Fire 8-0published at Ball 7
Wallop! Matthew Potts comes into the attack and Bairstow takes a big swing and sends the ball racing to the boundary.
Summary
Welsh Fire win thriller off last ball
Fire 173-4: Bairstow 56 (36)
Highest total of The Hundred
Stokes removes Bairstow
Duckett 41 (27), Neesham 30* (11)
Superchargers 168-7: Brook 62 (31)
Leg-spinner Ahmad 4-13
Fire 8-0published at Ball 7
Postpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 24 July 2021
Steven Finn
England bowler on Radio 5 Live Sports ExtraA bit of shape from David Willey as you'd expect. The word is that the balls have been swinging. He'll keep his line tight to try and stop Jonny Bairstow hitting through the covers.
Fire 4-0published at Ball 5
Ah, TV replays show the ball hit Tom Banton's bat before striking him on the pads so he could not be given lbw. A good set of five from Willey.
Fire 1-0published at Ball 2
A huge appeal for lbw from Willey! It looked pretty close this but Stokes has no interest in reviewing the decision.
Fire 1-0published at Ball 1
Clipped into the leg side and Welsh Fire are up and running.
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The wily David Willey will be opening the bowling. Bairstow on strike.
Opening batters: Jonny Bairstow & Tom Bantonpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 24 July 2021
What a pair to open the batting for Welsh Fire!
Image source, BBC/WCB
Image source, BBC/ECBPostpublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 24 July 2021
The music is pumping, fireworks are lighting up Headingley and the Leeds crowd are in good spirits.
It's on!
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Welsh Fire captain Jonny Bairstow speaking at the toss: "We'd have bowled as well, judging by what everyone else has done in the competition."
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Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at HeadingleyThere were one or two boos for Yorkshireman Jonny Bairstow when his name was read out at his home ground. It's not his fault he wasn't picked by the Superchargers.
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Superchargers captain Ben Stokes: "I've spent most of the morning memorising all the different rule changes.
"We've got two of the best spinners in the world [Mujeeb and Rashid]. It looks and feels like a T20 game, we're trying to not think too much about the changes."
Teamspublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 24 July 2021
Superchargers: Adam Lyth, Chris Lynn, Ben Stokes (capt), Harry Brook, David Willey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, John Simpson (wk), Brydon Carse, Matty Potts, Adil Rashid, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Fire: Jonny Bairstow (capt), Tom Banton, Ian Cockbain, Ben Duckett, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Matt Critchley, Liam Plunkett, Qais Ahmad, Jake Ball, David Payne.
Superchargers to bowl firstpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 24 July 2021
BreakingSuperchargers have won the toss and Ben Stokes opts to bowl first.
Stokes v Bairstowpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 24 July 2021
Our attention now moves to Headingley as Northern Superchargers host Welsh Fire.
South Africa's Faf Du Plessis is out for the Superchargers, he will miss the first three games due to concussion.
So captaining the side will be a fella you might know, he goes by the name Ben Stokes.
And leading Welsh Fire is another England star, the one and only Jonny Bairstow.
I'm buzzing for this!
Image source, BBC/ECBPostpublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 24 July 2021
Before a one-sided hammering earlier today...
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We were treated to another thriller yesterday...
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It was a long time coming, but finally the men's Hundred kicked off on Thursday...