Summary

  • Sciver anchors Rockets' run-chase

  • Fire fight back, but too little too late

  • Johnson takes three wickets for Rockets

  • Three stumpings for Priest; plus three run-outs

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Timothy Abraham

  1. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    That is such a good catch. It was millimetres off the ground!

  2. New batter: Piepa Cleary

    Piepa ClearyBBC Sport
  3. wicket

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    Luff c Sciver b Johnson 9

    A fine low diving catch from Nat Sciver at long-on. Sophie Luff goes aerial but she cannot quite generate enough power off Sammy-Jo Johnson and Sciver scampers in off the rope and manages to get her hands under the ball to claim a superb catch.

  4. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Welsh Fire have to get close to that 130 mark on a pitch which hasn't been the easiest to score on.

  5. Fire 96-4

    Katherine Brunt, shoulders back, bounds in with purpose. She drops one short to Georgia Hennessy but the Fire batter can only pull it to a fielder and jog through for a single.

    Sophie Luff opens the face of the bat a ball later and angles one to short third man for another run to the total

    Fire still struggling to find the rope.

  6. A superb bit of fielding by Kathryn Bryce earlier.

  7. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Bryce is bowling wicket to wicket, very straight and saying 'if you miss, I hit'.

  8. Fire 92-

    Kathryn Bryce, with her platted ponytail flapping in the Cardiff breeze, is going for accuracy and subtle changes of pace. Neither Sophie Luff nor Georgia Hennessy are able to make clean contact as just three runs off that set.

    Trent Rockets on top at the moment.

  9. 25 balls to goBBC Sport

  10. Fire 89-4

    Sarah Glenn shows good control with her leggies as the Fire batters struggle to find the boundary. Four runs off that set.

  11. Fire 81-4

    Welsh fire skipper Sophie Luff and Georgia Hennessy with tough job on their hands now to get the score up to something they can defend. A fine spell from Heather Graham who has 2-12 runs off her 15 balls.

  12. An eventful three balls for Bryony Smith earlier...

  13. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    After losing Hayley Matthews, Sarah Taylor should have stayed a little longer and risked more at the end of the innings, rather than straight after Matthews was dismissed.

  14. New batter: Georgia Hennessy

    Georgia HennessyBBC Sport
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    Taylor b Graham 11 (Fire 76-4)

    Poor choice of shot from Sarah Taylor. She attempts a reverse lap off Heather Graham and misses it. Given Hayley Matthews had just departed you have to question the wisdom of that.

  16. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    At a crucial time in this innings, Hayley Matthews has to go. That could be catastrophic for the Welsh Fire.

  17. New batter: Sophie Luff

    Sophie LuffBBC Sport
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    Matthews c Harman b Graham 28

    Pace off the ball from Heather Graham and Hayley Matthews on the charge is unable to make clean contact and the ball finds short third man. It's a fine catch from Nancy Harman who takes it over her shoulder.

  19. Fire 75-2

    Overturned! Sarah Taylor survives after the ball was deemed to be going down leg side. The umpires then check for a run out but Taylor was well in her ground.

    Hayley Matthews and Sarah Taylor feels like a key partnership for Welsh Fire.

  20. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Height and line could be the saviour for Sarah Taylor here.