Summary

  • Brave close out thriller despite Spirit's fast start

  • Spirit 141-7: Inglis 55, Garton 2-30

  • Brave 145-6: Davies 50, Cullen 2-27

Live Reporting

Jack Skelton and Callum Matthews

  1. Spirit 25-0

    Need 121 runs to win

    Josh Inglis still hasn't faced a ball!

    Adam Rossington swivels another powerful shot away for four.

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

    Josh Inglis has got the best seat in the house for the Adam Rossington show.

  3. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Watch out in the crowd! What a shot that was.

  4. 6 runs

    Spirit 21-0

    OK. London Spirit may have a second strong suit in Adam Rossington.

    The keeper-batter advances down the pitch and wallops Colin de Grandhomme's third ball into the stands.

  5. Spirit 15-0

    Adam Rossington is blazing away here.

    He swipes Colin de Grandhomme out through square leg for four.

    Rossington has 14 of the Spirit's 15 runs so far, the other coming off a wide.

  6. Spirit 11-0

    Need 135 runs to win

    George Garton errs with a wide down the leg side before Adam Rossington batters it through the covers for four.

    A very encouraging start by the hosts in their chase here.

  7. Spirit 6-0

    That's a more convincing blow by Adam Rossington, capitalising on a shorter ball by George Garton to swivel it round the corner for four.

  8. Spirit 2-0

    Target 146

    Adam Rossington slices a loose drive over the covers for two. Safe enough with no man out.

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

    There was a bit of shape there for Garton - he's looking to swing the ball back into Rossington.

  10. Spirit 0-0

    Left-arm fast bowler George Garton to Adam Rossington first up.

    Dot ball.

  11. Opening batters: Adam Rossington & Josh Inglis

    Adam RossingtonBBC/ECB
    Josh InglisBBC/ECB

  12. London Spirit can climb off the bottom, ahead of seventh-placed Southern Brave, with victory here.

    So far this game has somewhat showed why these are the two bottom teams at the moment though.

    The Spirit openers get ready on the sidelines, with the Brave taking the field now.

  13. It wasn't the most thrilling innings, but that's a decent score and Brave's strong suit is their bowling.

    Spirit's strong suit is, erm... just Eoin Morgan?

    You feel the home captain is going to have to play well to help his side to victory here.

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    Tom Elliott: Alex Davies has played some absolutely outrageous shots here - premeditated scoop-turned-reverse-sweep because it was too full at 78mph. Skills.

  15. Snaffled.

  16. wicket

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    Davies c Nabi b Cullen 50 (Brave 145-6)

    That's 50 and out for Alex Davies.

    He tries to smack the last ball over the ropes down the ground but can only pick out Mohammad Nabi at long-on.

    Still, Davies has played a crucial innings there to boost the Brave up to what should be a difficult total to chase on a tricky, sticky pitch.

  17. 50 runs

    50 for Davies

    Brave 145-5

    That's better! A more standard lofted drive by Alex Davies sees him pick up four and reach his 50 off 39 balls.

    A vital knock for the Brave.

  18. Heather Knight
    London Spirit captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    That was more Steve Davis than Alex Davies!

  19. Brave 141-5

    Alex Davies has played some of the most remarkable shots I've seen today. Not always in a good way.

    He tries to ramp Blake Cullen over the keeper's head but ends up just toe-ending it back down the pitch. Blimey.

  20. Brave 141-5

    No two there!

    Colin de Grandhomme turns for it but is sent back by Alex Davies, who is now on strike.