Summary

  • Rain prevents any play at the Oval

  • Both teams move to seven points

  1. Postpublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    There is still hope the men's game can happen. That is scheduled to begin at 19:00 BST.

    The sun is back out so, if there is no further rain, there is chance of the outfield drying in time.

    Follow that game with us here from 18:45.

  2. Match abandonedpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 8 August 2021
    Breaking

    Ah.

    There we have it.

    This match from the women's Hundred has now officially been abandoned because of the rain.

  3. It's rainingpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Wouldn't you know it...

    Just as we get a scheduled start time the rain starts falling again.

    We have to be playing by 17:43 BST so this may be curtains.

  4. Postpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Heather Knight
    London Spirit captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    I think the Rockets might be favourites in a shortened-game actually. They've got big hitters at the top of the order and they've got experienced bowlers.

  5. Postpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

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

    I'm a bit confused. One of the umpires has had her umbrella up the whole time, but the players have been out playing football, and a lot of the crowd haven't moved the whole time.

    I'm excited. I hope we get a start. I think it will be something like a 30-ball game, and I think there will be big shots which is what we're here to see. It will be fast.

  6. Play to start at 17:30 BSTpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    News!

    If there is no further rain we will start at 17:30 BST.

    It will be a significantly reduced game.

  7. Postpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    The umpires are chatting to the two captains with Rob Bailey pointing towards some dark clouds behind one stand. The larger covers are coming back on again.

    It's not looking good.

  8. 'I'd love to see double headers continue'published at 16:52 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Heather Knight
    London Spirit captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It will be really interesting to see what they do with the competition next year – I think there are some big decisions coming up.

    They are only double headers because of Covid – they were due to be at slightly smaller grounds who have traditionally supported women’s cricket very well. There are a few decisions to make about whether they revert to that model, hopefully post Covid, but you never know.

    The double headers have been so successful, I’d love to see them continue.

    The only issue is the smaller grounds – growing up in Plymouth, the nearest ground for me would be Cardiff which is a long way to go, so I am a little bit torn about the success that we’ve had in the double headers because of the crowds we’ve got and also getting cricket into different parts of the country. We can’t dispute the success of the double headers.

  9. Postpublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Really interesting comments from England captain Heather Knight there.

    There was lots of discussion around whether double-headers would work in this tournament but crowds for the women's games have been excellent.

  10. 'We haven't felt like second-class citizens'published at 16:46 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Heather Knight
    London Spirit captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    The tournament shows that if the product is marketed properly then people will come. Hopefully off the back of this tournament England women can play a game at The Oval, Lord's or Old Trafford on a Friday or Saturday night. It would be nice if the next marketed thing was that. It feels like the next logistical step.

    I had doubts over the double headers, and whether we'd feel like second-class citizens, but it hasn't felt like that at all. This has come at a really good time for women's cricket.

  11. What happened on Saturday?published at 16:39 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

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  12. Postpublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    The Oval crowd are cheering now as some - not all - of the covers are taken back off. It's like the hokey cokey.

    This women's match has to finish before the scheduled start of the men's game (19:00 BST) so we are losing a fair bit of time here.

  13. Postpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    I have bad news. The covers are coming back on.

  14. Postpublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    There are players lingering around but no full-scale warm-ups. We've had no word yet from the umpires. They're still inspecting.

  15. Postpublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    The chat on our radio coverage of this game (click the audio icon above to listen) has turned to the battle between the Bryce sisters we'll hopefully see today.

    Kathryn Bryce is in the Trent Rockets line-up while her younger sister Sarah will play for the Invincibles.

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  16. Postpublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Heather Knight
    London Spirit captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Umpires have been more willing to just get playing in The Hundred. That is a great thing for the tournament.

    I hate these sort of games as a captain. Normally you have plans, and it is a frantic game anyway, but this makes it even more frantic. I'm looking forward to see how the captains use their bowlers.

  17. Postpublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    There's lovely blue sky above The Oval now with the sun shining. There groundstaff are still trying to clear some of the water from the outfield.

    Frustrating.

  18. Postpublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

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

    We're into the crunch time of the competition now. All of the teams will want to get momentum through their results.

  19. Postpublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    A glance at the weather forecast is not too encouraging but we'll keep our fingers crossed.

    Forecast
  20. Postpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Heather Knight
    London Spirit captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    The brilliant thing about tournaments like The Hundred is that you unearth players like Alice Capsey. If she does end up playing for England she will be ready because of the scrutiny of tournaments like this.