Summary

  • The Hundred: London Spirit v Southern Brave women, Lord's

  • Brave chase 126 to win by eight wickets with six balls to spare and guarantee spot in final at Lord's on 31 August

  • Brave 126-2 (94 balls): Wolvaardt 56 (40), Bouchier 43 (34); Wong 2-34

  • Spirit 125-8 (100 balls): Griffith 44 (34); Villiers 3-38

  • Spirit not out but need to win remaining game, hope results elsewhere go their way and could still then come down to net run-rate

Villiers' 'sensational' caught and bowled leaves Tufnell shocked

Live Reporting

by Ffion Wynne, Mike Peter & Adwaidh Rajan

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

    I don't think 110 is going to be enough here. Losing Grace Harris that early as well, that has got to hurt.

  2. Spirit 65-3

    Tilly Corteen-Coleman goes for four singles in her third set.

    She has figures of 0-15 thus far today, and will be hunting for a wicket in her final five deliveries to crown her birthday.

  3. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC iPlayer

    Remodelling her action when you don't have an international break is remarkable, Lauren Bell had to learn on the job.

  4. Spirit 61-3

    Lauren Bell takes a third set

    Charli Knott sends her third ball through an empty cordon - you'd maybe expect a slip to be in for the competition's premier seamer?

    The uncapped Australian adds a second boundary from Bell's final delivery, cracking it to the right of extra cover.

  5. Soham Sarkhel
    CricViz analyst

    For London Spirit, it has usually been an individual batting performance rather than a team effort that has propped up their batting this season. Every time a Spirit batter has scored 40+ runs, the team has gone on to win the match.

    Their top scores in wins this season are Grace Harris’ 89 v Invincibles, Kira Chathli’s 69 v Phoenix, Harris’ 50 v Originals, and Charli Knott’s 47 v Fire. Comparatively, their top scores in losses have been Knott’s 33 v Rockets and Georgia Redmayne’s 29 v Superchargers.

  6. Spirit 53-3

    A better set for Spirit, with both their batters picking up four off Georgia Adams.

    Cordelia Griffith smacks a sweep through square and Charli Knott lashes through the covers.

    Will the skipper choose to give herself another set after conceding 11 runs from her first?

  7. Soham Sarkhel
    CricViz analyst

    That is the fourth time out of her 11 dismissals in The Hundred where Grace Harris has been dismissed straight after hitting a boundary.

  8. Spirit 42-3

    Charli Knott gets her first boundary, sweeping Tilly Corteen-Coleman past fine leg.

    Georgia Adams is bringing herself on to bowl the next set.

  9. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC iPlayer

    She had too much time to think about it, the flatter one from Harris is something you don't have time to think about, this she had to settle and think about and she didn't even get her hand on it.

  10. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC iPlayer

    Maia Bouchier is one of the best fielders. That's why she's in that hotspot but sometimes you drop them and you never mean to.

    Maia Bouchier of London Spirit drops a catch from the bat of Cordelia Griffith during the The Hundred match between London Spirit Women and Southern Brave Women at Lord's Cricket Ground on August 23, 2025 in London, England.Getty Images
  11. dropped catch

    Griffith dropped on 11

    Oh, that really should have been taken.

    Maia Bouchier owes Tilly Corteen-Coleman a birthday present - she drops Cordelia Griffith at long-on having positioned herself under the ball.

    The batters run a single.

  12. Crawley departs after rapid knock

    Men's competition: Northern Superchargers 76-1 against Oval Invincibles

    There's been some clean hitting from Zak Crawley today but the Northern Superchargers opener departs just one run short of a half-century.

    After moving to 49 with his third six of the innings, he chips Nathan Sowter into the hands of Jordan Cox at long-off.

    Crawley, however, has given the Superchargers a solid platform to build on against Oval Invincibles.

  13. Spirit 36-3

    Charli Knott out at number five for Spirit.

    Doesn't score off her first ball.

  14. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC iPlayer

    Grace Harris has only been out for a few balls and she got away with the first one that was dropped.

    She just slogged it straight down her throat.

  15. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC iPlayer

    I am not sure it is the sort of entertainment that her coach would be happy with. Grace Harris has gone from 0-100 very quickly and you think she might have learnt her lesson after the first dropped catch.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Harris c Bouchier b Villiers 6 (Spirit 36-3)

    And there goes the dangerous Grace Harris!

    The Australia batter smashes her second ball over long-on for six and goes again to the same part of the ground from the following delivery.

    She doesn't get as much on it and Maia Bouchier takes the catch.

  17. Soham Sarkhel
    CricViz analyst

    87.5% attacking shots from London Spirit in the first 30 balls today, their most in any game at this stage of the match. It hasn't translated into a superior scoring rate, though.

  18. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC iPlayer

    It is a fantastic catch, only shin high the whole way and hit very hard by Georgia Redmayne. And the Spirit have lost their second wicket and it has been a running theme here at Lord's, hasn't it?

  19. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC iPlayer

    That's a sensational caught and bowled! Nonchalant from Mady Villiers.

    I've dropped a few like that. That was an excellent catch.

    Mady Villiers of Southern Brave takes the catch off her own bowling to dismiss Georgia Redmayne of London Spirit during the The Hundred match between London Spirit Women and Southern Brave Women at Lord's Cricket Ground on August 23, 2025 in London, England.Getty Images
  20. wicket

    WICKET

    Redmayne c & b Villiers 14 (Spirit 30-2)

    Sharp reactions!

    Georgia Redmayne smacks the ball straight back at Mady Villiers and the spinner gets down well to snaffle the drive.

    Here comes the dangerous Grace Harris...