Summary

  • Brave ease to seven-wicket win over Spirit

  • Birmingham Phoenix men end Trent Rockets' 100% record

  • Smeed gets Phoenix off to thrilling start with 36 off 13 balls

  • Rockets 144-6 - Malan 51, Hales 38

Live Reporting

Jack Skelton

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  2. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    This is high-class from Will Smeed.

  3. 6 runs

    Rockets 25-0

    Bang! Ropey start from Samit Patel and Will Smeed punishes him with a booming six.

  4. Phoenix 19-0

    Will Smeed joins the party with a sweep shot away for four.

  5. Spin second up. Samit Patel is on.

  6. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    This is a score Rockets will fancy defending, but they'll have to be good in the field.

  7. Dead-eye Moeen.

  8. Phoenix 11-0

    Target 145

    Sharp single by Allen - gone if the throw hits, but it misses.

    Fine start by the hosts.

  9. Phoenix 10-0

    Rockets choose not to change the field.

    Same shot, same result - Allen finding the fence again.

  10. Phoenix 6-0

    First boundary of the innings as Finn Allen whips it round the corner for four. Shot!

  11. Phoenix 1-0

    Allen swipes down the ground for a single first up.

  12. Luke Wood to start against Finn Allen.

    Here we go...

  13. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Two

    I'm looking forward to seeing Liam Livingstone today.

  14. Finn Allen and Will Smeed make their way to the middle. They'll need a good start, but you feel Liam Livingstone at three and Moeen Ali at four will need to do most of the work if Phoenix are to win.

    Miles Hammond and Chris Benjamin have shown they have plenty to offer with the bat in this tournament too, mind.

  15. Opening batters: Finn Allen & Will Smeed

    Finn AllenBBC/ECB
    Will SmeedBBC/ECB

  16. Not one Miles Hammond will want to watch back. But you can.

  17. Southern Brave are keeping the London Spirit batters in check at Lord's. With 25 balls left of the Spirit's innings left they are 75-5.

    Tammy Beaumont is still there on 32 and she survived a strong lbw shout earlier but her team-mate Chloe Tryon was given out on review after she was struck on the pad by Lauren Bell.

    Spirit will need to finish with a flourish to get themselves to a competitive total.

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  19. Dawid Malan's run map shows how strong he was square of the wicket this afternoon.

    Malan

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