Phoenix fall short despite Lister's late cameo (33 off 18) - report
Wellington takes two wickets and executes brilliant run-out
Invincibles hit third-highest score in Women's Hundred history
Capsey's brilliant 52 off 29 balls the standout
Lanning (36) & Winfield-Hill (33) lay great platform
Alana King
Trent Rockets leg-spinner on BBC Two
Birmingham Phoenix need more than 100 runs from the next 56 balls so match-ups are going to be really crucial now, specifically which batters are going to take on which bowlers.
They have to find the next gear here. Emma Lamb hasn't got off to a flyer on 23 runs from 16 balls, so she needs to find that second and even third gear to allow Ellyse Perry to play her game.
108 runs needed
Image source, Getty ImagesRyana MacDonald-Gay back into the attack and Emma Lamb squeezes her third delivery past backward point for four.
That's her second four of the innings.
115 runs needed
Image source, Getty ImagesTime-out done, a couple of singles finish Tash Farrant's first set of five balls.
There was surely only one message in the intermission - boundaries required.
Emma Lamb is on 17 from 13 balls, Ellyse Perry on 16 from seven with Phoenix closing on needing two runs a ball.
117 runs needed
Tash Farrant comes into the attack and Emma Lamb welcomes her with a pull to the mid-wicket boundary for four.
With two balls remaining in the set, Phoenix choose to take a strategic time-out.
Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on BBC Two
I'm a little bit surprised that Ellyse Perry didn't bat at three. She could've got in there during the powerplay because this is a world-class batting line-up.
Chasing over 170 runs, I would've thought your best players have to face the early balls.
124 runs needed
A solid set of five from the veteran Marizanne Kapp, conceding just four singles.
An Emma Lamb push to mid-wicket brings up Phoenix's fifty, but they can ill afford all that long without boundaries.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Australian batters have played Amanda-Jade Wellington well in the women's Hundred, averaging 28.5 while striking at 141.
Non-Australian batters have averaged just 14.2 while striking at 101.
Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Two
Image source, PA MediaYou have to go absolutely ballistic in the powerplay, regardless of how many wickets you lose.
If you don't get yourselves off to a flyer, chasing this type of run total, you aren't going to make up for it in the middle overs. It becomes more and more difficult as the game goes on.
128 runs needed
A bit of an upping of the tempo for Birmingham Phoenix, starting and ending Sophia Smale's set with boundaries.
Ellyse Perry hits the spinner through long-off, before Emma Lamb picks up her first four of the innings over the covers.
140 runs needed
New batter Ellyse Perry ends the powerplay on a positive note for Birmingham Phoenix, striking Wellington over the ropes at mid-wicket.
Invincibles were 54-0 at this stage of their innings.
Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Two
Image source, Getty ImagesA brilliant catch from Sophia Smale! She has taken an absolute worldie there.
That ball was hit incredibly hard but she just moved so well and so quickly. You would've thought that was going for four, but she had different ideas.
Birmingham Phoenix are in a bit of trouble here.
Kelly c Smale b Wellington 3 (Phoenix 32-2)
But this time Sophia Smale holds on!
The young spinner runs to her right at mid-off to take the catch that removes Marie Kelly, having dropped her three balls earlier.
One ball to go in the powerplay, Invincibles very much in the ascendancy.
Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on BBC Two
Birmingham Phoenix need it to be raining fours and sixes to get them back into this game!
Georgia Voll tried, with her 22 runs off 14 balls, but it has been difficult since then.
Phoenix 31-1
Difficult chance!
Marie Kelly shifts to the off side and tries to tonk Amanda-Jade Wellington over mid-off.
She doesn't quite get hold of it but Sophia Smale can't hold on running back, and the batters take two runs.
146 runs needed
Marie Kelly comes in at three for Birmingham Phoenix.
She immediately takes a single square to offer Emma Lamb some strike.
It's Invincibles' game to lose now...
Image source, CricvizVoll c Wellington b Kapp 22 (Phoenix 25-1)
Image source, Getty ImagesBut now Georgia Voll's domination of the strike comes to an end!
The Australian opener faced 15 of the first 17 balls and from the last of those she's dismissed rather softly.
Marizanne Kapp sends down a short delivery and Voll helps the ball into the hands of a juggling Amanda-Jade Wellington with a casual pull shot.
151 runs needed
Having faced all five of Kapp's deliveries, Georgia Voll takes every ball from Ryana MacDonald-Gay as well.
She adds two further fours, driving through the covers and then lashing a cut to the ropes at backward point.
Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on BBC Two
It is a tough field for Marizanne Kapp to bowl to and I'm not entirely sure what she is trying to do or where she is trying to bowl.
It doesn't look like there are many options for her out there right now, but it looks like they are going to change things now.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Image source, Getty ImagesSince the start of 2024, only Shafali Verma can match Georgia Voll's strike-rate of 141 inside the Powerplay in T20s.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winfield-Hill,caught Perry, bowled Baker Winfield-Hill, caught Perry, bowled Baker | 33 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 122.22 |
Lanning,caught Lamb, bowled Baker Lanning, caught Lamb, bowled Baker | 36 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 189.47 |
Capsey,caught Baker, bowled Arlott Capsey, caught Baker, bowled Arlott | 52 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 179.31 |
Kapp,caught Lister, bowled Schutt Kapp, caught Lister, bowled Schutt | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 144.44 |
Scholfield,not out Scholfield, not out | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 156.25 |
Wellington,caught Voll, bowled Arlott Wellington, caught Voll, bowled Arlott | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Gardner,not out Gardner, not out | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 400.00 |
Extras, no balls 4, wides 6, byes 1, leg byes 0, total 11 Extras, no balls 4, wides 6, byes 1, leg byes 0, total 11 | |||||||
Total,174 for 5 100 balls Total,174 for 5 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Schutt | 20 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10.20 |
Perry | 20 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10.20 |
Voll | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24.00 |
Arlott | 15 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10.00 |
Millie Taylor | 15 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10.00 |
Baker | 20 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.20 |
Lamb | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13.20 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
76 for 1 (40 balls) | Lanning |
92 for 2 (52 balls) | Winfield-Hill |
113 for 3 (69 balls) | Kapp |
170 for 4 (98 balls) | Capsey |
170 for 5 (99 balls) | Wellington |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Voll,caught Wellington, bowled Kapp Voll, caught Wellington, bowled Kapp | 22 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 157.14 |
Lamb,run out Franklin Lamb, run out Franklin | 25 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 131.58 |
Kelly,caught Smale, bowled Wellington Kelly, caught Smale, bowled Wellington | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 50.00 |
Perry,caught Winfield-Hill, bowled Wellington Perry, caught Winfield-Hill, bowled Wellington | 29 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 181.25 |
Jones,caught Lanning, bowled MacDonald-Gay Jones, caught Lanning, bowled MacDonald-Gay | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 100.00 |
Lister,not out Lister, not out | 33 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 183.33 |
Arlott,caught Franklin, bowled Farrant Arlott, caught Franklin, bowled Farrant | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75.00 |
Kalis,not out Kalis, not out | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 400.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 4, leg byes 2, total 8 Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 4, leg byes 2, total 8 | |||||||
Total,152 for 6 100 balls Total,152 for 6 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smale | 20 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11.40 |
Kapp | 20 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.60 |
MacDonald-Gay | 20 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.90 |
Wellington | 20 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8.10 |
Farrant | 20 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10.80 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
25 for 1 (17 balls) | Voll |
31 for 2 (24 balls) | Kelly |
80 for 3 (53 balls) | Perry |
83 for 4 (59 balls) | Lamb |
138 for 5 (92 balls) | Jones |
144 for 6 (98 balls) | Arlott |