Originals recover from sluggish start to post 122
Dottin top-scores with 36; two wickets for Dean
London Spirit win toss and bowl at Old Trafford
Chathli c Kerr b Gregory 34 (Spirit 56-3)
Dropped straight into the hands of Melie Kerr!
Kira Chathli's innings comes to an end as she goes to dump Dani Gregory over the long-on boundary.
She doesn't get enough on it and Kerr doesn't have to move for her second catch of the match.
Callum Flynn
England PD cricketer on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Image source, Getty ImagesThese two batters are playing it nicely and not trying too hard yet.
The more Grace Harris plays, the more pressure falls on the shoulders of the Manchester Originals bowlers. Harris is itching to get one away.
70 runs needed
Kathryn Bryce turns the screw a little, conceding a couple from singles her five balls.
Spirit will need to start upping the ante fairly soon.
Callum Flynn
England PD cricketer on BBC Radio 5Live
A brilliant shot from the opener Kira Chathli. It was over-pitched by Deandra Dottin and the field was set for hitting it hard.
72 runs needed
Banged down the ground!
Deandra Dottin offers up an opening half-volley and Kira Chathli dispatches the ball over the bowler's head for four.
A further single brings up the Spirit 50 and takes Chathli to 32 from 25 deliveries.
Meanwhile Grace Harris is uncharacteristically quiet on seven from nine.
78 runs needed
A second set of five deliveries for Melie Kerr, each going for a single.
The New Zealander has figures of 1-6 thus far.
Callum Flynn
England PD cricketer on BBC Radio 5Live
That was a really good contest in that set. There was some good reverse paddles and the shift in speed from Ecclestone.
Ecclestone went a little bit slower and got the batters to think a little bit differently about this surface with that missed stumping from Beth Mooney.
83 runs needed
A tidy little reverse sweep from Kira Chathli, sending Sophie Ecclestone's delivery fine behind the keeper for four.
The opener then tries a big heave into the leg side and hits thin air, but Beth Mooney doesn't collect cleanly behind the stumps and misses out on a marginal stumping opportunity.
Callum Flynn
England PD cricketer on BBC Radio 5Live
Good start from the Originals. Gaur put in a good shift in the powerplay. With the shape that she was getting, it made sense to keep her on.
And the Originals still have Dani Gregory and Fi Morris to come.
89 runs needed
Oooh, that's just short of the bowler.
Kira Chathli chips one back at Deandra Dottin off the bottom of her bat, with the ball landing just in front of the veteran's hands as she tried to take the catch above the turf.
A couple more singles bring us to the end of Dottin's five, and Spirit call a strategic time-out.
95 runs needed
Harris stars as Spirit begin Women's Hundred defence with win over Invincibles
Here's the dangerous Grace Harris.
The big-hitting Australian clobbered an unbeaten 89 in the season opener against Northern Superchargers (see video above), before scoring 18 against Welsh Fire last time out.
She starts with two dots before taking a single square.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
You have to play Melie Kerr like she is going to bowl every ball as a googly at you. It went in towards Dani Gibson and she had no idea about it.
Gibson b Kerr 0 (Spirit 27-2)
Image source, Getty ImagesTwo wickets in three balls!
Melie Kerr has a wicket with her second delivery, offering plenty of flight and bamboozling new batter Dani Gibson.
A googly, past the bat and onto the stumps - Originals in the ascendancy.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Image source, Getty ImagesMahika Gaur deserved that. She has bowled really nicely.
Gaur went back of her length but it was wider and Redmayne had to reach for it. She will be disappointed with that.
Redmayne c Kerr b Gaur 11 (Spirit 27-1)
Squirted to cover!
Georgia Redmayne had just pulled Mahika Gaur for four, but she departs from the last ball of the powerplay.
The Australian throws her hands a little at the delivery and sends the ball flying straight to Mahika Gaur.
Spirit 20-0
Tough chance!
Kira Chatli lashes Mahika Gaur out to fine leg, where Alice Monaghan perhaps slightly misjudges the trajectory and has to try to take the catch falling back towards the boundary.
She can't hold on and the ball runs onto the rope for four.
Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst
Image source, Getty ImagesToday's game has seen 2.3° of swing in the Powerplay on average - the most of any game in the competition so far.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
A lovely bit of batting from Georgia Redmayne. She used the pace of Ecclestone really well in that set.
A slightly slow start however from the London side, not many runs on the board.
107 runs needed
Squeezed between two fielders!
Georgia Redmayne works Sophie Ecclestone's second delivery through the ring at point for her first four.
The Australian opener has scores of a duck and 11 so far in this tournament.
111 runs needed
The rest of Bryce's set is a little calmer, with three more singles coming from it.
And now here comes England spinner Sophie Ecclestone, ranked number four in the world in the shortest format of the game.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mooney,caught Norris, bowled Dean Mooney, caught Norris, bowled Dean | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 130.00 |
Bryce,caught Redmayne, bowled Norris Bryce, caught Redmayne, bowled Norris | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33.33 |
Kerr,run out Gray Kerr, run out Gray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.00 |
Smale,bowled Glenn Smale, bowled Glenn | 5 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 41.67 |
Dottin,caught Gibson, bowled Dean Dottin, caught Gibson, bowled Dean | 36 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 120.00 |
Morris,caught Glenn, bowled Knott Morris, caught Glenn, bowled Knott | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 133.33 |
Monaghan,not out Monaghan, not out | 18 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 4, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 6, total 14 Extras, no balls 4, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 6, total 14 | |||||||
Total,122 for 6 100 balls Total,122 for 6 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norris | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
Wong | 20 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.20 |
Dean | 20 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 |
Gray | 10 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13.20 |
Glenn | 20 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 |
Knott | 10 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.80 |
Harris | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.60 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
6 for 1 (11 balls) | Bryce |
10 for 2 (12 balls) | Kerr |
45 for 3 (31 balls) | Mooney |
46 for 4 (39 balls) | Smale |
77 for 5 (65 balls) | Morris |
122 for 6 (100 balls) | Dottin |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chathli,caught Kerr, bowled Gregory Chathli, caught Kerr, bowled Gregory | 34 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 113.33 |
Redmayne,caught Kerr, bowled Gaur Redmayne, caught Kerr, bowled Gaur | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 91.67 |
Gibson,bowled Kerr Gibson, bowled Kerr | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
batting,Harris,not out batting, Harris, not out | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 68.75 |
batting,Knott,not out batting, Knott, not out | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 1 Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 1 | |||||||
Total,60 for 3 63 balls Total,60 for 3 63 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaur | 15 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.40 |
Bryce | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 |
Ecclestone | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 |
Kerr, bowling | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 |
Dottin | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.20 |
Gregory | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.80 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
27 for 1 (25 balls) | Redmayne |
27 for 2 (27 balls) | Gibson |
56 for 3 (59 balls) | Chathli |
