Brave beat Invincibles by 89 runs to go top of table
Win is record margin by runs in women's competition
Invincibles all out for 72 all out in 83 balls: Villiers 3-17, Adams 2-2, Bell 2-11
Brave 161-6: Wolvaardt 36, Bouchier 34; Franklin 2-28
Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live Sport commentary at top of page
Nicole Harvey
Former Welsh Fire player on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Oval Invincibles really wouldn't have wanted to lose a wicket there.
Meg Lanning was adamant it wasn't out, I saw her signalling straight away that they needed to review it. That was very close though.
Lauren Winfield-Hill will be delighted, she will want to steer this one home as captain.
Missing!
Something just didn't look right.
It was on leg stump from Tilly Corteen-Coleman. Going over too.
Lbw against Lauren Winfield-Hill? This would be an ideal start for Brave.
Nicole Harvey
Former Welsh Fire player on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Lauren Bell has had a great start there, just two runs from the first five deliveries.
Oval Invincibles have got a big ask here in terms of where they are going to go and when they are going to go. Are they going to try to take it fairly deep or are they going to try and kick on to get an early start? We'll see in the next 10 deliveries.
Need 160 more runs to win
Meg Lanning's scores in this tournament read 85, 56, 36, 23. She has been in fine form but those returns are decreasing.
Lauren Bell's start is a good one.
Lauren Bell to start with the ball...
Target 162
If anyone in this competition is going to chase down 162 then you'd back a top four with Lauren Winfield-Hill, Leg Lanning, Alice Capsey and Marizanne Kapp...
Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst
161-6 is the third highest score batting first at Southampton in the women's Hundred.
Top-3 scores batting first at Southampton in the women's Hundred:
166-3 v Welsh Fire, 2021
165-3 Welsh Fire v Brave, 2023
161-6 Brave v Invincibles, 2025
For a while it looked like Brave may get even more but this will still require the highest chase in the women's Hundred.
The top nine scores in the competition have all been made batting first.
Brave look favourites to claim another victory against Oval Invincibles - they've never lost in the group stage to the London side, but did experience defeat to today's opponents in the tournament's first two finals.
To see if they can wrap up another victory, here's Matthew Henry.
Deep Dasgupta
Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That's a pretty imposing total, even though this is a good batting surface and there is nothing to suggest otherwise so far. This chase is doable and possible.
Oval Invincibles haven't really won a match by chasing down so far, so this could be an interesting run chase.
Franklin 2-28 (20 balls)
Run-out off the final ball perhaps... no.
New batter Maddy Villiers strikes out to mid-wicket and comes back for a second run - if the throw had come into the keeper straight away then Villiers might have been in trouble, but it has to be relayed from the bowler's end and the batter gets home safe.
That's the end of the innings - Oval Invincibles will chase 162.
Deep Dasgupta
Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Freya Kemp just tried to go across the line over square leg. Oval Invincibles forced her to do that because of the two fielders being very straight and defending her attacking zone.
It's been that kind of a season for Lauren Winfield-Hill, she almost said: 'I don't mind if someone else wants to take this catch'.
Kemp c & b Franklin 24 (Brave 157-6)
Skewed up in the air... and caught!
Freya Kemp goes for a big heave into the leg side and offers a big leading edge that flies into the Southampton sky.
Bowler Phoebe Franklin runs almost to the batting crease to claim the catch and Kemp becomes the latest Brave batter to walk off looking distinctly unimpressed.
Deep Dasgupta
Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Smart batting again from Southern Brave, getting a couple of runs there.
The best part about Freya Kemp is her bat swing. Her big shots aren't square of the wicket, they aren't slogs, they are actually down the ground. That's the reason she can consistently hit her big shots.
Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst
Image source, Getty ImagesSouthern Brave have hit four sixes so far today — more than the combined total of just three in their past four games. Their 20 boundaries (fours and sixes) today are also the most they’ve hit in a match this season.
Captain Georgia Adams is next out of the dug-out, she takes an immediate single out to long-off before Kemp runs a couple of twos.
That's Kapp done with figures of 1-25.
Deep Dasgupta
Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Marizanne Kapp is just keeping it simple, isn't she? She is keeping it straight and wicket to wicket. You miss, I hit - that's exactly what has happened there.
Chloe Devine tried that big heave over mid-wicket but just misses it completely.
Marizanne Kapp is a banker. Wherever she plays, you can depend on her.
Tryon b Kapp 3 (Brave 150-5)
Marizanne Kapp strikes!
The leading wicket taker for the Invincibles gets her first scalp of the innings, accounting for compatriot Chloe Tryon with a ball that beat an across-the-line mow and clattered the stumps.
150 up for Southern Brave in slightly comical fashion.
Marizanne Kapp's first delivery drifts down the leg side and the debutant Daisy Gibb tries to scoop the ball away from the rope, but gets too much on it and the ball loops back round and over the boundary for five wides.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bouchier,caught Scholfield, bowled Farrant Bouchier, caught Scholfield, bowled Farrant | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 147.83 |
Wyatt-Hodge,bowled Franklin Wyatt-Hodge, bowled Franklin | 26 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 108.33 |
Wolvaardt,caught Lanning, bowled Wellington Wolvaardt, caught Lanning, bowled Wellington | 36 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 189.47 |
Devine,run out Scholfield Devine, run out Scholfield | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 135.71 |
Kemp,caught and bowled Franklin Kemp, caught and bowled Franklin | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 218.18 |
Tryon,bowled Kapp Tryon, bowled Kapp | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 60.00 |
Adams,not out Adams, not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 100.00 |
Villiers,not out Villiers, not out | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 150.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 13, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 14 Extras, no balls 0, wides 13, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 14 | |||||||
Total,161 for 6 100 balls Total,161 for 6 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kapp | 20 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.50 |
Smale | 20 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.20 |
Gibb | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12.00 |
Capsey | 10 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15.00 |
Wellington | 15 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10.00 |
Franklin | 20 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8.40 |
Farrant | 10 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13.80 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
59 for 1 (38 balls) | Bouchier |
81 for 2 (55 balls) | Wyatt-Hodge |
123 for 3 (79 balls) | Wolvaardt |
124 for 4 (82 balls) | Devine |
150 for 5 (92 balls) | Tryon |
157 for 6 (97 balls) | Kemp |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winfield-Hill,caught Adams, bowled Devine Winfield-Hill, caught Adams, bowled Devine | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 100.00 |
Lanning,bowled Devine Lanning, bowled Devine | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 50.00 |
Capsey,caught Southby, bowled Bell Capsey, caught Southby, bowled Bell | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 100.00 |
Kapp,bowled Villiers Kapp, bowled Villiers | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 58.82 |
Scholfield,caught Southby, bowled Bell Scholfield, caught Southby, bowled Bell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Gardner,bowled Corteen-Coleman Gardner, bowled Corteen-Coleman | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 111.11 |
Franklin,caught Wolvaardt, bowled Villiers Franklin, caught Wolvaardt, bowled Villiers | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 |
Wellington,not out Wellington, not out | 18 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 100.00 |
Farrant,caught Villiers, bowled Adams Farrant, caught Villiers, bowled Adams | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25.00 |
Smale,caught Adams, bowled Villiers Smale, caught Adams, bowled Villiers | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 100.00 |
Gibb,caught Villiers, bowled Adams Gibb, caught Villiers, bowled Adams | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33.33 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 1, leg byes 1, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 1, leg byes 1, total 5 | |||||||
Total,72 all out 83 balls Total,72 all out 83 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bell | 20 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.30 |
Corteen-Coleman | 20 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7.50 |
Devine | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 |
Villiers | 20 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.10 |
Adams | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
12 for 1 (12 balls) | Lanning |
13 for 2 (15 balls) | Winfield-Hill |
28 for 3 (34 balls) | Capsey |
28 for 4 (35 balls) | Scholfield |
41 for 5 (44 balls) | Kapp |
43 for 6 (48 balls) | Franklin |
45 for 7 (52 balls) | Gardner |
47 for 8 (57 balls) | Farrant |
60 for 9 (70 balls) | Smale |
72 for 10 (83 balls) | Gibb |
