Summary

  • Van Niekirk (67 not out) and Adams (42) help Invincibles to eight-wicket win

  • Burns (45) top scores in Phoenix's 129-9 after home side win toss

  • Farrant takes 3-23 in her 20 balls, Van Niekirk 2-16

  1. wicket

    WICKETpublished at Ball 73

    Burns c Gibbs b Gregory 45 (Phoenix 85-6)

    Ah!

    Danielle Gregory drags one down, and Erin Burns can literally hit this anywhere, but she pulls it straight to Grace Gibbs at deep mid-wicket.

    That's still a very good innings from Burns.

  2. Postpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Chris Green
    Middlesex all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Van Niekerk stayed on the floor and did a few swimming moves. It didn't help her get any nearer to the ball!

  3. Phoenix 84-5published at Ball 70

    Burns 44, Wong 3

    Four more for Erin Burns! This is the third or fourth time she's hit the final ball of the set to the boundary. This time it comes via a beautiful cover drive.

    Dane van Niekerk gets a very early dive out to try claw it in before the boundary, but she gets nowhere near it. She then does a bit of breaststroke on the outfield, and has a laugh with the crowd. That's lovely to see.

  4. Postpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Here's how Invincibles skipper Dane van Niekerk picked up the crucial wicket of her counterpart Amy Jones.

  5. Postpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    At the moment, Erin Burns is forging ahead. She's scored over half the runs and looks to be playing on a different pitch.

  6. Phoenix 78-5published at Ball 65

    Lovely!

    Erin Burns picks up her sixth boundary with a lovely flick over square leg.

    She's up to 40 off 24 balls now. A crucial hand.

  7. Phoenix 73-5published at Ball 63

    Good again from Erin Burns.

    She picks up three more with a nice reverse lap.

  8. New batter: Issy Wongpublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Issy Wong hit 27 off 11 balls on Sunday so this could be fun!

    Issy WongImage source, BBC Sport/ECB
  9. wicket

    WICKETpublished at Ball 61

    Elwiss c Gardner b Capsey 4 (Phoenix 69-5)

    Phoenix just can't get a decent partnership going.

    Georgia Elwiss looks to down big down the ground, but just hits the 16-year-old Alice Capsey straight down the throat of Jo Gardner at long-on. What a tournament Capsey is having.

  10. Postpublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    That's a lovely shot.

  11. Phoenix 69-4published at Ball 60

    There is a really healthy crowd in at Edgbaston again today. Over 126,000 people have been at the women's games in this tournament so far.

    Oh, that's a shot! Erin Burns finishes the set with another boundary, this time a gorgeous cover drive. She'd only scored 22 runs in the tournament before today. She's up to 29 now.

  12. Phoenix 59-4published at Ball 55

    Shot!

    The pressure is on Birmingham Phoenix here, but Erin Burns is playing a nice hand. She picks up another boundary with a lovely reverse sweep past short third.

    She's up to 26 off 19 balls.

  13. Postpublished at 16:04 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Chris Green
    Middlesex all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    This wicket is starting to look a bit slower and lower, which is why Van Niekerk has brought herself on. I think these matches could be low-scoring affairs.

  14. Postpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    50 balls to go graphicImage source, BBC Sport
  15. New batter: Georgia Elwisspublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Georgia ElwissImage source, BBC Sport/ECB
  16. Postpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Chris Green
    Middlesex all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Verma was bowing her head as she walked off; she couldn't believe it.

  17. Postpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Jo Gardner was pretty close to the rope - she had to steady herself and maintain her balance.

  18. wicket

    WICKETpublished at Ball 49

    Verma c Gardner b Gray 16 (Phoenix 51-4)

    Ah! Another big breakthrough.

    It's really clever bowling from Eva Grey. It's the knuckle ball, and it deceives Shafali Verma who hits to Jo Gardner at long-on. Gardner started to run in, and looked to be misjudging it, but she did well to steady herself and take the catch.

    That is just 71 runs in five innings for Verma now. She hasn't got going in this tournament.

  19. Phoenix 50-3published at Ball 47

    Three in a row!

    Another pull from Erin Burns, as he gets it fine, past Danielle Gregory and away to the boundary.

    She's up to 18.

  20. Phoenix 46-3published at Ball 46

    Four more!

    The pace of Eva Gray is into the attack, and she is greeted by a crunching pull to the boundary by Erin Burns.

    Take that.