Summary

  • Spirit make it three wins from three

  • Spirit post 147-6 - Bell-Drummond hits 46 off 33 balls, Maxwell 34 off 21

  • Brave can only reach 138-7 in reply, despite Whiteley's 52 off 33

  • Brave have now won one, lost two

  • Saturday's games: Originals v Rockets women (11:00 BST), Fire v Phoenix women (14:30), Originals v Rockets men (14:30), Fire v Phoenix men (18:00)

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne and Matthew Henry

  1. Melissa Story
    BBC Radio

    Have the bails just blown off? Do we have spirits from the underworld coming?

  2. Lauren Winfield-Hill
    Oval Invincibles batter on BBC Radio

    The keeper Adam Rossington is not convincing me here. Has he taken the stumps before the ball has passed?

  3. Umpire review

    Brave 0-0

    I have no idea what's going on here and neither do the umpires or James Vince.

    Has he been bowled? Stumped? Nothing at all? London Spirit are celebrating, Vince looks baffled, so the umpires send it upstairs.

  4. London Spirit, in their all-blue kit that reminds me a bit of the girl in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory who turns into a blueberry, have a last minute drink and make their way out to the field.

    Eoin Morgan has a smile on his face, looking confident in his bowlers.

    Quinton de Kock and James Vince are the first two batters for Southern Brave.

  5. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC radio

    London Spirit are a little light. They will be hoping they'll be getting a little bit of help from the track and it will slow down a bit and it will bring Liam Dawson into the game.

    But a chase of 148 means that Brave don't have to go too hard too early. I imagine James Vince will anchor the innings and the rest of the team will bat around him.

  6. Daniel Bell-Drummond top-scored for Spirit with 46 but his innings came to an end in a rather bad way.

    As well as this run out, Michael Hogan took 2-31 so a good outing for the Glamorgan bowler.

  7. Emily Windsor
    Oval Invincibles batter on BBC Test Match Special

    London Spirit have got Brad Wheal, Nathan Ellis, Mason Crane and Liam Dawson, who all play their T20 cricket for Hampshire at this ground. Will that play into their favour?

  8. Thanks, Matt.

    I think we're all in agreement that Spirit are a bit under par. And James Vince is batting on his home ground and is in some very good form.

    Still, this is cricket. We're used to seeing silly or unexpected things happen.

  9. I have good news for you. Ffion Wynne is back to see if Southern Brave can pull off this run-chase.

    Enjoy...

  10. Spirit 147-6

    Two runs to finish as Kieron Pollard finishes on 26. A decent job at the end from Chris Jordan, there.

    155 wasn't enough for London Spirit's women earlier. Will 147 be enough for the men?

    I'm going no...

  11. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC radio

    I am really looking forward to the next two or three years of Chris Jordan. If he can keep this pace up then it gives him another element.

  12. Spirit 145-6

    Fired onto the pads at 89mph by Chris Jordan. One leg-bye is run.

  13. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC radio

    That is really good invention from Liam Dawson. It is the sort of shot you'd expect from him.

    I feel for Dawson. He is a really good cricketer but he's had some bad injuries that have halted his progress and it feels like the chances he's had with England just haven't worked out. He's an honest cricketer.

  14. Spirit 144-6

    But that one is scooped for four by Liam Dawson! The crowd don't know whether to cheer or boo with Dawson, a Hampshire player, playing for the visiting side.

    Two balls to go. Two more boundaries?

  15. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC radio

    I think we're living in a parallel universe. We've just seen Kieron Pollard run a three and then he's just tried a reverse dink, ala Jos Buttler, and run a quick single. Someone wake me up.

  16. Spirit 140-6

    Good from Jordan. Pollard tries to ramp but only gets one run.

  17. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC radio

    That is great cricketing awareness from Kieron Pollard. The fielder just dwelt on it a little bit.

  18. Emily Windsor
    Oval Invincibles batter on BBC Test Match Special

    That is a phenomenal bit of running but there is no chance that should have been three runs.

  19. Spirit 139-6

    Brave have missed their cut-off time so a fielder has to be brought into the ring...

    Oh dear. That's really poor too. Some sleepy fielding means Kieron Pollard has managed to get three from a ball that hardly left the 30-yard circle.

    Bowler Chris Jordan is furious. Now Pollard is on strike for the final four...

  20. Spirit 136-6

    Chris Jordan will bowl the final five. He now has Liam Dawson in his sights.

    Spirit desperately need Kieron Pollard to get on strike and then produce some magic.