The Hundred women's Eliminator: Invincibles v Spirit, The Oval
Spirit chase 114 to win by eight wickets and set up final against Welsh Fire at Lord's on Sunday
Redmayne hits unbeaten 53 and Knight 36 not out, while Invincibles drop several catches
Invincibles restricted to 113-9: Capsey top scores with 30; Dean takes 3-24
Men's Eliminator between Phoenix and Brave at 18:00 BST, with BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary available from 17:45
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Oval Invincibles captain Lauren Winfield-Hill on BBC Two, speaking about missing out on the final: “To be fair, I thought they bowled well and we knew we’d have to bowl really well to defend such a low total. I think if Laura Harris faced another 10 balls we could have got another 15, 20 runs there but it wasn’t to be.
Credit to them, they bowled straight and made it pretty hard work for us and it’s always difficult when you’re trying to defend such a low total.”
“Our bowlers were searching for wickets all the time and with that, sometimes you don’t execute, but I thought we showed a lot of fight and character to go toe-to-toe for as long as we did. It would have been quite easy to roll over and let that game drift away pretty quickly but to take it that close to the wire shows a lot about the group.”
On captaining: “I’ve loved it. It’s a massive honour for me, it’s a great club, a great team, we’re stacked with world class players so to lead the group has been amazing, I’m pretty lucky that we’ve got such a great group and you know lots of players that have been together, there’s a core of this group now that’s been around for a while so I’ve really enjoyed it, I’ve probably had a few more sleepless nights but it's good, I’ve really enjoyed it and hopefully we sort of stick together as a group and come back bigger and better next year.”
A frustrating day for Oval Invincibles, two-time winners of The Hundred. They were kept quiet with the bat as Spirit's bowlers squeezed, and also put down a couple of chances in the field.
There will be a new winner of The Hundred in the women's competition tomorrow, taking the title from Southern Brave (who finished bottom of the table this year).
London Spirit captain Heather Knight on progressing to the final: "Really pleased. I think there have been a lot of nervy chases in this competition, so we were really desperate to try and get ahead early and keep that momentum going.
"I think our bowlers won it for us again - they were outstanding. The spinners were outstanding again, keeping the stumps in the game. It was a little bit of a different Oval surface, it felt a little bit used and it didn't bounce as much as it usually does.
"Eva Gray was the standout for me. She has really built into this competition. She was only bowling five or 10 balls at the start and has become a really key bowler for us.
"It was a brilliant display in the field as well - we held a lot of the catches and took some stunners as well - that was really nice to see."
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Two
Heather Knight is playing really well this year. She has been criticised a couple of times about not scoring all that quickly, so she has developed her game.
Katherine Sciver-Brunt
Ex-England bowler on BBC Two
I think all the other teams will be watching today, and seeing that there is going to be a new winner this year.
That is so refreshing and I like that - I think a lot of them will like that. I don't know who they would prefer to win, I think it would be a split.
But it's just nice to see a different team progressing to the final and hashing it out! It's nice to see a Lord's team doing it at Lord's.
A cracking partnership between Heather Knight and Georgia Redmayne, of 74 from 51 balls, sees Spirit over the line.
Redmayne finishes unbeaten on 53, and Knight with 36. They'll be taking plenty of confidence into tomorrow's final.
Georgia Redmayne hits the winning runs, reaches her fifty in the process and sends London Spirit into their first Hundred final!
The Spirit will be on home turf tomorrow, where they will meet Tammy Beaumont's Welsh Fire.
A dominant performance today from Heather Knight's side.
Need two runs to win
Two dots!
Capsey makes London Spirit wait a little longer...
Alice Capsey is going to finish Smale's spell - and is greeted by Heather Knight's reverse sweep for four!
Spirit are just two runs away from the final!
Need six runs to win
There's a bit of a delay as Sophia Smale hits her head while diving in her follow-through.
She stays down for a bit, but thankfully is up and moving. However, she is taken from the field for a concussion test so won't complete her spell.
Just seven runs needed from the final 15 balls for London Spirit.
They've been helped by mistakes from the Invincibles, but it's been an impressively steady chase under pressure.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Two
That catch was actually very tricky. It was swirling and clearly spinning from Heather Knight. Alice Capsey didn't really manage to read the trajectory of it.
It is a clear blue sky up above so you've got nothing to gauge the depth of the ball - but Capsey will rue that miss!
Spirit 103-2
Knight gets another chance!
A tricky one, with the ball swirling high in the air for a long time and Alice Capsey is running backwards. She completely loses sight of it and the ball just falls through her outstretched hands.
It probably would've been too little too late anyway for the Invincibles but it's another blemish in a frustrating afternoon for them.
Need 13 runs to win
The attendance has been confirmed as 15,832 at The Oval today.
The Hundred continues to do brilliant things for women's cricket.
Need 14 runs to win
Ryana Macdonald-Gay is clearly unhappy with the six, sending down a bouncer to the England skipper.
But Heather Knight just stays still, and guides it down to deep third for four more.
Spirit are heading into the final at a canter.
Katherine Sciver-Brunt
Ex-England bowler on BBC Two
Heather Knight is just showing her dominance a little bit here. She is showing that she has got herself in now and got the read of this wicket.
She put that over effortlessly and didn't have to over-hit that at all.
She has taken a real dent out of this run chase now.
Target 114
That'll do!
Heather Knight with a beautiful lofted drive over mid-off for six.
Effortless timing.
Spirit 84-2
More frustration for Smale.
Knight sweeps straight to short fine leg, where Rachel Slater drops a pretty straightforward chance.
Spirit now need 30 runs from 30 balls. They are in full control.
Nearly!
Heather Knight drills four down the ground, just evading the hands of Sophia Smale in her follow-through. She struggles to time her jump to get there, with Knight getting that right out of the middle.
Image source, Getty Images| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winfield-Hill,caught and bowled Glenn Winfield-Hill, caught and bowled Glenn | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 170.00 |
Scholfield,leg before wicket, bowled Dean Scholfield, leg before wicket, bowled Dean | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 71.43 |
Capsey,caught Redmayne, bowled Gibson Capsey, caught Redmayne, bowled Gibson | 30 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 90.91 |
Kapp,caught Lanning, bowled Glenn Kapp, caught Lanning, bowled Glenn | 26 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 100.00 |
Harris,caught Gibson, bowled Dean Harris, caught Gibson, bowled Dean | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 228.57 |
Wellington,caught Lanning, bowled Gibson Wellington, caught Lanning, bowled Gibson | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 100.00 |
Villiers,caught Gibson, bowled Dean Villiers, caught Gibson, bowled Dean | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100.00 |
Gardner,not out Gardner, not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50.00 |
MacDonald-Gay,caught Dean, bowled Gray MacDonald-Gay, caught Dean, bowled Gray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Smale,stumped Redmayne, bowled Gray Smale, stumped Redmayne, bowled Gray | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 5, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 6 Extras, no balls 0, wides 5, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 6 | ||||||
Total,113 for 9 100 balls Total,113 for 9 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norris | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.00 |
Gibson | 15 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 15.20 |
Dean | 20 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 7.20 |
Gray | 20 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3.90 |
Sharma | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.10 |
Glenn | 20 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
21 for 1 (11 balls) | Scholfield |
37 for 2 (28 balls) | Winfield-Hill |
82 for 3 (74 balls) | Capsey |
83 for 4 (77 balls) | Kapp |
92 for 5 (87 balls) | Wellington |
105 for 6 (92 balls) | Villiers |
110 for 7 (95 balls) | Harris |
110 for 8 (96 balls) | MacDonald-Gay |
113 for 9 (100 balls) | Smale |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lanning,caught Winfield-Hill, bowled Kapp Lanning, caught Winfield-Hill, bowled Kapp | 22 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 137.50 |
Redmayne,not out Redmayne, not out | 53 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 112.77 |
Griffith,stumped Winfield-Hill, bowled Wellington Griffith, stumped Winfield-Hill, bowled Wellington | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20.00 |
Knight,not out Knight, not out | 36 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 156.52 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 4 Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 4 | ||||||
Total,116 for 2 91 balls Total,116 for 2 91 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kapp | 20 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 5.70 |
Slater | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9.60 |
Smale | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 |
MacDonald-Gay | 15 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 8.80 |
Wellington | 20 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 6.30 |
Villiers | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7.20 |
Capsey | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
35 for 1 (28 balls) | Lanning |
42 for 2 (40 balls) | Griffith |