Summary

  • Poor Phoenix are bowled out for just 82 in 94 balls

  • Spirit field superbly, pulling off two run outs and Dattani & Monaghan completing a relay catch on the boundary

  • Phoenix reduce Spirit to 26-6 in reply

  • But Dattani (28*) and Scrivens (26*) combine brilliantly to get their side home with three balls to spare

  • Defeat means Phoenix miss out on knockouts; Spirit win only their second game

  • Wednesday's games: Superchargers v Brave women (11:30 BST) & men (15:00); Originals v Invincibles women (15:00) & men (18:30)

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne and Tom Mallows

  1. Emily Arlott, who has two wickets for just four runs, has five balls left and she's going to bowl them now.

  2. 10 balls to go graphicBBC Sport

  3. Henry Moeran
    BBC Radio

    Dattani goes hard down the ground and that changes everything!

  4. Spirit 71-6

    Need 12 runs to win

    Single, dot, FOUR!

    Naomi Dattani gets the boundary that Spirit so desperately needed with a gloriously timed drive down the ground.

    Here we go.

    10 balls. 12 runs.

  5. Spirit 66-6

    Need 17 runs to win

    Naomi Dattani wants a boundary but can only hit it straight back at Kirstie Gordon, who leaps like a salmon but the ball just evades her left hand.

  6. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio

    Birmingham Phoenix have to take a risk if they want to win. London Spirit will keep taking singles.

  7. Spirit 65-6

    Need 18 runs to win

    This is where it gets tense!

    Which way is this one going to go? The odds say Spirit, but this game has been far from predictable so far.

  8. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio

    If Birmingham Phoenix want to win this, they need a wicket now!

  9. Spirit 64-6

    Bit of innovation from Scrivens, ramping Georgia Elwiss over her shoulder and does well to run two, making it back safely with a good dive.

  10. Spirit 60-6

    Need 23 runs to win

    Smart cricket from Naomi Dattani, who holds the key to this innings and can guide young Scrivens along with her.

    Scrivens hits the ball into a gap in the leg side and Dattani immediately yells for two, which they make comfortably in the end.

    The worm shows London Spirit Women are nine runs behind Birmingham Phoenix Women. London Spirit Women are 60 for 6 after 80 balls. At the same stage Birmingham Phoenix Women were 69 for 7.BBC Sport

  11. 25 balls to go graphicsBBC Sport

  12. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Radio

    That was an insane attempt at a run! Had that been accurate, Phoenix could've got the wicket.

  13. Spirit 55-6

    Target 83

    Oooh, the first signs of nerves from Grace Scrivens, who has been remarkably calm for an 18-year-old in this situation. She sets off for a calamitous run when the ball has just plopped in front of her feet, but Dattani wisely sends her back.

    25 balls. 28 runs.

  14. Here's the moment that started the collapse for Spirit. A piece of brilliance from Sophie Devine.

  15. Spirit 52-6

    Bad news for Emily Arlott. After 11 balls and two wickets, she has conceded a run.

  16. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio

    Just one partnership is what London Spirit needed.

  17. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Radio

    This is bubbling up to a tight finish but if Phoenix pick up a few wickets, that could be it.

  18. Spirit 51-6

    Target 83

    Singles, singles, singles.

    It's ticking down nicely for Spirit but they're not running away with it, so Phoenix will still feel like they're in the game.

    The worm shows London Spirit Women are 13 runs behind Birmingham Phoenix Women. London Spirit Women are 51 for 6 after 70 balls. At the same stage Birmingham Phoenix Women were 64 for 5.BBC Sport

  19. Spirit 48-6

    Target 83

    Simple but smart cricket from Dattani and Scrivens, just ticking over in singles which is all they need.

    A handy little partnership is building, but whenever that's happened previously in the innings, someone's done something silly and got out. Can these two withstand the pressure?

  20. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio

    If you're a Birmingham Phoenix player here, just keep Dattani off strike.