Summary

  • Brave cruise to nine-wicket win - Stirling cracks unbeaten 74 off 42 balls

  • Welsh Fire recover from 1-3 to post 129-8

  • Garton took three wickets with first seven balls of game

  • Du Plooy top-scores with 37 off 25 and Critchley adds unbeaten 32 off 19

  • Coming up on Tuesday: Oval Invincibles v Birmingham Phoenix (women's at 15:00 BST and men's at 18:30)

Live Reporting

Michael Beardmore and Anurag Hegde

  1. Watch: Stirling brings up 50 with six

    There was some more expansive hitting from the Brave duo earlier - especially Paul Stirling, who brought up his half-century with a huge six.

  2. Brave 115-0

    Target 130

    Nope, no sixes, just sensible batting.

    Quinton de Kock touches away a single. So does Paul Stirling.

  3. Brave 113-0

    Target 130

    Just 17 needed off the last 30 balls.

    Come on, go for three sixes.

  4. Alison Mitchell
    BBC Radio commentator

    De KockGetty Images

    The Brave are well ahead of the game. Comfortably on top and now they've got to just walk it home.

  5. Brave 111-0

    Paul Stirling tries a ramp shot but misses completely. A rare error from the Southern Brave opener.

  6. Alison Mitchell
    BBC Radio commentator

    That is brilliant placement. Two fielders out there on the deep mid-wicket boundary and he's hit it right in between them.

  7. Brave 110-0

    Stirling 66, De Kock 34

    He does, Carlos.

    A fourth boundary in that set from Quinton de Kock. He's catching Paul Stirling up.

    The one remaining question is if we will see the first-ever 10-wicket win in the men's Hundred.

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

    He wants to get done with this game as quickly as possible.

  9. Brave 106-0

    Target 130

    Quinton de Kock follows that four up with two more, absolutely pulverising George Scrimshaw.

    Now, 24 needed off 36 balls. Stick a fork in it.

  10. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    There's never been a 10-wicket victory in the men's Hundred.

  11. Brave 98-0

    Stirling 66, De Kock 18

    Southern Brave need 36 to win.

    Paul Stirling needs 34 for his century. Wonder if Quinton de Kock will let him face all the balls.

    No. The South African crashes away a boundary.

  12. Brave 90-0

    Target 130

    Paul Stirling and Quinton de Kock work Matt Critchley's spin around for a sprinkling of singles.

    Then Stirling cuts him away for his umpteenth boundary.

  13. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Just taking it easy at the moment these two. I suppose they don't have to take any risks.

  14. Brave 83-0

    Target 130

    Matt Critchley starts his first set with a wide.

    Welsh Fire's bowlers have conceded 10 extras already - Brave's attack only allowed seven in their entire innings.

  15. Only one winner. Surely.

    The worm shows Southern Brave Men are 29 runs ahead of Welsh Fire Men. Southern Brave Men are 79 for 0 after 50 balls. At the same stage Welsh Fire Men were 50 for 4.

  16. Brave 79-0

    Target 130

    At the halfway stage, Southern Brave have scored 79 - just 71 more needed off the final 50 balls.

    Would take a brave (no pun intended) person to back against them. A silly person, really.

  17. 50 balls to go graphicBBC Sport

  18. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Just the placement on that is perfect. He waited on it and played it late to beat that fielder at third man.

  19. 50 runs

    50 for Stirling

    Brave 78-0

    There's never been a 10-wicket win in the Hundred's short history.

    Could we see one here?

    Paul Stirling is past his half-century and up to 55 after cutting Dwaine Pretorius away for the 10th boundary of his innings - an eighth four to accompany two sixes.

  20. Chris Jordan
    England & Southern Brave bowler on Test Match Special

    He's a see ball, hit ball type of player. He's just got so much faith in his ability.