Summary

  • Kapp takes Invincibles to win despite late wobble

  • Bates hits 41 and Kapp makes unbeaten 34*; Smith takes 3-21 for Rockets

  • Defending champions have now won two of three, Rockets have lost two of three

  • Rockets leg-spinner King bowls 10 dot balls in a row

  • Sciver hits unbeaten 59 but Rockets batters otherwise struggle

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne, Callum Matthews and Timothy Abraham

  1. Rockets 55-2

    Another good set from Eva Gray.

    Still no boundaries. The pitch doesn't look the easiest to bat on. If Nat Sciver can't score boundaries on it then who can?!

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  3. Rockets 51-2

    Sophia Smale finishes her spell with just 24 runs coming from her 20 balls, and the wicket of Bryony Smith.

    Another fine performance from the 17-year-old.

    For the Rockets batters, though, they've got to start going for it here. Halfway through and only 51 runs on the board.

  4. Rockets 47-2

    Rockets need some runs, and fast.

    An excellent set of five balls from Eva Gray and they're mounting the pressure on the batting side now.

  5. Issy Wong
    Birmingham Phoenix & England bowler on BBC Radio

    She's put in a good dive there. She's got her bat down, the dive has saved another run-out.

  6. Not out

    The dive saves her! But Oval Invincibles are applying excellent pressure here with this fielding.

  7. Umpire review

    A direct hit from Suzie Bates again! Has she run out Sciver this time? The batter has put in a full-stretch dive which may have just saved her.

  8. Kevin Howells
    BBC Radio commentator

    There was a mix-up between the batters but it's a great piece of fielding.

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    Villani run out Bates 17 (Rockets 45-2)

    Gone! Great piece of work!

    It was a risky run, but Suzie Bates had to put in a bit of a sliding stop and get the ball into the bowler Kapp, who does well to collect and take the bails off quick enough.

    Villani goes for 17 from 15 balls, which isn't ideal for your opener.

  10. Umpire review

    Oval Invincibles think they might have Elyse Villani run out.

    Suzie Bates with the throw, she grimaces as if she's not entirely sure. This looks close.

    Umpire Sue Redfern sends it upstairs.

  11. Issy Wong
    Birmingham Phoenix & England bowler on BBC Radio

    I think when you've got boundaries of this size, you need to be that precise and Villani has done just that.

  12. Rockets 45-1

    Oh, lovely! Villani is just starting to find some rhythm, guiding one from Marizanne Kapp for an effortless four.

    Perfectly placed.

  13. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio

    It's evenly poised. Oval Invincibles have bowled really well. The Rockets have captain Sciver in, and have only lost one wicket.

  14. Rockets 41-1

    Villani may be struggling a bit but Nat Sciver certainly isn't.

    She takes a step down the pitch to the spinner Sophia Smale and launches it straight back over her head for another boundary.

  15. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio

    She needed that boundary. Trent Rockets needed it, Villani needed it. It looks like she's a bit stuck out there.

  16. Rockets 33-1

    Bit of pressure building on the Rockets but Elyse Villani releases it with a thumping pull shot for four.

    They need to get a bit of a move on. It's a bit flat out there at the moment.

  17. Kevin Howells
    BBC commentator 5 Sports Extra

    A decent crowd in today. This was one of the highlights of last season, many replica kits dotted across the ground.

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  19. Rockets 27-1

    Marizanne Kapp is called back to bowl one more, because it was a no-ball.

    You don't want to bowl a free hit to Nat Sciver, but luckily for Kapp she does well and there's no score from it. That concludes the powerplay.

  20. Rockets 27-1

    Oh, that is class from Nat Sciver.

    Marizanne Kapp just loses her line so slightly, and Sciver effortlessly clips it away for four more. She's in the mood!