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. 6 runs

    Spirit 118-4

    Bell-Drummond 44, Pollard 12

    Six more! Daniel Bell-Drummond. This is superb. James Fuller's figures are taking a beating.

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

    This is turning into a real cracker of a knock from Daniel Bell-Drummond. He is just using the pace well and he isn't taking on the boundary riders.

  3. Spirit 112-4

    This is really good from Daniel Bell-Drummond now! Two more boundaries - both through the off side. He has 38 now from 28 balls.

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

    This game is nicely poised.

    When you're looking at the last 25 balls you are thinking about two runs a ball minimum.

    London Spirit will be looking for 150-160 to be really competitive.

  5. 25 balls to go graphicBBC Sport
  6. dropped catch

    Bell-Drummond dropped on 26

    Dropped! That's a tough chance for Rehan Ahmed running back as the ball drops over his shoulder. He can't quite cling on.

    Looking again, it probably should have been taken.

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

    Bell-Drummond is waking up now. It just shows on this pitch that when you're in, your scoring can race along.

  8. Spirit 100-2

    Chris Jordan is back...

    He'll keep things quiet... oh.

    Daniel Bell-Drummond with back-to-back fours. This is good batting from the Spirit's number four.

  9. Spirit 91-4

    30 balls remain. How many can London Spirit get to? The women's match, where the Brave set a new record chase in the women's competition, suggests they'll need plenty more.

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

    It's got to be so intimidating standing at the start of your run up and seeing the giant of Kieron Pollard waiting for you.

  11. Spirit 86-4

    Ahmed is a bundle of energy. He starred for England in the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year. He tosses the ball from hand to hand before bounding in. The leggie sprints away to field off his own bowling too.

    A good five balls.

  12. Henry Moeran
    BBC Radio

    Bell-Drummond is just starting to get going now. That was a really encouraging strike.

  13. Spirit 82-4

    Daniel Bell-Drummond has some making up to do after Eoin Morgan's run-out. This is just the start as he heaves the ball down the ground in the sunshine.

    Rehan Ahmed is going to return at the other end.

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

    That is a brilliant effort from Chris Jordan. I don't think anyone else on the field is even getting a hand on it.

  15. dropped catch

    Bell-Drummond dropped on 11

    Almost a speccy from Chris Jordan! He dives like Jordan Pickford through the air but can't cling on as the ball is smashed at him. It would have been an outrageous catch.

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

    It's probably the best one Bell-Drummond has hit all day, ironically.

  17. Henry Moeran
    BBC Radio

    That is just a horrible, horrible way to get out.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Morgan run out Lintott 0 (Spirit 70-4)

    Oh Eoin... The former England skipper falls in the most unfortunate fashion, run out at the non-striker's end. His batting partner Daniel Bell-Drummond times the ball nicely back towards the bowler but the ball flicks off Jake Lintott's hand onto the stumps. Morgan was preparing to run a single and was out of his ground.

  19. Does she still use a fax machine?

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

    I really didn't think it was that weird!