Summary

  • Cox (47) and Jacks (45) power Invincibles to victory - report

  • Invincibles all-but assured of final spot due to superior net run-rate

  • Spirit hit 78 runs off last 40 balls to post 152-7

  • Overton top-scores with 31 off 18

  • Two wickets each for Sowter & Tom Curran

  • Spirit already eliminated

Live Reporting

by Sam Drury, Matthew Henry & George Booth

  1. wicket

    WICKET

    Higgins run out Billings 28 (Spirit 147-7)

    It is Ryan Higgins who is out...

  2. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC 5 Sports Extra 3

    I can see Liam Dawson mouthing, 'I'm out'. I'm not sure you are, Liam.

  3. Umpire review

    Dawson run out Billings 1 (Spirit 147-7)

    Liam Dawson runs off the last ball but it's a wide! That means he's run out.

    But wait? Is it Dawson who is out or has he butchered Ryan Higgins?

  4. Chris Green
    Welsh Fire all-rounder on BBC 5 Sports Extra

    Tom Curran missing his spot and trying to go for the wide yorker. Ryan Higgins has been good when the bowler has missed tonight.

  5. Spirit 147-6

    The loss of a fielder in the deep hits the Invincibles hard.

    Tom Curran can't have long-off back and Ryan Higgins picks that as his spot to target.

    One ball to go...

  6. Spirit 143-6

    Liam Dawson swings hard at his first ball but only gets a single.

  7. Chris Green
    Welsh Fire all-rounder on BBC 5 Sports Extra

    Really good knock from Jamie Overton. Nice work from Jordan Cox and it was an important catch going into these last three deliveries.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    J Overton c Cox b T Curran 31 (Spirit 142-6)

    The grumbling continues into the final set but Invincibles are smiling now - almost. Jamie Overton skies a Tom Curran slower ball to Jordan Cox in the deep.

    Still, it was a decent innings from Overton.

  9. Chris Green
    Welsh Fire all-rounder on BBC 5 Sports Extra

    Good batting from Ryan Higgins. There was pace on it that time from Sam Curran.

    Ryan Higgins beats the extra cover fielder. He finds the gap nicely.

  10. Spirit 141-5

    Invincibles have missed that cut-off meaning one more fielder has to come in and to make matters worse Sam Curran's final ball is slapped for four.

  11. Spirit 137-5

    Soham is good. The fourth ball is a moon ball too.

    There's a bit of tension out there because Invincibles think Spirit's batters are wasting the time not them.

  12. Spirit 136-5

    What are the lottery numbers, Soham?

    Three balls in... a Sam Curran moon ball.

  13. How's stat?!

    Soham Sarkhel
    CricViz analyst

    Interesting pattern for Sam Curran at the death this season. He has invariably gone for the yorker off the first ball of his set. His moon balls or the slower balls are generally attempted off the third or fourth ball of his set. The last ball of the set he switches between an attempted yorker or a short ball.

  14. Spirit 133-5

    Sam Curran is running back to his mark because Invincibles are against the clock but two wides won't help wrap the innings up quickly...

  15. Chris Green
    Welsh Fire all-rounder on BBC 5 Sports Extra

    HigginsGetty Images

    Not quite going to plan in those last three deliveries for Saqib Mahmood. Ryan Higgins half-volley hammers it down the ground.

  16. Spirit 132-5

    Mahmood stomps straight off as his final ball is edged for four more. He ends with 0-39 from his 20 balls.

  17. Spirit 128-5

    This isn't Saqib Mahmood's day. He goes full having been heaved off the back foot but it's just an easy half-volley for Ryan Higgins to throw his hands through.

  18. 6 runs

    Spirit 124-5

    The first two are good from Saqib Mahmood but the third is smeared straight onto the boundary cushion at mid-wicket.

  19. Chris Green
    Welsh Fire all-rounder on BBC 5 Sports Extra

    OvertonGetty Images

    In the next 15 balls, if the Spirit can get near the 150 total, they will run off the field very happy and confident with the way they have wrested momentum back into their favour.

  20. Saqib Mahmood was hit over the boundary in his last five by Jamie Overton but here he comes again...