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Steven Finn
Former England bowler on BBC Radio
Jos Buttler waits for the ball on his hips and hammers it between the two fielders beautifully.
Summary
Dismal Brave bowled out for 120 off 84 balls to lose by 68 runs
Defending champions have now lost four of their five games
Originals post 188-3, the third highest score of the competition so far
Buttler smacks 68 off 42 balls, Russell blasts 64 off 23 and Salt hits 38 off 22
Originals have won two from five
Friday's matches: Phoenix v Superchargers women at 15:30 BST, men's at 19:00
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Originals 29-0published at 20 balls
There we go. England white-ball captain Jos Buttler gets his first boundary, hammering a pull shot for four.
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Steven Finn
Former England bowler on BBC RadioExpect a lot of balls dug into the wicket, the ball to be bowled pace-off. This wicket is just holding up and is quite dry.
Originals 25-0published at 18 balls
Marcus Stoinis is the next bowler brought into the attack as we return to pace.
The Originals are happy to rotate the strike at the start of his set.
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Steven Finn
Former England bowler on BBC RadioSalt gives himself room and tries to open up the offside. The two deep fielders are at long on and midwicket.
Originals 19-0published at 15 balls
Salt 16, Buttler 3
And the set of five finishes how it started. Salt smacks a confident four, but then finishes things off with a leading edge that just avoids the diving bowler trying to pluck it out the air.
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Charlie Taylor
BBC Radio 5 Sports ExtraNo time for the spinner to settle, Salt knocks him off his length.
Originals 13-0published at 12 balls
We turn to spin with Dan Moriarty.
But Phil Salt is equal to the change, smashing the bowler down the ground for a four first ball.
Next delivery though he's given a scare as a nothing-shot lands just short of a fielder.
Originals 8-0published at 10 balls
Another tidy set from Australian Michael Hogan. The 41-year-old concedes just three from his five balls.
Originals 6-0published at 8 balls
Brave pace bowler Michael Hogan comes in for a set of five and starts with a single and two dots. The pressure builds.
Originals 5-0published at 5 balls
Oh hello, Phil Salt takes a huge step to his right and tries to loft one over fine leg but can't make any sort of contact.
I think we should expect some tricks tonight.
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Steven Finn
Former England bowler on BBC RadioPhil Salt never looks conventional when he plays a shot. But boy, when he hits it, they stay hit!
Originals 5-0published at 3 balls
First boundary of this match. Phil Salt smashes one straight past the bowler for four.
Originals 1-0published at 1 ball
George Garton bowls the opening delivery. Buttler flicks it to the legside for a single.
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Jos Buttler and Phil Salt walk out to the crease, opening the batting for the Originals.
We have two very strong batting line-ups tonight.
Match-up: Captains leading by examplepublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 18 August 2022
We've identified the two captains as our key battle today.
Jos Buttler has had a difficult summer leading England and the Manchester Originals to just five white-ball wins across his past 12 games.
But last time out he hit a rapid 29 runs from 17 balls in a 47-run win over Welsh Fire. The innings before he hit 41 off 25 against Trent Rockets.
Southern Brave's James Vince hit a match-winning 71 off 41 in his side's opener but has since struggled for form, falling for 17, 0 and 15 in his past three games.
Who will be smiling in a couple of hours time?
Image source, BBC Sport/Getty ImagesListen to every ball livepublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 18 August 2022
BBC Radio 5 LiveRemember you can listen to every ball live on BBC Radio 5 Live. Build-up has just got under way.
Get it on!
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Manchester Originals captain Jos Buttler speaking to Sky Sports: "Everyone's delighted to get a win. It's a quick turnaround for us. We're going to try and put in a strong performance.
"We're trying to reinforce the same messages. I thought in the last game we did the basics a lot better. We're going with the same team."
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Southern Brave captain James Vince speaking to Sky Sports: "We're going to bowl. I know it's a used pitch but hopefully it'll come on a little bit better later on.
"We know in the shorter format one or two bad games, you get in a bit of a rut. We're going to put that right.
"It just comes down to guys putting in some better performances. We have to keep taking the game on.
"Although we've lost a few we're going to attack the game. It's not a format you can sit back in."
Both sides hoping to find formpublished at 18:49 British Summer Time 18 August 2022
Image source, Getty ImagesSouthern Brave and Manchester Originals meet in Southampton with both sides on one win and three losses after their opening four games.
Hosts and holders Brave were victorious in their opener against Welsh Fire but have since fallen to defeats against the Birmingham Phoenix, London Spirit and Oval Invincibles across five turbulent days.
The Originals were in all sorts of bother, losing their first three in this year's competition, but finally got a win under their belts, beating Welsh Fire last time out.
Who will kick on and record win number two tonight?
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