Summary

  • Brave go top of men's table; Fire eliminated

  • Vince & De Kock take down Fire with devastating partnership

  • Banton top-scores with 36 for Fire after Brave won toss

  • Brave's spinners - Briggs & Lintott - take two wickets apiece

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Amy Lofthouse

  1. Brave 20-1

    Need 125 more runs to win

    Southern Brave skipper James Vince gets a big ovation after wandering out to the middle. He's off the mark second ball.

  2. New batter: James Vince

    James Vince
  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Stirling c Phillips b Fletcher 18 (Brave 19-1)

    It's only a brief stay for Paul Stirling. He whacks another but it goes straight to a fielder. Big Luke Fletcher nabs an early wicket.

  4. Ravi Bopara
    London Spirit batter on BBC Two

    I wonder if the pitch is going to get better with the dew.

  5. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    Stirling is thinking of one side of the ground only - the leg side.

  6. 6 runs

    Brave 19-0

    Paul Stirling is a big lad. When he hits it properly it goes the distance. This has flown away.

  7. Ravi Bopara
    London Spirit batter on BBC Two

    There doesn't seem to be much swing out there for David Payne.

  8. Brave 13-0

    Need 132 more runs to win

    Two more fours to Paul Stirling! The first has a good hit, the second a bit edgy.

    I saw Paul Stirling hit 142 for Ireland against England on this very ground last summer. He likes it in Southampton.

  9. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    Left-arm seamers are a common trend in white-ball cricket these days.

  10. Brave 5-0

    There goes the first boundary. Paul Stirling hoiks the ball off his hip and there are kids dancing in the stands.

  11. Brave 0-0

    Target 145

    The Brave are clear favourites for me. They go top of the table with a win.

    David Payne will begin with the ball.

  12. Opening batter: Quinton de Kock

    Quinton de KockGetty Images

  13. Opening batter: Paul Stirling

    Paul Stirling

  14. We have players in the middle. Who are you backing to win this?

  15. Someone sign this man up...

  16. Carlos Brathwaite and Ravi Bopara are currently explaining Tymal Mills' variations on BBC Two. Mills has been really impressive. Should he make the England T20 World Cup squad?

  17. It was good to see Tom Banton find a bit of form at the start of that innings. He hasn't really fired in the tournament.

  18. Lauran Hibberd - the half-time music act - is currently performing on the Hundred stage between innings. Good stuff.

  19. That is the first, and probably the last, time anyone has called me effervescent. I think Amy may be being sarcastic.

    Anyway... Southern Brave are good.

  20. Right, I am done. The effervescent Matt Henry will take you through the run chase.