Invincibles need 144 to winpublished at 19:47 British Summer Time 11 August 2022
Brilliant innings from Jemimah Rodrigues and Laura Wolvaardt take the Northern Superchargers to the highest score in a women's game in The Hundred.
Game on!
Summary
Defending champions begin with easy victory
Winfield-Hill hits 74 not out off 42 balls against former side
Bates scores 46 and Capsey, on 18th birthday, closes out match with 25 off eight balls
Superchargers bat first and post 143-5
Rodrigues hits 31-ball half-century; Wolvaardt falls on 49
Invincibles need 144 to winpublished at 19:47 British Summer Time 11 August 2022
Postpublished at 19:46 British Summer Time 11 August 2022
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket writer at Kia OvalOn the opening night of last year's Women's Hundred, the Invincibles chased 136 on this ground to beat the Originals with two balls to spare. They actually ended up on 139. This target is right in the fun zone for a cracking game.
WICKETpublished at 100 balls
Wolvaardt c Bates b MacDonald-Gay 49 (Superchargers 143-5)
Wolvaardt tries to go over extra cover but can only pick out Suzie Bates. A wicket to end the innings but that late burst from the South African has taken the Superchargers to a very competitive total.
Postpublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 11 August 2022
Heather Knight
England captain on BBC TwoWolvaardt is turning a good score into a very good score and it is now the highest total in the Women's Hundred at the Oval.
Superchargers 143-4published at 99 balls
Two more, driven down the ground and well fielded in the deep.
Superchargers 141-4published at 98 balls
Four more! Not timed by Wolvaardt but it goes dead straight and reaches the rope. Very useful runs late in the innings.
Superchargers 137-4published at 97 balls
Full toss and hammered over long off for six! Great power from Wolvaardt!
Superchargers 131-4published at 96 balls
MacDonald-Gay is trusted with the last set and starts well. Just a single to Davidson-Richards.
Postpublished at 19:42 British Summer Time 11 August 2022
Carlos Brathwaite
BBC Test Match Special summariserShabnim Ismail has the certain mentality you need to have as a fast bowler and you have to give 120% every ball.
Superchargers 130-4published at 95 balls
Ismail is no-balled for height but does well with the extra ball, just a single out to deep square fro Wolvaardt.
Superchargers 127-4published at 94 balls
A boundary! Much needed for the Superchargers, whipped away behind square by Wolvaardt.
Superchargers 122-4published at 93 balls
Hit into the leg side, in the air but it drops short of the fielder and Wolvaardt is able to get back for two.
Superchargers 120-4published at 92 balls
Defended into the off side by Davidson-Richards for a single. The Invincibles won't mind that.
Superchargers 119-4published at 91 balls
Ismail is back into the attack and zeroes in on the ADR's stumps. Nothing the batter can do. Dot ball.
Postpublished at 19:38 British Summer Time 11 August 2022
Image source, BBC SportSuperchargers 119-4published at 90 balls
Wolvaardt 30, Davidson-Richards 10
Really good from Ryana MacDonald-Gay, varying her pace brilliantly and keeping the batters guessing.
Neither Wolvaardt or Davidson-Richards are managing to find the gaps as they'd like. Even when Wolvaardt nails a drive, it is straight to van Niekerk at cover.
Superchargers 116-4published at 85 balls
Mady Villiers is back on and concedes only three from her five balls. The Superchargers are really struggling to find the boundaries.
With 15 balls to go, that will have to change if they are to get up to a competitive total.
Postpublished at 19:33 British Summer Time 11 August 2022
Tash Farrant
BBC Test Match Special summariserInvincibles are keeping things tight since the fall of a wicket.
Jenny Gunn is still to come in for the Superchargers. It will be interesting to see who they bring out next.
Superchargers 112-4published at 80 balls
Eva Gray is back to bowl her second set of five and gets through it well. After 10 balls, she's only conceded 10 runs. Very tidy indeed and doing just the job her captain would have wanted.
Alice Capsey seems to be moving OK in the outfield, too. No sign of the limp we saw when she left the field earlier.
From the press boxpublished at 19:30 British Summer Time 11 August 2022
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