Summary

  • The Hundred: London Spirit v Oval Invincibles, Lord's

  • Spirit beat Invincibles by 17 runs to win Hundred opener

  • Spirit 176-5: Harris 89* (42), Griffith 50 (29); Kapp 2-23, Farrant 2-39

  • Invincibles 159-4: Lanning 85 (50); Wong 2-26

  • Live TV coverage of Spirit v Invincibles men's match starts from 18:00 on BBC Two and iPlayer

  • Live text coverage of that match begins at 18:15

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter & Sam Drury

  1. Invincibles 48-2

    Beats the diving cover fielder!

    Meg Lanning drives Sarah Glenn and the ball flies in the air to the boundary - the Australian's second four.

  2. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    Sarah Glenn's last seven Hundred wickets have come with deliveries hitting the stumps, it's no surprise that her stump-to-stump approach delivers once again against Alice Capsey.

  3. Invincibles 39-2

    138 runs needed

    A tidy set from Issy Wong as we change ends.

    Just two singles from it.

  4. Dane van Niekerk
    Former South Africa captain on BBC Two

    Sarah Glenn is not a big turner of the ball but skids it through from the top of the wicket and hits the shiny side of the ball. Just what the captain ordered.

  5. Invincibles 37-2

    Marizanne Kapp comes to the crease for Invincibles, and fails to score with a cut shot off Glenn's last ball.

  6. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Two

    Sarah Glenn looks to get you caught on the crease and then comes in with a quicker ball. A huge wicket.

    Capsey was just looking to get going.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Capsey lbw b Glenn 22 (Inv 37-2)

    A second Invincibles batter trapped in front!

    Spirit introduce a second England spinner in leggie Sarah Glenn, and Alice Capsey reverse sweeps her opening delivery for four, a third consecutive boundary.

    Glenn has her revenge though, striking the pads of Capsey right in front of the stumps.

    A second lbw dismissal that is absolutely plumb.

  8. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    Spirit look on it today. They are bringing a different intensity and the Invincibles are struggling.

    As long as Meg Lanning is out there, they will feel they have a chance however. A really good finish to the powerplay from Alice Capsey.

  9. 6 runs

    Invincibles 31-1

    Six and a four to end the powerplay!

    New Spirit captain Charlie Dean brings herself onto bowl and her England teammate Alice Capsey slog-sweeps the penultimate delivery of the set over the square boundary for six.

    She finds another boundary in the same area from the following delivery.

  10. Invincibles 20-1

    Eva Gray comes on as the third Spirit bowler - she's facing her former side having moved across London prior to the 2024 season.

    Alice Capsey gets her first four from Gray's second ball, hitting the seamer down the ground.

    Meg Lanning almost adds another boundary off the final ball of the set, but the ball is retrieved well at backward square and the batters run three.

  11. Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    That's the third time Lauren Winfield-Hill has been dismissed by Tara Norris in the Hundred and the fifth time overall that she's been dismissed by a left armer in the competition - the Invincibles skipper averages just seven facing left arm pace in the Hundred.

  12. Invincibles 11-1

    Issy Wong to take the ball for London Spirit at the other end.

    The England seamer starts with a big wide down the leg side, and sits one up for Meg Lanning later in the set.

    It's dispatched with a pull shot for the first boundary of the innings, beating the diving fielder on the square boundary.

  13. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    Tara Norris is the highest wicket taker in the powerplay for the London Spirit, taking seven for the side.

    We have seen her bring the ball down the slope, and now straight on up the slope. What a start.

  14. Invincibles 3-1

    A couple of singles for the Invincibles batters, tucking Tara Norris into the leg side.

    A strong start for the Spirit seamer, just three runs off her first 10 balls.

  15. Invincibles 1-1

    England Alice Capsey walks to the crease for the Invincibles and gets off the mark immediately with a knock to mid-wicket.

    Meg Lanning fails to score off the final two balls of Tara Norris' first set - and the Spirit bowler is going to take a second five balls.

  16. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Two

    There was movement down the slope and the captain has to go.

    Fantastic bit of bowling from Tara Norris. It has not been a great day for the Invincibles.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Winfield-Hill lbw b Norris 0 (Inv 0-1)

    Caught bang in front!

    Invincbles captain Lauren Winfield-Hill is dismissed by Tara Norris with the second ball of the innings, trapped deep in her crease and with nowhere to go as the ball thumps into her pads.

    A huge wicket to get the Spirit going.

    Tara Norris of London SpiritGetty Images

  18. Teams are back out on the field.

    Tara Norris will bowl for London Spirit with the pavilion at her back.

    Invincibles captain Lauren Winfield-Hill to face, with former Australian captain Meg Lanning at the other end.

  19. Which franchise league is most entertaining?

    Franchise leagues graphic

    While we wait for the teams to come back out, time to have a little ponder.

    The men's cricket world is awash with franchise leagues.

    There's the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the SA20.

    Australia's Big Bash is one of the originals, and there are others in the Caribbean (CPL), and United Arab Emirates (ILT20).

    Then there's The Hundred - the 100-ball outlier.

    That's to name just a few... but which is the best league?

    BBC Sport, with help from CricViz, looks at some key metrics to try to answer that very question.

  20. Thanks Sam.

    Tricky, tricky chase for Oval Invincibles here.

    Don't forget, you can watch the match on BBC Two or at the top of this page, where you'll also find commentary from 5 Live Sports Extra.