Summary

  • Fire can only post 114-4, despite Ben Duckett's 64 not out

  • Lyth blasts 47 off 34 balls to get Superchargers off to flying start

  • Superchargers captain Du Plessis adds 32 off 24 as his side win by six wickets with nine balls to spare

  • Fire have now lost all seven of their matches

  • Superchargers keep hopes of reaching knockout stages alive

  • Saturday's matches: London Spirt v Oval Invincibles women (15:30 BST) & men (19:00)

  1. Fire 4-0published at 10 balls

    Run out chance as Tom Banton tries to steal a sneaky single. He dives home as the throw comes in and gets lucky that the ball misses the stumps. A direct hit and he would have been out.

    That brings an end to Willey's 10-in-a-row. Just four runs conceded from it.

  2. Fire 2-0published at 7 balls

    If it ain't broke, why fix it?

    David Willey stays on to bowl another set of five. He starts with two dots.

  3. Fire 2-0published at 5 ball

    Clarke 2, Banton 0

    A good first five deliveries from Willey, he goes for just two runs.

  4. Fire 0-0published at 1 ball

    David Willey starts with a dot to Joe Clarke.

  5. Postpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Here we go then. The players are running out on to the field.

  6. Postpublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Northern Superchargers captain Faf Du Plessis: "I'm not sure looking at the wicket. We probably would have bowled first.

    "It's such small margins. We chased over 200 last time out and made 185 so it was a good effort.

    "It's those one or two percenters. We need one guy to go out there and make the difference."

  7. Today's match-up: Pretorius v Willeypublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    We've picked out allrounders Dwaine Pretorius and David Willey as our key battle today.

    South African Pretorius has been a rare bright spark for the Welsh Fire this tournament, regularly contributing with both bat and ball.

    He's taken four wickets across his last four games and has struck scores of 29, 15 and 23 in his past three matches.

    Willey could be crucial for the Superchargers tonight. He's also taken four wickets in four games and is due a big score having failed to get beyond 20 in his last three outings.

    How will he fare with the ball? George Garton's left-arm swing saw success for the Southern Brave against the Fire last week. Can Willey repeat the trick?

    Dwaine Pretorius and David WilleyImage source, BBC Sport/Getty Images
  8. Postpublished at 18:53 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Welsh Fire captain Josh Cobb: "It is a used wicket so we are looking to bat well first up and put them under pressure second half. We were on it a week ago so we know it is used and it broke up a little bit too so hopefully it will do the same."

    On how the side can secure their first win: "We are looking for people to take responsibility and put a match-winning performance in. It has been tough but things can change quickly. It is our last home game as well so hopefully we can send the crowd home happy.

    "There is just one change with Tom Banton coming back in for Jacob Bethell."

  9. Listen to every ball livepublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

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  10. Team newspublished at 18:49 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Welsh Fire: Tom Banton, Joe Clarke, Josh Cobb, Ben Duckett, David Miller, Leus du Plooy, Dwaine Pretorius, Matt Critchley, David Payne, Jake Ball, George Scrimshaw.

    Northern Superchargers: Faf du Plessis(c), Adam Lyth, David Willey, Michael Pepper (wk), Harry Brook, Adam Hose, David Wiese, Adil Rashid, Wayne Parnell, Craig Miles, Roelof van der Merwe.

  11. Superchargers hoping to boost knockout hopespublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    The top three advance to the knockouts; we already know the Welsh Fire won't be there having lost all six of their matches in what's been a woeful tournament so far.

    The Superchargers need to win their final two matches by huge scores and rely on a crazy set of results elsewhere to fall their way in order to reach the eliminator.

    It's probably ain't gonna happen.

    Men's Hundred tableImage source, BBC Sport
  12. Welcomepublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Tom BantonImage source, Getty Images

    The cricket keeps on coming.

    Earlier, in the women's Hundred a stunning collapse from Northern Superchargers allowed Welsh Fire to secure their first win of this year’s competition.

    Can the winless Fire men join them and make it a delightful double as they take on out-of-form Superchargers?

    The Fire have won the toss and will bat first.