Summary

  • The Hundred: Manchester Originals v Southern Brave, Old Trafford

  • Brave need 96 to win

  • Brave fall to 80-4 but on course for victory

  • Originals 95-8: Smale 40*; Bell 3-28

  • Originals make dreadful start, slumping to 47-6, but Smale boosts total

  • Listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary at top of page

  1. Postpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time

    Shachi Pai
    Former Lancashire batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Ecclestone did create pressure but was slightly too short at times and Laura Wolvaardt is not going to miss out on those opportunities.

    This still looks very comfortable. You have to give credit to Originals' fielding, they have thrown themselves about.

  2. Brave 90-4published at 12 balls left

    Need 1 more to win

    Scores are level!

    Laura Wolvaardt nails Deandra Dottin over mid-off for four. Brave on the brink...

  3. Brave 90-4published at 15 balls left

    Need 5 more to win

    The field is brought up to try and squeeze but it's a drag-down from Sophie Ecclestone to finish.

    A gimme for Laura Wolvaardt, who swivels to pull it away for four.

    Five needed for Brave and 15 balls to get them.

  4. Brave 86-4published at 17 balls left

    Need 9 more to win

    Doesn't look like it.

    A pair of singles and a wide take it down to single figures for Brave.

  5. Postpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time

    Here is Sophie Ecclestone. Can she spark a dramatic late collapse?

  6. Brave 84-4published at 20 balls left

    Need 12 more to win

    Chloe Tryon is the new batter for Brave and is off the mark with a boundary.

    A half-volley from Melie Kerr and Tryon gratefully drives through the covers for four.

    Play and a miss to end the set but Brave are nearly there now.

  7. Postpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time

    Alison Mitchell
    Test Match Special commentator

    That was invitingly tossed up by Melie Kerr. She does that so often.

    Has she got anything else up her sleeve?

  8. Postpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time

    Shachi Pai
    Former Lancashire batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Kemp couldn't get that elevation she was looking for. She went flat and straight to Ecclestone.

    Is there a twist in the tale? Can Originals conserve Brave of runs rather than worrying about wickets?

  9. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 23 balls left

    Kemp c Ecclestone b Kerr 7 (Brave 80-4)

    Melie Kerr has her first Originals wicket.

    The home side turn to their other star spinner and the Kiwi ousts Freya Kemp.

    The left-hander tries to thump the ball past mid-off but neither gets over it or under it to lift it over the top.

    It goes to Sophie Ecclestone at waist height. Regulation catch.

  10. Postpublished at 17:21 British Summer Time

    Jake Lintott
    Ex-Southern Brave bowler on BBC Two

    When you get a win, it's about how you can elongate that. These are short tournaments and you have to be on the money otherwise you end up chasing your own tail.

    Every game is a cup final from four games out.

  11. Brave 80-3published at 25 balls left

    Need 16 more to win

    Brave continue to work in singles, three of them from Danielle Gregory's five and they're just 16 from victory.

    Surely, Originals need to go back to Sophie Ecclestone? No point holding her back for end of the innings when the game will be done long before then at this rate.

  12. Postpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time

    Jake Lintott
    Ex-Southern Brave bowler on BBC Two

    Originals could be a bit braver with their field. Can they get an extra fielder in the ring? Or can they create a rash shot?

    Brave are hitting this around fairly easily at the moment.

  13. Brave 77-3published at 30 balls left

    Need 19 more to win

    Tidy set from Deandra Dottin with just the four singles from it.

    That's all Southern Brave need, though. They will quite happily do it in singles from here.

  14. Postpublished at 17:15 British Summer Time

    Jake Lintott
    Ex-Southern Brave bowler on BBC Two

    Kemp is very calm and measured, so a good person to come in at this point.

    Laura Wolvaardt has got to get her team across the line now. It is very important that she bats through this innings.

  15. Brave 73-3published at 35 balls left

    Target 96

    Freya Kemp thumps the ball back past Melie Kerr.

    In the air - was that a chance? Possibly but it was hit very hard and Kerr could only stick out a hand as the ball whistled past her fingertips.

    Southern Brave need just 23 more to win.

  16. Not outpublished at 40 balls left

    Brave 68-3

    Close!

    Umpire's call with the ball clipping leg stump.

    Unfortunate for Danielle Gregory and Manchester Originals. That could have made things very interesting.

    The on-field call was all important and Laura Wolvaardt survives.

  17. Postpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time

    Scott Read
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    This feels like an appeal because of who it is on strike, rather than the fielders believing it is out.

  18. Originals reviewpublished at 41 balls left

    Has Danielle Gregory got another one?

    Laura Wolvaardt misses one as she goes back trying to clip to leg and Beth Mooney sends it upstairs.

  19. Postpublished at 17:08 British Summer Time

    Jake Lintott
    Ex-Southern Brave bowler on BBC Two

    Sophie Devine cannot believe she has done that. She could have hit it absolutely anywhere.

    It was short and there to be pulled. Devine has unfortunately picked out the fielder.

  20. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 46 balls left

    Devine c Kerr b Gregory 0 (Brave 64-3)

    Smashed straight to short mid-wicket!

    Short again from Danielle Gregory but this time it works for the spinner as Sophie Devine nails it in the air to her New Zealand team-mate Melie Kerr.

    Very sharp grab, Devine goes without troubling the scorers and Originals are giving themselves a very small chance.