Summary

  • Brave cruise to victory with 31 balls to spare

  • Vince scores almost-effortless 71 off 41 balls

  • Fire struggle after falling to 16-3 in first 22 balls

  • Duckett (40) only Fire batter to find fluency

  • Overton and Jordan take two wickets apiece

  • Coming up on Thursday: Oval Invincibles v London Spirit (including online ball by ball radio commentary)

Live Reporting

Timothy Abraham and Callum Matthews

  1. 50 balls to go graphicBBC Sport

  2. Stoinis v Zampa

    I think 3% might be generous, Alex!

    A big match up now as Aussie team-mates Adam Zampa and Marcus Stoinis face each other. They are good mates off the pitch.

    Should be a fascinating battle.

  3. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    The win predictor thinks there is a 3% chance of Welsh Fire winning this.

  4. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Two

    Marcus Stoinis came through that smoke like an angry, bad guy wrestler.

  5. Brave 72-1

    Target 108

    Aussie batter Marcus Stoinis is the next batter for Southern Brave.

  6. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Two

    Too little, too late, I'm afraid. Should be an absolute breeze for the Brave.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Davies 26 c Higgins b Ball 26 (Brave 72-1)

    A breakthrough at last for Welsh Fire!

    Jake Ball bowls it shorter on the pitch and Alex Davies takes it on. He does not quite get it out of the middle of the bat and Ryan Higgins takes the catch this time around.

  8. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    When you look down Southern Brave's batting line-up there is still power to come with Marcus Stoinis and Tim David.

    Welsh Fire need wickets but there is plenty of batting to come.

  9. Brave 68-0

    Ryan Higgins is doing a job for Welsh Fire with his medium-pace bowling. Three runs off his set is much better for the boys in red.

    He'll have been keen to make amends for that dropped catch earlier.

  10. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    That is a lovely shot. Up and over, just stand and admire that one.

  11. Brave 63-0

    A half-chance for Welsh Fire as James Vince spoons one up off Noor Ahmad down the ground but it is just short of the fielder.

    The final ball of Ahmad's set is walloped to the boundary by James Vince.

  12. Welsh Fire batter Ben Duckett on player mic: "We were under par, all they have to do here is bat really. We've got to find a way to put them under pressure which we're struggling to do."

  13. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There is a fine line for Welsh Fire here trying to take the game as deep as they can. They need to be aggressive to try and take wickets and it is too early for James Vince and Alex Davies at the moment.

  14. Brave 52-0

    Three runs from Adam Zampa's set. That's well bowled by the Aussie. Welsh Fire desperately need to take some wickets, though.

  15. Tymal Mills
    England and Southern Brave pace bowler on BBC Two

    Good start from my boys, we're going nicely. It's not raining four and sixes. When you bowl as well as we did, you don't need to go after every ball.

  16. Moeen Ali
    England & Birmingham Phoenix all-rounder on BBC Two

    Zampa brings experience and has played for a quality side like Australia. He brings varieties like googlies, flippers and I think we'll see the best of him in this tournament.

  17. Brave 49-0

    Spinner Adam Zampa will bowl again. He looks to get the ball to move off the pitch making it awkward for the batters with sharp movement and changes of pace.

  18. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Oh no, it's fantastic.

    I just think it is absolute genius.

  19. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    My suit today is very love hate. A lot of people don't like it.

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  20. Brave 49-0

    Young Afghanistani spinner Noor Ahmad is thrown the ball for the first time this evening. He whacked Fire's only six earlier so his confidence will be good.

    Alex Davies and James Vince look very comfortable against him at the moment, though. Happy to knock the ball into the spaces to pick up ones and twos,