Summary

  • The Hundred, Welsh Fire v London Spirit, Sophia Gardens

  • Fire, chasing 125 to win, fall short on 122-5 to lose by two runs

  • Fire 122-5 (100 balls): Dunkley 36 (29); Harris 1-4

  • Spirit 124 (99 balls): Knott 47 (33); Davies 3-16, Levick 3-26

  • Defending champions Spirit make it two wins from two, Fire have lost both

  • Oval Invincibles crush Manchester Originals by nine wickets in men's competition at The Kia Oval

  • Watch live coverage of Welsh Fire v London Spirit in men's competition on BBC Two and iPlayer from 17:45 BST

'incredible' fielding from Elwiss leads to direct hit run out

Live Reporting

by Elizabeth Botcherby & Sam Drury

  1. Fire 115-3

    Need 10 runs to win

    A golden opportunity for London Spirit goes begging!

    Jess Jonassen is bamboozled by Issy Wong's slower ball and pops the ball up in the air. However, it falls between two fielders.

  2. Jake Lintott
    Ex-Southern Brave bowler on BBC iPlayer

    Issy Wong likes bowling at this stage. She gets all her fielders up on the off-side and tries to steer the ball into the pads.

    She is really good at the death and in changing her pace.

  3. Fire 113-3

    Need 12 runs to win

    A dot, a two, and a single to start the set put a little bit of pressure on Welsh Fire's batters but Jess Jonassen doesn't care. She responds by thwacking Charlie Dean for four.

    12 off 10.

    Here comes Issy Wong for her final set.

  4. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC iPlayer

    If I were Charlie Dean, I would bring Cordelia Griffith off the boundary. I would prefer her stopping the twos to create a little bit of pressure.

    Welsh Fire really need boundaries now.

  5. Fire 106-3

    Need 19 runs to win

    A wide from Eva Gray and a misfield from Dani Gibson, which allows Welsh Fire to pinch a second run, are not helpful for London Spirit.

    Welsh Fire need 19 runs off 15 balls.

  6. Jake Lintott
    Ex-Southern Brave bowler on BBC iPlayer

    Welsh Fire need to find a way to keep Georgia Elwiss on strike here. If Spirit get two new batters in, that would be even better to cause carnage.

    You would still think that Fire should walk this but stranger things have happened.

  7. Fire 101-3

    Need 24 runs to win

    London Spirit's fielders are very loud as Georgia Elwiss plays a dot ball. They've sniffed a way back into this game, albeit probably a little too late.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Dunkley c Glenn b Gray 35 (Fire 101-3)

    Sophia Dunkley picks out Sarah Glenn at point.

    Georgia Elwiss walks out with 24 runs needed off 19 balls.

  9. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    Sophia Dunkley may have only hit three boundaries in her innings but she has kept the scoreboard ticking throughout, facing only four dot balls.

  10. Fire 101-2

    Need 24 runs to win

    Jess Jonassen clears mid-off for a second time in the set and this time she's rewarded with four.

    100 up for Welsh Fire.

  11. Fire 97-2

    Need 28 runs to win

    There's a cry of "catch it!" as Jess Jonassen lobs the ball high up into the sky. It lands safely in a gap around long-off and Welsh Fire run two.

  12. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC iPlayer

    Issy Wong is a good death bowler. Her pace is right up here and she has a lot of different options up her sleeve.

  13. Fire 94-2

    Need 31 runs to win

    Sophia Dunkley is deceived by Issy Wong's slower ball, swinging and missing at the yorker, but it's the batting side's only blip of the set.

    Fire knock off another six runs, including a slog-swept four behind square from Dunkley. She's leading her side home with 35 (27).

  14. Ravi Bopara
    Former England all-rounder on BBC iPlayer

    The key for London Spirit now is to just stay in the game and not give up. The longer and further you take it, the better.

    Suddenly there's 10 balls to go and people start panicking and doing things they shouldn't do.

  15. Fire 88-2

    Need 37 runs to win

    Sarah Glenn has been bowled out. She finishes with 0-19 from her four sets.

    Welsh Fire need 37 runs from 30 balls. They're in control of this chase.

  16. Fire 86-2

    Need 39 runs to win

    Four more for Jess Jonassen. It's too short and too wide from Sarah Glenn and the Australia all-rounder cuts her through a gap in the field and away to the boundary. That was a bit of a gift.

  17. 'A tricky challenge for any team'

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

    Oval Invincibles have won this competition twice now and they're showing us why. They're going to be a tricky challenge for any team they come up against going forward.

  18. 'They're a juggernaut'

    Michael Carberry
    Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    From what I've watched today, if you want to win the men's Hundred you're going to have to go through Oval Invincibles.

    They've been smart in their recruitment. They've got experience, they've got power. They're a juggernaut.

  19. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC iPlayer

    Charlie Dean tried to dart that in but Jess Jonassen read it well and used all of the pace.

    A clever shot. Dean will be disappointed.

  20. Fire 82-2

    Need 43 runs from 35 balls

    Cheeky from Jess Jonassen. She telegraphs her intention to reverse sweep Charlie Dean and is rewarded with four runs.