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
160 runs needed
Seamer Marizanne Kapp takes the ball for the second set of five deliveries, and Georgia Voll sends her opening ball away for four through backward square.
The opener picks up another boundary two balls later, lofting the ball untidily over mid-off and seeing it just about make the ropes.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Image source, PA MediaAcross the 2024 and 2025 editions of the Women's Hundred, only two batting sides have a lower average facing left-arm spin than Birmingham Phoenix's 19.1.
169 runs needed
Four singles from Sophia Smale's first four balls, before Georgia Voll helps a leg-side delivery down to fine leg for two.
This is Phoenix's third match this year - Voll has previously made scores of 19 and 10 in her debut season in The Hundred.
Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Two
Birmingham Phoenix have got to get themselves off to an absolute flyer in this powerplay, whilst the field is up.
I think they will need around 50 runs from these first 25 balls to give themselves a good chance of chasing this total down.
Thanks Matt.
And I, in turn, am lucky to guide you all through it.
Time to get going, young spinner Sophia Smale is going to open the bowling for Oval Invincibles, with Georgia Voll and Emma Lamb opening the batting for Birmingham Phoenix.
They're chasing 175.
Mike Peter will take you through the chase, you lucky people...
Image source, Getty ImagesWhile Perry is seen as the main batting hope for the hosts, Marizanne Kapp is rated number two in The Hundred player rankings devised by CricViz.
They wrote pre-tournament: "Not only is Kapp the most potent new-ball bowler in the women's game, she is also the most economical established pace bowler in the competition's history.
"Her 37 Hundred wickets have come at an eye-watering average of 12 - no bowler in the world has more Powerplay wickets than Kapp's 185."
Image source, Getty ImagesShe might be done with the ball, but Ellyse Perry is rated as the third-best batter in The Hundred this year by Cricviz, behind Nat Sciver-Brunt and Beth Mooney.
They write: "Don't bowl short to Perry. In her T20 career, Perry averages 202.5 against short-pitched bowling, whilst striking at 183 off such deliveries. Typically dismissed every 111 bumpers she faces, it would be a huge gamble to try and bounce the Australian all-rounder out in an innings that is a maximum of 100 deliveries.
"Of course, a player of Perry's calibre doesn't just have a single strength that oppositions need to be wary of, but one minor chink in her batting armoury is facing left-arm seamers.
"It's all relative to the player's own standards, but Perry averages 35.1 against left-arm quicks in T20 cricket, a fair drop off from her 50+ average against right-arm seam and both leg-spinners and off-spinners."
Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Two
Image source, Getty ImagesA brilliant 100 balls from the Oval Invincibles.
Birmingham Phoenix will feel a little bit shell-shocked as they walk off, but if they are ever going to break their record of 161 runs then this looks like the wicket you could do it on.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Highest team scores in the women's Hundred
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There's no hat-trick. In fact, it ends with another four.
Oval Invincibles post the third-highest total in the women's Hundred.
Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on BBC Two
Birmingham Phoenix have found their plan, but it's a little bit too late!
They should have made Alice Capsey hit towards that big area on the right-hand leg side earlier on in this innings. She had already done the damage though.
Wellington c Voll b Arlott 0 (Invincibles 170-5)
Em Arlott is on a hat-trick!
Amanda-Jade Wellington also offers a catch to a short ball.
Capsey c Baker b Arlott 52 (Invincibles 170-4)
The change of plan comes too late. Birmingham Phoenix force Capsey to pull towards the bigger boundary and she knew as soon as she hit it.
Still, after a tricky run of form, the 20-year-old has put Invincibles in command.
Four more and fifty in 28 balls for Alice Capsey!
The Invincibles are up to 170 now.
Alice Capsey again...
She's middling everything.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Invincibles need one more to make this their highest Hundred score. The overall record is 181.
Scholfield beats Perry on the mid-off boundary again! The Phoenix skipper thinks she should have stopped this.
Driven for four by Paige Scholfield. Ellyse Perry cannot stop it on the boundary.
"Like the January sales, everything must go," says Sir Alastair on BBC Two.
| 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 |