Summary

  • Evans hits back-to-back sixes to win it for hosts after Billings anchored run-chase

  • Fire 121-7 - Duckett 65 (52), T Curran 3-29

  • Cobb run out at non-striker's end in unusual fashion

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Ffion Wynne

  1. Tymal Mills
    Southern Brave bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    If Welsh Fire get to 125 from here they would probably be pleased. Oval Invincibles have a very good bowling attack.

  2. New batter: Ryan Higgins

    Ryan Higgins

  3. Tymal Mills
    Southern Brave bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It felt like a matter of time. Critchley never got to grips with the pace of the pitch or the bowlers.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Critchley c Topley b Mahmood 3 (Fire 99-6)

    That's a bit of a horror innings from young Matt Critchley. He made three from 11 balls and Ben Duckett, on 48, could just stand and watch from the other end for most of it.

  5. Fire 98-5

    Make that two from nine.

    Over to you, Ben. Welsh Fire's captain brings out a wild reverse sweep but that only brings a single.

    Can we have some boundaries, please?

  6. Fire 97-5

    Matt Critchley is struggling on one from five balls and you can sense the pressure building on Ben Duckett.

  7. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Maybe one day we'll get a hat-trick in The Hundred.

  8. Fire 92-5

    Matt Critchley survives the hat-trick ball and gets a ripple of sarcastic applause from The Oval crowd.

  9. New batter: Matt Critchley

    Matt Critchley

  10. Tymal Mills
    Southern Brave bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Neesham was early on the pull if anything. It is a great spell for the Oval Invincibles.

  11. wicket

    WICKET

    Neesham c Billings b T Curran 0 (Fire 92-5)

    Ah. In and out.

    It's a first baller for Jimmy Neesham who goes for a pull shot but can only edge it through to the 'keeper.

    Real trouble for the Fire now and Tom Curran is on a hat-trick ...

  12. New batter: Jimmy Neesham

    Jimmy Neesham

  13. Tymal Mills
    Southern Brave bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Du Plooy was looking to be aggressive but the bat twisted in his hands.

  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Du Plooy c Clark b T Curran 17 (Fire 92-3)

    Well, he tries to go big but gets out instead.

    You can't blame Du Plooy there, in all fairness. They had to start hitting out. It's a good catch running in from the boundary, very similar to the chance Jacks dropped earlier.

  15. Fire 92-3

    Du Plooy helps himself to four more. 30 balls left for Fire - time to go big?

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

    Those catches are never easy. We saw a very similar, arguably tougher chance taken in the women's game.

  17. Early wickets stunted the Fire's progress but this was the strangest of the lot. It's not one you see every day, that's for sure.

  18. Fire 80-3

    Ben Duckett that's glorious! He stands square on so he's fully facing the bowler, ramps the ball backwards over his head while he's in mid-air.

    Impressive. Can he kick on now and get Fire to a competitive score?

  19. dropped catch

    Du Plooy dropped on 8

    Fire 74-3

    Ah, Will Jacks! It was a tough chance, hit hard and flat out to the boundary - he gets two hands to it but as he's running forward the ball spills out.

    Can Du Plooy make the most of this second chance?

  20. Fire 68-3

    We've seen some chaotic running between the wickets today and there's some more. Duckett and du Plooy are back and forth about 12 times before they eventually decide there's no second run.