Summary

  • Invincibles post record 226-4

  • Beats previous 208-5 by Originals v Superchargers

  • Fire won toss and bowl first

  • Back-to-back champions Invincibles have won two of their three games; Fire have won one

  • Watch live coverage at top of page, with radio commentary available in 'watch & listen' tab

Live Reporting

Adwaidh Rajan

  1. Fire 38-2

    Tom Curran follows his brother, Sam.

    Curran snr is even tighter than his brother with just six runs - and no boundaries - off his opening five.

    Welsh Fire are really up against it here.

  2. Fire 32-2

    Sam Curran runs in with a furrowed brow and uses his variations to good effect.

    Slower balls, yorkers in the the blockhole, bouncers and deliveries out of the back of the hand.

    Nine runs off Curran's first set.

  3. Alex Hartley
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Two

    Welsh Fire have got absolutely nothing to lose now.

  4. 6 runs

    Fire 23-2

    New batter Luke Wells biffs Jason Behrendorff over square leg for six. Welsh Fire need a few more of them.

  5. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Two

    Jordan Cox do the lottery on the way home! That is a brilliant catch! It went up a mile! It was circling, zigzagging. Cox was trying to get his bearings, threw his hands out and the ball has plopped in them.

    To be that steady with your hands, that's one of the toughest catches you'll see.

    ordan Cox of Oval Invincibles celebrates with teammate Donovan FerreiraGetty Images

  6. Aatif Nawaz
    Commentator on BBC iPlayer

    Jordan Cox! Who else can it be!

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Smith c Cox b Behrendorff 7 (Fire 12-2)

    Jordan Cox of Oval Invincibles takes the catch to dismiss Steve SmithGetty Images

    Jordan Cox takes a stunning catch!

    Steve Smith smashes Jason Behrendorff skywards towards cow corner and Cox sets off in pursuit looking for the ball over his shoulder.

    With the ball plummeting to earth Cox manages sees it drop into his eyeline and then has the reaction speeds to dive and catch it.

    Absolutely incredible.

  8. How's stat?!

    Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    That's the 22nd time in his career Jason Behrendorff has struck in the opening over of a T20/Hundred innings - only 17 players in the history of the format have more.

  9. Fire 12-1

    Four leg byes off Steve Smith's pads after Saqib Mahmood angles one down leg side. WinViz now saying Welsh Fire have a 3% chance of winning this one.

    Steve Smith of Welsh Fire batsGetty Images

  10. Alex Hartley
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Two

    A lovely shot through the covers. Doesn't even make a dent in the run count.

  11. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Two

    Saqib Mahmood is exceptional. He turns important games, like he did in The Hundred final last year.

    One of the really challenging things about being injured is questioning yourself in terms of whether you will be able to get back to that same level again and do it on the big stage, but last year's final was a really big one for him.

    He is one of my favourite cricketing stories of the last few years. He is a really great bloke as well, so it is great to see.

  12. Fire 7-1

    Saqib Mahmood to Steve Smith, and the latter drives the former through the covers for four.

    Pure timing from the Australian batter.

  13. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Two

    If there's one man that can help this chase, it's Jonny Bairstow. But he's got a mountain to climb.

  14. Fire 3-1

    Jonny Bairstow to the crease, and he gets off the mark with a push to mid-off.

  15. Alex Hartley
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Two

    It's the second first-baller of the day! Tawanda Muyeye with a fantastic catch. Welsh Fire had to come out firing and the Oval Invincibles had other ideas.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Eskinazi c Muyeye b Behrendorff 0 (Fire 0-1)

    Jason Behrendorff of Oval Invincibles celebrates after taking the wicket of Stephen Eskinazi of Welsh FireGetty Images

    Disastrous start for Welsh Fire!

    Opener Stephen Eskinazi is out to the first ball of Fire's response.

    Eskinazi flashes at a delivery from Jason Behrendorff outside off stump and Tawanda Muyeye swoops to take a brilliant diving catch.

  17. WinViz has it 95-5 in Oval Invincibles favour against Welsh FireBBC Sport/CricViz

    WinViz has spoken.

  18. "That is ridiculous" - Cox reverse scoops Singh Dale for six

    Here's that yorker whipping that I'm on about...

  19. Thanks, Adwaidh.

    Some incredible stroke play from Jordan Cox.

    My colleague Matthew Henry has just asked: "Where on earth do you bowl to Cox when he's batting like that?!"

    When he's whipping yorkers behind for fun it's hard to disagree.

  20. Right, I need a break after that one!

    But my colleague Timothy Abraham is here to take you through Welsh Fire's response.

    Over to you, Tim.