London Spirit v Northern Superchargers women, The Hundred, Lord's
Superchargers win by eight wickets with 34 balls to spare
Superchargers 93-2 (66 balls): Litchfield 55* (38); Tyson 2-6
Spirit 90-8 (100 balls): Redmayne 29 (29); Sutherland 3-20
Superchargers go above Spirit into second; Spirit drop to fourth
Target 91
So here's a check of where we're at if anyone is just joining us.
Our main coverage is of Superchargers v Spirit in the women's comp where Superchargers are cruising with Phoebe Litchfield 'Litch Switching' herself towards another fifty.
There's a much closer game going on in Cardiff in the men's competition where Fire need 75 from 65 balls against Brave.
Abell c Evans b Jordan 2 (Fire 50-4)
Jack Skelton
BBC Sport
It's raining catches in the wettest city in the UK.
Yet another one as Tom Abell gets a tickle down the leg side off Chris Jordan and Brave wicketkeeper Laurie Evans takes a solid tumbling catch.
Sophie Luff
Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra
Litchfield and Sutherland are running particularly well. They have played a lot of cricket together.
Phoebe Litchfield in particular has done a lot of hard work and has got herself in; she is motoring now.
Need 31 runs to win
Superchargers are just knocking this around now. There's the occasional shot in anger from Phoebe Litchfield but the visitors don't even have to push the accelerator to win it by a big margin.
Sophie Luff
Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra
Effortless stroke making from Phoebe Litchfield. Bowling at her is a tough task and it's her footwork which makes her such a good player.
The little errors and fumbles in the field are something we didn't see from the Northern Superchargers.
Need 36 runs to win
At Lord's, meanwhile, Phoebe Litchfield continues the stroll towards the victory line for Superchargers. They're going to go up to second in the table.
Jofra Archer dismisses Steve Smith. Insert eyes emoji here...
Smith c Vince b Archer 13 (Fire 46 -3)
Jack Skelton
BBC Sport
Another wicket and...you guessed it...another batter caught after mistiming a shot.
Steve Smith is the latest to perish, lobbing one straight to James Vince at mid-on.
Jofra Archer wheels away in celebration. Brave are right in this match.
Jofra Archer bowling to Steve Smith alert...
Wells c Cartwright b Archer 9 (Fire 45-2)
Jack Skelton
BBC Sport
All 10 wickets to fall in this match so far have been the batter being caught - a sign of how difficult it is to time your shots on this pitch?
The latest catch is taken by Hilton Cartwright as left-hander Luke Wells swivels one from Jofra Archer to the Australian at deep backward square-leg.
Ollie Pope is wandering around the boundary edge at Lord's. The men follow after this one. That's a big game too.
There's the Litch Switch again!
Four more to the total.
Sophie Luff
Somerset women's captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra
A quality shot from Phoebe Litchfield. She is really putting the pressure on the bowlers and not letting Charli Knott settle.
Northern Superchargers are looking comfortable. They don't need to take too many risks.
But Phoebe Litchfield can play the technically correct shots too. Eased down the ground by the Aussie.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sport Extra
Phoebe Litchfield is looking good. She looks like a player who is already sniffing a 63 not out.
Sarah Glenn needs to find a way to build pressure here and get fielders in the ring to stop singles.
Target 91
Litchfield plays the Litch Switch again - yes, I am absolutely going to keep trying to make this stick - but only gets a single this time. It's impressive how she seems to make contact every single time, despite all of the movement it requires.
Need 63 runs from 75 balls
Phoebe Litchfield gets out that switch hit she's making her trademark! The left-hander swaps around to slap the ball over what is now mid-wicket, given she's batter as a right-hander.
We need a name for that shot. The Litch Switch?
Bairstow c Du Plooy b Overton 22 (Fire 24-1)
Jack Skelton
BBC Sport
Welsh Fire opener Jonny Bairstow looked in the mood to knock off most of their 130 target by himself but attempts to go too big this time.
He ends up hoicking the ball into the air, where it hands for a fair while, before safely falling into the hands of Leus du Plooy at mid-wicket.
Need 69 runs to win from 80 balls
That wicket only brings in Annabel Sutherland in, however, which isn't great news for Spirit. I think she may be the best all-rounder in the world, no matter what people say about Nat Sciver-Brunt.
A four over extra cover gets her underway.
Henry Moeran
Commentator on BBC Radio 5Live
Davina Perrin is walking off with a manner of somebody who could have hit that anywhere in North London.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chathli,caught Smith, bowled Ballinger Chathli, caught Smith, bowled Ballinger | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
Redmayne,leg before wicket, bowled Ballinger Redmayne, leg before wicket, bowled Ballinger | 29 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 100.00 |
Griffith,caught Higham, bowled Cross Griffith, caught Higham, bowled Cross | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.00 |
Knott,caught Cross, bowled Sutherland Knott, caught Cross, bowled Sutherland | 11 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 68.75 |
Harris,caught Sutherland, bowled Carey Harris, caught Sutherland, bowled Carey | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 116.67 |
Gibson,caught Davidson-Richards, bowled Carey Gibson, caught Davidson-Richards, bowled Carey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Wong,not out Wong, not out | 24 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 100.00 |
Dean,caught Heath, bowled Sutherland Dean, caught Heath, bowled Sutherland | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 80.00 |
Glenn,caught Carey, bowled Sutherland Glenn, caught Carey, bowled Sutherland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Gray,not out Gray, not out | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 200.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 1, leg byes 1, total 4 Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 1, leg byes 1, total 4 | |||||||
Total,90 for 8 100 balls Total,90 for 8 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ballinger | 20 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 |
Cross | 20 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.00 |
Sutherland | 20 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
Smith | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.70 |
Carey | 20 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.10 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
6 for 1 (8 balls) | Chathli |
9 for 2 (13 balls) | Griffith |
34 for 3 (42 balls) | Knott |
48 for 4 (53 balls) | Harris |
48 for 5 (54 balls) | Gibson |
54 for 6 (65 balls) | Redmayne |
87 for 7 (98 balls) | Dean |
88 for 8 (99 balls) | Glenn |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perrin,caught Gibson, bowled Tyson Perrin, caught Gibson, bowled Tyson | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 66.67 |
Davidson-Richards,caught Redmayne, bowled Tyson Davidson-Richards, caught Redmayne, bowled Tyson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Litchfield,not out Litchfield, not out | 55 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 144.74 |
Sutherland,not out Sutherland, not out | 29 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 138.10 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 5 | |||||||
Total,93 for 2 66 balls Total,93 for 2 66 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tyson | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 |
Wong | 15 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10.40 |
Gray | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
Dean | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.80 |
Glenn | 15 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.80 |
Knott | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14.40 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
1 for 1 (2 balls) | Davidson-Richards |
17 for 2 (16 balls) | Perrin |
