Summary

  • Victory takes Brave through to final but Fire eliminated

  • Fire fall well short in difficult run-chase

  • Brave openers put on 107 for first wicket; finish on 166-3 (tournament record score)

  • Mandhana 78, Wyatt 53

  1. Brave 81-0published at Ball 48

    Four more!

    This time it's Danni Wyatt who lofts Alex Griffiths from outside off stump and away for four. Where was the dive from the fielder?!

    Sarah Taylor wanders over for a chat with the bowler.

  2. Postpublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 11 August 2021

    Emily Windsor
    Trent Rockets player on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    You can't bowl there. Welsh Fire need to find something quickly.

  3. Brave 76-0published at Ball 46

    A new bowler, with Alex Griffiths introduced into the attack...

    ...And she's promptly whipped over the leg side by Smriti Mandhana for four. What a welcome!

  4. Postpublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 11 August 2021

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

    Mandhana is very good to watch. She just helped that on its way and is really making Welsh Fire pay.

  5. Brave 72-0published at Ball 45

    Mandhana 33, Wyatt 36

    Smriti Mandhana ruins a very tidy set of five from Georgia Hennessy by flicking the ball off her pads and away for four. That's a gorgeous shot.

  6. Brave 64-0published at Ball 40

    151 is the highest score in the women's competition so far, made by Trent Rockets against London Spirit.

    That could be in danger today, as Danni Wyatt goes sweeping through third. Only a well-timed dive stops it reaching the boundary.

  7. Brave 60-0published at Ball 36

    Bryony Smith returns and promptly gets swept hard for four by Danni Wyatt.

    Shes on 34 from just 19 balls.

  8. Postpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 11 August 2021

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

    It is looking like being a big score. Mandhana has been given chances with basic errors and is making hay.

  9. 6 runs

    Brave 55-0published at Ball 35

    Oh, hello!

    Another skip down the pitch, this time from Smriti Mandhana, and she lofts the ball back down the ground for another six. That is some shot.

  10. Brave 48-0published at Ball 32

    Nicole Harvey enters the attack and watches a full toss get larruped by Danni Wyatt, but only for a single.

    WyattImage source, Getty Images
  11. Brave 47-0published at Ball 30

    How's that not gone to a fielder?!

    Smriti Mandhana makes a mess of a sweep, sending a top edge high into the air, and there's no-one underneath it! People are running in but it's almost in slow motion, and that's two lives they've given Smriti Mandhana. Not a good idea.

  12. Brave 45-0published at Ball 27

    Danni Wyatt works a full toss through mid-wicket for yet another four. This is merciless from the Brave.

  13. Not outpublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 11 August 2021

    Danni Wyatt was dragging her foot a little, but there's enough behind the line for the umpire to say not out.

  14. Brave 41-0published at Ball 26

    Georgia Hennessy is coming on for a bowl.

    Her first delivery is a wide and Sarah Taylor, in a flash, has the bails off. We're going upstairs...

  15. 6 runs

    Brave 41-0published at Ball 25

    Wyatt 24, Mandhana 14

    Shot!

    Danni Wyatt skips forwards and lofts Hayley Matthews over the head of Piepa Cleary and over the ropes for six.

  16. Brave 35-0published at Ball 24

    That no ball call was so late that Sophia Dunkley had already come charging out of the tunnel to bat! She looked so confused.

    Danni Wyatt, meanwhile, ignores the chaos and smacks a four through the covers off the previously miserly Hayley Matthews. The fielder doesn't make a great effort of diving for the ball, it has to be said.

    Sophia Dunkley
  17. Brave 29-0published at Ball 20

    Smriti Mandhana celebrates her repreive with a big aerial drive that beats the leaping fielder and goes merrily racing away for four.

    Ouch. Keep your foot behind the line!

  18. Postpublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 11 August 2021

    Michael Carberry
    Ex-England batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    I am a little bit speechless. It is just really poor cricket. It is criminal to overstep in this format. There was the dropped catch and now a no ball. Mandhana - it is your day.

  19. Brave 25-0published at Ball 19

    Of course Smriti Mandhana cracks the free hit for four. Of course she does. And she's hit it straight past the fielder at mid-off who, a second ago, thought she had caught her.

    That's a disastrous couple of minutes for Southern Brave.

  20. Postpublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 11 August 2021

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It is a disaster for the Welsh Fire.