Summary

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  • Beaumont (42) and Dottin (50 not out) fire Spirit to victory

  • Leading run-scorer Rodrigues hits 57 in Superchargers' 126-5

  • Northern Superchargers won toss and opted to bat

  1. Postpublished at 17:08 British Summer Time 3 August 2021

    Lydia Greenway
    Ex-England batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    For the Superchargers, they need to create pressure through dot balls and squeeze the batters and then for the Spirit they need t run well between the wickets. That is something they can learn from how the Superchargers played in the first innings. They need to keep calm and carry on.

  2. Strategic time-outpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 3 August 2021

    The players gather for a two-minute tete-a-tete.

    I'd be using this time to have a snack, personally.

  3. Spirit 72-2published at 40 balls left

    55 runs needed

    A little more aerial than Deandra Dottin intended as she flicks Liz Russell off her pads, but it's just short of the fielder who is stationed on the boundary rope.

  4. Postpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 3 August 2021

    The wicket of Heather Knight has halted the Spirit progress as they chase 127. They are still slightly ahead of where the Superchargers were at the halfway stage...

    London Spirit chase wormImage source, BBC Sport
  5. Spirit 66-2published at 45 balls left

    61 runs needed

    That's a very good, tidy set of five from Katie Levick.

  6. Spirit 63-2published at 49 balls left

    Deandra Dottin gets away with a punchy little drive off Katie Levick that drops just short of the advancing fielder at mid-off.

  7. Postpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 3 August 2021

    50 balls to goImage source, BBC Sport
  8. Spirit 63-2published at 50 balls left

    64 runs needed

    That's the halfway stage, with London Spirit in a decent position as they search for their second win of the tournament.

  9. Spirit 60-2published at 52 balls

    A good bit of running from Deandra Dottin to pick up two... or is it?

    The umpire sends it upstairs but Dottin has pulled off a good bat slide to make sure she's home safe. She is so quick.

  10. Spirit 57-2published at 54 balls left

    Alice Davidson-Richards returns and watches her first delivery get crashed off Deandra Dottin's pads and away for four.

  11. Postpublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 3 August 2021

    Lydia Greenway
    Ex-England batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Smith has bowled well. We have seen in both competitions that spinners have been key to teams doing well. In this competition to go at a run a ball is outstanding.

  12. Postpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 3 August 2021

    Jemimah Rodrigues was in superb touch earlier to set up this total for Northern Superchargers.

  13. Spirit 53-2published at 55 balls left

    74 runs needed

    New batter Deandra Dotton, incidentally, was a gold medallist for Barbados as a teenager in javelin, discus and shot put in the 2007 CARIFTA Games.

    Basically, she's one of those annoying people that is very good at any sport they turn their hand to.

  14. New batter: Deandra Dottinpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 3 August 2021

    Deandra DottinImage source, BBC/ECB
  15. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 59 balls left

    Knight lbw Smith 16 (Spirit 51-2)

    Heather Knight has to go!

    That didn't look quite right when you saw it in slo-mo but, with the angle Knight was at, the technology reckons the ball was going on to crash into leg stump.

  16. Spirit reviewpublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 3 August 2021

    Hello!

    Heather Knight tries to play a reverse sweep, misses, and is given out lbw. She sends it straight upstairs...

  17. Spirit 51-1published at 60 balls left

    76 runs needed

    Calm as you like from Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont so far.

  18. Postpublished at 16:49 British Summer Time 3 August 2021

    Lydia Greenway
    Ex-England batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Heather Knight has been working on that shot for the couple of years. She has been accessing that area a lot more.

  19. Postpublished at 16:49 British Summer Time 3 August 2021

    Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    That is lovely ball-striking from the London Spirit captain.

  20. Spirit 50-1published at 62 balls left

    Shot!

    A little shimmy of the feet from Heather Knight and she lofts the ball over the head of the close fielders for four.