11 innings. The previous instance came in the third ODI between England and Australia in 2024.

  18. Superchargers 70-2

    Litchfield 43, Sutherland 21

    Time for a timeout at Lord's. It's going to have to be some speech to turn the Spirit's fortunes around from here.

    Superchargers need 21 from 45 balls.

  19. Sophie Luff
    Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra

    This is textbook Annabel Sutherland. She is happy to knock it down the ground and take what is on offer and then hand it over to Phoebe Litchfield.

  20. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I don't sense we will be here very much longer. These two are doing the business.