Summary

  • Fire stumble to 46-4 inside first 50 balls and never recover

  • Four wickets for Abbott, who concedes just eight runs off 15 balls

  • Originals reach 149-9 - Salt top-scores with 38; Ball 4-29

  • Openers Salt & Buttler race to 66 off 34 balls

  • Fire still winless in competition but Originals up to fifth with first win

Live Reporting

Michael Beardmore

  1. Alison Mitchell
    BBC Radio commentator

    Walter has gone for 13 and the crowd is silent. Unfortunately the Manchester Originals are fading away here.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Walter c Clarke b Ball 13 (Originals 130-6)

    Great catch! Jake Ball has his second.

    The Originals are fading as Paul Walter flashes an edge which keeper Joe Clarke takes, diving full stretch to his left.

    Tom Hartley is in, there's not much batting to come after him.

  3. Originals 130-5

    Adam Zampa races through his final five deliveries, conceding five runs from the set.

    Zampa finishes with figures off 2-17 off 20 balls, taking the wickets of both Jos Buttler and Phil Salt. What a performance in, potentially, his last Hundred match of the summer.

    Adam Zampa's bowling: 25% full, 65% good length and 10% short. 20 balls, 8 dots, went for 17 runs, took 2 wickets with an economy of 0.85 runs per ball.

  4. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio

    Usually you could expect the team to double the runs from the number of balls remaining. So maybe Manchester Originals could have another 50 runs from 25 balls but because they have lost five wickets already it will be a bit more difficult.

  5. Originals 125-5

    And another four, but Critchley can't be blamed for this. Tristan Stubbs swings and misses, with keeper Joe Clarke unable to stop the ball.

    It trickles agonisingly to the ropes.

  6. Originals 119-5

    I've just bigged him up but that was far from Critchley's best. He bowls one far too short which Paul Walter swipes for four.

  7. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Radio

    Manchester Originals and Welsh Fire are both sitting at the bottom of the table. They have both played and lost three games so this is a big match.

  8. Originals 113-5

    Matthew Critchley will bowl his final five balls. He has been on the money so far today...

    Matthew Critchley's bowling: 0% full, 100% good length and 0% short. 15 balls, 5 dots, went for 23 runs, took 1 wickets with an economy of 1.53 runs per ball.

  9. Saqib Mahmood
    England bowler on BBC Radio

    Russell is livid with himself there. The bat spun in his hand and caught out at deep cover.

  10. Originals 109-5

    Forget about record scores now. How many more wickets before Manchester Originals start to seriously worry?

  11. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Radio

    Russell has to go! Another dangerous player is heading back to the dug out.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Russell c Hain b Pretorius 17 (Originals 108-5)

    One shot too many. Andre Russell lobs the ball up and is easily caught on the boundary by Sam Hain.

    Paul Walter is next in for the hosts.

  13. Originals 108-4

    35 balls to go. What will the Originals be targeting? 170 maybe? More?

  14. Originals 106-4

    Russell 15, Stubbs 7

    The boundaries keep on coming. This time Andre Russell cuts David Payne over point for four.

  15. Originals 100-4

    The final ball is blocked. A rare, rare dot.

  16. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Radio

    Russell hit that ball like it owed him money!

    That is the Russell shot we are talking about and that's the way to bring the score to a hundred.

  17. Originals 100-4

    The home fans are back on their feet. Tristan Stubbs reverse-sweeps for four, before Andre Russel brings up the 100 with a monster six over the leg side.

  18. Originals 88-4

    Russel 4, Stubbs 1

    Two new batters in - the Fire have the Originals exactly where they want them. This innings could go either way at this stage.

    Matt Critchley will continue with another five.

  19. Well those wickets will certainly slow the rate down...

  20. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Radio

    And just like that the Manchester Originals have lost their fourth wicket! Originals got off to a great start but wickets are now slowing everything down.