Brave canter to victory - Du Plooy top-scores with 48*
Phoenix restricted to 106-7 - Clarke 36; Bracewell 3-10
Charlotte Taylor
Former Southern Vipers spinner
Liam Livingstone is changing things up with his bowling. He is mainly bowling the off-spinner to the left-hander and the leg-spinner to the right-hander to turn it away from the bat.
He tries to make it challenging and mix it up.
Target 107
Southern Brave's openers are running very smartly here. Four of Liam Livingstone's five deliveries are scoring shots, with James Vince calling for two off each of the latter two.
Target 107
Ooooh we nearly had a boundary there. Will Smeed has to put in a full length dive to deny James Vince.
Brave run three.
Michael Carberry
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Image source, Getty ImagesJames Vince knows this ground like the back of his hand so he won't be panicking about the lack of boundaries. This is just a pitch you have to invest time in and give yourself a few balls.
Smart batting is looking for ones when there aren't boundaries to find and that way you keep your team ticking over.
Target 107
Benny Howell and his bag of tricks enter the bowling attack. He looked a little ginger when he was batting but there are no issues as he sends down his first set.
Four singles for Brave.
Here comes captain Liam Livingstone.
Michael Carberry
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
With Birmingham Phoenix on course for another loss. They need to start looking at their personnel. Is their batting line-up working?
Dan Mousley looks like a good young talent. Is he batting too low? He seems to always be coming in to do a repair job.
Target 107
Image source, Getty ImagesJames Vince and Leus du Plooy tick off another three singles before du Plooy flays Tim Southee away for four to finish the powerplay in style.
Phoenix lost three wickets in the two sets following the powerplay. They'll be hoping Brave suffer a similar fate.
Michael Carberry
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
There is grip and turn out there for the bowlers. Birmingham Phoenix have gone seamer friendly in their team make-up which favours pitches in the Midlands and up North where there is a bit more juice.
If I was Liam Livingstone, I would be thinking about bringing myself into the attack.
Target 107
Adam Milne enters the bowling attack and restricts Brave to three singles.
The home side won't mind. The required rate is only a smidge above a run a ball.
Target 129
Davina Perrin is off to a flyer for Northern Superchargers.
The 18-year-old opener has just flat-batted the ball back over Alexa Stonehouse's head for her fifth boundary of the innings already.
It's down to 101 needed from 80 balls for the away side at Trent Bridge.
Melissa Story
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
James Vince is joining the party. That ball raced along this carpet-like outfield.
These two are making this chase look relatively easy.
Target 107
Despite picking up those two boundaries, Leus du Plooy is looking a bit skittish. He has his edge beaten by Trent Boult and then fails to connect with a short ball which greets him around head height before scampering a single.
James Vince, who started the set with a single, finishes it with a four, pulling a short ball away to the rope.
Target 107
Eight runs off the set. Southern Brave are ticking along.
Michael Carberry
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Leus du Plooy is trying to hit Tim Southee off his lengths, he is not put off by that previous review.
Birmingham Phoenix need to contain Southern Brave and pressure them into making a mistake.
Target 107
And Leus du Plooy follows up that minor scare with back-to-back fours.
The first is a touch streaky but the second is a hefty heave through third off a wider delivery from Tim Southee.
There's a spike on UltraEdge. Carry on batting, Leus.
Michael Carberry
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It looks to me like bat was involved. Just a scratch.
Birmingham Phoenix send a possible lbw against Leus du Plooy upstairs.
Their players were all quite keen but the umpire gave a firm shake of his head.
In case you missed it earlier, here is the best of the action from the first women's game of the day as England duo Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Lauren Bell starred in Southern Brave's victory over Birmingham Phoenix...
England's Wyatt-Hodge and Bell lead Brave to win over Phoenix
Michael Carberry
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
A big ask for Birmingham Phoenix here. They have to take 10 wickets if they want a chance of winning.
This wicket has not been that bad, it's what you'd expect this year with a dry summer. You just need to invest a little bit of time on it.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smeed,caught Evans, bowled Bracewell Smeed, caught Evans, bowled Bracewell | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 118.18 |
Duckett,caught Evans, bowled Jordan Duckett, caught Evans, bowled Jordan | 20 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 95.24 |
Bethell,bowled Bracewell Bethell, bowled Bracewell | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.00 |
Clarke,caught Roy, bowled Archer Clarke, caught Roy, bowled Archer | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 133.33 |
Livingstone,caught Coles, bowled Archer Livingstone, caught Coles, bowled Archer | 12 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 63.16 |
Mousley,stumped Evans, bowled Bracewell Mousley, stumped Evans, bowled Bracewell | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.67 |
Donald,bowled Coles Donald, bowled Coles | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.67 |
Howell,not out Howell, not out | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 81.82 |
Milne,not out Milne, not out | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 200.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 2, leg byes 0, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 2, leg byes 0, total 5 | |||||||
Total,106 for 7 100 balls Total,106 for 7 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overton | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.60 |
Archer | 20 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.80 |
Jordan | 15 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10.80 |
Bracewell | 15 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 |
Coles | 20 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.10 |
Mills | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.20 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
28 for 1 (26 balls) | Duckett |
35 for 2 (32 balls) | Bethell |
36 for 3 (35 balls) | Smeed |
75 for 4 (70 balls) | Livingstone |
78 for 5 (74 balls) | Mousley |
80 for 6 (77 balls) | Donald |
95 for 7 (92 balls) | Clarke |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
du Plooy,not out du Plooy, not out | 48 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 123.08 |
Vince,caught Clarke, bowled Howell Vince, caught Clarke, bowled Howell | 41 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 136.67 |
Roy,not out Roy, not out | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 150.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 2 Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 2 | |||||||
Total,109 for 1 81 balls Total,109 for 1 81 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boult | 15 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8.80 |
Southee | 16 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10.87 |
Milne | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.20 |
Howell | 20 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.10 |
Livingstone | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 |
Bethell | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.80 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
75 for 1 (58 balls) | Vince |
