Brave 128-5published at 21 balls left
Jordan pulls it to mid-wicket, the ball falls short of the fielder and goes though for four. Ben Duckett in the deep didn't commit for the catch nor try and save the boundary.
Summary
Brave's reply stalls after Vince out for 40
Bairstow (72) & Duckett (53) post first 100 partnership of competition for Fire
Fire won their opener, Brave lost
Brave 128-5published at 21 balls left
New batter: Chris Jordanpublished at 21:01 British Summer Time 27 July 2021
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WICKETpublished at 22 balls left
Davies c Bairstow b Payne 14 (Brave 124-5)
Edged and gone! Alex Davies wafts at a wide delivery and Bairstow takes the catch.
Davies is frustrated with himself as he walks off. He didn't even wait for the umpire's finger to be raised.
Brave 124-4published at 23 balls lefft
Crunch! A sweet straight drive from Davies for four.
Brave 120-4published at 24 balls left
Brilliant from David Payne. A yorker length delivery about a foot to the right of off stump, so difficult to hit.
Postpublished at 20:59 British Summer Time 27 July 2021
Chris Green
Middlesex all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports ExtraYou can see what the bowlers are trying to do by bowling straight or bowling short. But credit to the Brave batters who are reading it well.
Brave 120-4published at 25 balls left
46 needed from 25 balls
Four! Alex Davies pulls thorugh the leg side and finds the gap. A single and a couple of two makes it eight runs from Jake Balls set of five.
So then, 46 needed from 25 balls. This is doable.
Image source, BBC SportBrave 113-4published at 29 balls left
It's all going on! David Payne makes a wonderful attempt at a diving catch at short fine leg. The throw then comes in and Fire appeal for a run out. Television replays show the batter was just home.
I think I've summed that up. Let's continue.
Postpublished at 20:53 British Summer Time 27 July 2021
Here's a misfield from earlier. This game is far from won for Welsh Fire, they can't afford many more of these...
Brave 111-4published at 30 balls left
Need 55 from 30
Poor in the field from Welsh Fire!
First Jonny Bairstow fails to take a thrown in from the deep cleanly and misses out on a run out chance, before an awful misfield in the deep, the fielder outdone by the bounce, gifts Southern Brave a boundary.
Sloppy.
On a side note, the official attendance today is 3,021.The Cardiff crowd has been limited to only a few thousand today following a Covid risk assessment at Sophia Gardens.
New batter: Ross Whiteleypublished at 20:48 British Summer Time 27 July 2021
Image source, BBC SportWICKETpublished at 38 balls left
De Grandhomme c Neesham b Critchley 1 (Brave 96-4)
The task has now got even harder for Southern Brave.
With his team in search of big runs, you can't blame Colin de Grandhomme for going for it. But his big heave down the wicket sends the ball down the throat of fellow New Zealander Jimmy Neesham.
Brave 93-3published at 40 balls left
73 needed from 40 balls
Davies is a solid batter and capable of scoring runs. He's also quick between the wicket.
There's an appeal for a caught behind down the leg side but Neesham and Bairstow, wisely, opt not to review.
New batter: Alex Daviespublished at 20:43 British Summer Time 27 July 2021
Image source, BBC SportPostpublished at 20:43 British Summer Time 27 July 2021
Lydia Greenway
Ex-England batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports ExtraThis is not what Southern Brave wanted with two fresh batters. It's a big ask for them but do-able. They just need to get themselves in a bit quicker.
WICKETpublished at 43 balls left
Vince c Cobb b Nesham 40 (Brave 92-3)
Big wicket.
Jimmy Neesham bowls a line outside off, James Vince attempts to drag it onto the leg side but does not get the distance. Josh Cobb at long-on takes the grab.
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Chris Dawson-Morris: Listening to radio coverage of The Hundred while there is biblical rain outside the window. I live in north Cardiff, does Sophia Gardens have its own weather zone?
Brave 92-2published at 55 balls
The fella with the best hair in cricket attempts - and misses - at two pull shots, the second of which sails over wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow's head for four byes.
New batter: Colin de Grandhommepublished at 20:38 British Summer Time 27 July 2021
Image source, BBC SportPostpublished at 20:38 British Summer Time 27 July 2021
Lydia Greenway
Ex-England batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports ExtraIt was a fuller delivery, maybe a little slower, so that's clever bowling. That will be a blow to Southern Brave.