Kate Cross
England seam bowler on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra

She played a good hand there, Mignon du Preez.

She hopefully got the innings going a little bit for Loughborough Lightning.

Jenny Gunn hopefully has a bit of licence to finish the innings and get them to 150-160.

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Suzie Bates won't be happy with that as Mignon du Preez's drive goes straight through the fielder at mid-off's legs and runs away for four.

Emboldened by that, the South African hammers the next high and handsome over mid-wicket for six to bring up the 100 for Loughborough.

Bates tries a slower ball, but Abi Freeborn goes down on one knee to slog wide of the long-on fielder for another boundary.

Great over for the Lightning. Five to go, how close can they get to 150?

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Pace bowler Lauren Bell is back after dismissing both openers in her opening burst at the start of the innings. She strays wide of off stump allowing Abi Freeborn to carve away for four and the Lightning batter spots a slower delivery to push it away for a single.

Bell is certainly going through the variations, but one from the back of the hand is too wide and costs her a wide before Mignong du Preez takes a single from the final ball of the over.

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Amanda Wellington totally bamboozles Mignon du Preez but there is so little pace on her leading edge, the ball falls short of the bowler.

Abi Freeborn then shapes to cut, but the ball is far too close to her and she is fortunate that an under-edge just misses the stumps and she is able to scamper through for her first run.

Matthew Hoggard
Loughborough Lightning assistant coach on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra

It's even stevens at the moment

If we can get another 60 or 70 runs on and put Vipers under pressure we'll have done very well.

It's so nervy being a coach as you're watching and can't affect anything.

South African Mignon du Preez is under way with a single before Georgia Adams flips the next ball from Tash Farrant through backward square leg for four. Loughborough really need her to go on now and get through the rest of the innings.

Loughborough 76-2published at 11 overs

11 overs

Adams 22, Elwiss 26

Danni Wyatt returns and immediately drops short, allowing Georgia Elwiss to rock onto the back foot and pull powerfully for four.

Georgia Adams takes her life in her hands as she goes aerial over cover, but the ball drops safely into a gap as she adds two to the score before hoisting the next over mid-wicket for the first maximum of the game.

That's more like it by the Lightning.

Here comes vastly experienced New Zealand all-rounder Suzie Bates with her medium-pace after a single over by Fi Morris.

A wide apart, it's a good over by Bates, yielding only singles, and Loughborough are going to need to step on the gas in the second half of their innings.

Amanda Wellington continues and is guilty of a couple of leg-side wides as Loughborough's total passes 50 before Georgia Elwiss drives just wide of the fielder at long-off for another boundary.

Here's how Lauren Bell removed both Loughborough Lightning openers.

It's a glorious day in Hove as the picture below shows.

The Vipers continue to ring the changes with Fi Morris into the attack.

There is no pace for the batters to work with from her floated deliveries, but Georgia Elwiss uses her feet well to deposit the final ball of the over over long-on for four.

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Only one over for Danni Wyatt, as Southern Vipers call up Amanda Wellington to try a bit of leg-spin.

Georgia Adams chips over cover for a single before Georgia Elwiss finds the boundary with a well-timed ramp shot.

Six off the over.

Lydia Greenway
Former England batter on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra

I think Vipers have fielded much better than they did when these teams met the other evening.

They'll be pleased with the couple wickets they've picked up, and at the moment it's evenly poised.

A no-ball gives Loughborough a free hit, which Georgia Elwiss can only muscle to mid-off for a single - but it's another no-ball by Lauren Bell, so they'll get another.

This time Bell sends down a wide, but Georgia Adams is lucky from the next legitimate delivery as she edges wide of the keeper for four.

Extras notwithstanding, Bell has 2-15 from her three overs so far.