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
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
The London derby is a fixture that brings the best out of Marizanne Kapp - the South African all-rounder is both the leading run scorer (156 runs @ 52) and leading wicket taker (10 wickets @ 6.6) across previous derby fixtures.
Spirit 2-0
Close! Much closer than I thought, certainly.
Just clipping leg stump but it's umpire call so it stays with the original 'not out' decision.
Movement there for Mairzanne Kapp, though, and she will continue into a second set of five.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Two
I'm not sure about this one at all. It looks to be going down the leg-side by a long way.
Spirit 2-0
Great start from Marizanne Kapp.
Just one run off the bat in her first five ball and tow big appeals for lbw against Spirit opener Georgia Redmayne...
Oh and what's this? Invincibles have reviewed the second lbw shout.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Two
The crowd is building and there are huge smiles on the faces of the players.
Oval Invincibles are my favourite for winning the competition. They have the most powerful players and a balanced team.
Meg Lanning, Heather Knight and Deepti Sharma are huge losses for London Spirit so they are a little bit weaker.
Right then, the players are out and we're just about ready to go. Year five of The Hundred is about to get under way...
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Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Two
If this Hundred is exciting as the England Test series and last year's Hundred, then we are in for a treat.
London Spirit are missing a few key players but their last memory of playing was winning the final so they should be positive.
London Spirit captain Charlie Dean: "We are reining champions so we want to start well. We have had a few curveballs but we feel confident to go again."
On the curveballs before the tournament: "Losing Heather Knight as captain is huge, and Deepti Sharma as well. But we have Grace Harris coming in and a really strong core group of girls."
Oval Invincibles captain Lauren Winfield-Hill: "We are going to bowl. The conditions are always good at Lord's to bowl and we have some decent seamers to utilise.
"We have added some real quality and everything we wanted from the draft. We have to make the most of that now."
On the tournament preparation: "It has been really good. Everyone has got down to business and it is always nice to reconnect with the girls. Everyone is looking forward to it."
Image source, Getty ImagesThe school holidays have begun, football's transfer window is in full flow and a month of 100-ball cricket awaits us as The Hundred returns for its fifth year from 5-31 August.
With it comes the inevitable debate about the competition, its merits, flaws and place within English cricket, pored over again.
Such discussions have gone on since the tournament's inception - long before a ball was even bowled - and it has reached the point where familiarity with the various arguments is almost comforting.
Well, don't get too comfortable because the discourse is about to change - or, more likely, just continue with a host of new elements added.
Sales of stakes in six of the eight teams to private investors have now been confirmed, while deals for Oval Invincibles and Trent Rockets "remain on track", so it could be all change next year...
London Spirit: Georgia Redmayne (wk), Kira Chathli, Cordelia Griffith, Grace Harris, Danielle Gibson, Charli Knott, Issy Wong, Charlie Dean (c), Sarah Glenn, Eva Gray, Tara Norris.
Oval Invincibles: Lauren Winfield-Hill (c & wk), Meg Lanning, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Paige Scholfield, Jo Gardner, Phoebe Franklin, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Tash Farrant, Ryana MacDonald-Gay, Sophia Smale.
Charlie Dean is captaining London Spirit this year with Heather Knight out injured.
Oval Invincibles skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill wins the toss, though, and opts to field first.
Without any further ado then, let's get to the news from the toss...
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's back again!
After an all-timer of a Test series between England and India, the action keeps on coming.
For the next four weeks, The Hundred will provide the cricket fix you need and keep us entertained.
It starts where it all left off last summer - at Lord's, and a double-header between London Spirit and Oval Invincibles.
That means we get to see both the men's and women's champions. Spirit won the women's competition, Invincibles the men's - so we should have a great day ahead of us!
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Redmayne,leg before wicket, bowled Kapp Redmayne, leg before wicket, bowled Kapp | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00 |
Chathli,caught Scholfield, bowled Smale Chathli, caught Scholfield, bowled Smale | 19 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 135.71 |
Griffith,caught Gardner, bowled Farrant Griffith, caught Gardner, bowled Farrant | 50 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 172.41 |
Harris,not out Harris, not out | 89 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 211.90 |
Knott,caught Gardner, bowled Farrant Knott, caught Gardner, bowled Farrant | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.00 |
Gibson,caught Winfield-Hill, bowled Kapp Gibson, caught Winfield-Hill, bowled Kapp | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 50.00 |
Wong,not out Wong, not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 9, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 14 Extras, no balls 0, wides 9, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 14 | |||||||
Total,176 for 5 100 balls Total,176 for 5 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kapp | 20 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.90 |
Farrant | 20 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11.70 |
MacDonald-Gay | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 |
Franklin | 10 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14.40 |
Smale | 15 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10.80 |
Wellington | 15 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15.20 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
8 for 1 (10 balls) | Redmayne |
40 for 2 (28 balls) | Chathli |
140 for 3 (80 balls) | Griffith |
164 for 4 (91 balls) | Knott |
174 for 5 (98 balls) | Gibson |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winfield-Hill,leg before wicket, bowled Norris Winfield-Hill, leg before wicket, bowled Norris | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Lanning,caught Gibson, bowled Wong Lanning, caught Gibson, bowled Wong | 85 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 62 | 166.67 |
Capsey,leg before wicket, bowled Glenn Capsey, leg before wicket, bowled Glenn | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 169.23 |
Kapp,bowled Wong Kapp, bowled Wong | 33 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 157.14 |
Scholfield,not out Scholfield, not out | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 111.11 |
Gardner,not out Gardner, not out | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 7 Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 7 | |||||||
Total,159 for 4 100 balls Total,159 for 4 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norris | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 |
Wong | 20 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7.80 |
Gray | 15 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17.20 |
Dean | 20 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10.20 |
Glenn | 20 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8.40 |
Knott | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
0 for 1 (2 balls) | Winfield-Hill |
37 for 2 (29 balls) | Capsey |
114 for 3 (77 balls) | Kapp |
151 for 4 (93 balls) | Lanning |
