Summary

  • Originals coast towards target thanks to Lee (43*)

  • Hartley & Jones take three wickets each in Brave's 123-7

  • Manchester Originals searching for first win

  • Southern Brave bid to extend 100% start

  1. Goodbye!published at 18:03 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    And that's it from this one.

    The rain is still coming down very heavily at Old Trafford, but we will hopefully bring you coverage of the men's game next, which starts at 19:00 BST.

    Thanks for joining us!

  2. Postpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    Match Hero Lizelle Lee speaking to Sky Sports: "The bowlers did a brilliant job, I thought we would be chasing around 140-150 but they pulled it back brilliantly for us.

    "Emma Lamb took all the pressure off me with how she batted. I wish we could do that every game!

    "We knew we had to play our own game and we would be ahead of DLS, we didn't think about it too much."

  3. Manchester Originals win (DLS)published at 18:00 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    The match has been abandoned due to the rain, and with the Originals ahead of the par score, they take their first win of The Hundred and Southern Brave suffer their first defeat.

  4. Postpublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    This result, if Manchester do win, throws it open again. We thought Southern Brave were well set and Originals were the strugglers.

  5. Postpublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    And then Lizelle Lee took that momentum into the batting innings, smashing her way to 43 not out, including the first six of the day.

  6. Postpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    Earlier, three wickets from Alex Hartley dragged the Originals right back into the game after the Brave's blistering start.

  7. Postpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    The Originals have only lost the one wicket so far, that of Emma Lamb.

    The opener got her team off to a flying start, making 32 from 23 balls before she was run out by Anya Shrubsole.

  8. Postpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    And this is where it can get quite complicated. Basically, using the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method (DLS), the Manchester Originals would win if there is no more play in this game.

    It's pretty much impossible to explain, I don't have the slightest clue of how it works but it's a complex mathematical formula used in cricket to work out the winner of rain-affected matches.

    The DLS par score at this stage of the game is 80, and Manchester Originals are on 97 and therefore, they will win comfortably if the rain doesn't ease.

  9. Originals 97-1published at 30 balls left

    Originals need 27 to win

    The rain has got very heavy, with spectators running for cover and cowering under their umbrellas in the stands, so the players have gone off.

    I'm not sure whether they'll go back on, to be honest.

  10. 6 runs

    Originals 95-1published at 32 balls left

    Oh, Maia Bouchier! She looked in a good position to take the catch on the boundary, but Mignon du Preez placed it perfectly into the wind which carries it over for six.

  11. Originals 88-1published at 36 balls left

    Originals 36 runs to win

    And the strategical timeout hasn't disrupted Lizelle Lee in the slightest as she whacks another four down the ground.

  12. Postpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    After the half-way stage the run rate is still showing in Originals favour.

    Run rate after 55 ballsImage source, BBC Sport
  13. Originals 84-1published at 38 balls left

    Manchester Originals look in complete control here. So much so that Southern Brave take their strategical timeout bang in the middle of Amande-Jade Wellington's set of five.

  14. Originals 83-1published at 40 balls left

    Originals need 41 runs to win

    Lauren Bell bowls another wide but bowls a couple of dot balls at Lizelle Lee to finish.

  15. Postpublished at 17:35 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    Charles Dagnall
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    The hand speed which Lizelle Lee generates for the ball to fly off the bat is incredible.

  16. Originals 80-1published at 44 balls left

    Originals need 44 runs to win

    Perfectly placed from Lizelle Lee, following up her powerful six with a deft touch for four that went right between the two fielders on the off side.

  17. Postpublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

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

    Southern Brave look a little bit flat - there's four double teapots fielding in the ring at the moment.

  18. 6 runs

    Originals 75-1published at 47 balls left

    First of the day!

    Lizelle Lee absolutely nails one from Charlotte Taylor back over her head and over the ropes. She really got hold of that one.

  19. Postpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    Emma Lamb's score of 32 came off 23 balls and was the perfect start for the Originals.

    Lamb wagon wheelImage source, BBC Sport
  20. Postpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 5 August 2021

    Charles Dagnall
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It makes you wonder why Manchester are winless after the performance we've seen today.