Summary

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  • Welsh Fire win by nine runs to end eight-game losing run

  • Shaheen removes Salt & Evans with first two balls of chase

  • Buttler finishes unbeaten on 37

  • Fire 94-3: Wells 57 (23), Phillips 19 (12); Little 2-22

  • Play starts at 17:00 BST after rain throughout day

  • Match reduced to 40 balls per side

Live Reporting

Mike Peter

  1. wicket

    WICKET

    Holden c Phillips b Willey (Originals 63-3)

    Got him this time!

    Holden goes for the big heave again and he lands the ball in the area of Glenn Phillips, who dives to the catch in the deep.

  2. Originals 63-2

    Holden pulls Willey hard for four. Wrong length from the England seamer.

  3. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport at The Ageas Bowl

    It looked as if it was going to be out the moment it hit the bat, but it shows just how big these boundaries are. It's quite hard to pick up the ball here because of the unusual dimensions of this ground.

  4. Originals 59-2

    Spiralling into the air from Holden! He hasn't got hold of it, but it plugs in front of two fielders.

  5. Originals 57-2

    Short and heading down leg from Rauf, Holden helps the ball on its way.

    David Payne has to adjust at deep fine leg to stop the boundary, but manages to hold Originals to a single.

  6. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport at Sophia Gardens

    That was too short from Haris Rauf and Jos Buttler has just nailed it. That's not many other ways you can say that.

  7. Originals 56-2

    Buttler picks up a single as Rauf takes a bit of pace off.

  8. Originals 55-2

    Dropped in the crowd!

    Short from Rauf and Buttler crashes the ball deep in the big stand at Sophia Gardens. The spectator can't hold on.

  9. Originals 49-2

    Buttler takes a huge waft a length ball from Rauf. No run, the required rate ticks up a bit more.

  10. Originals 49-2

    Four more from Buttler, reaching the ropes past mid-off. While he's still at the crease the Originals stand a chance.

  11. Originals 45-2

    Huge scooped six from Buttler at an attempted yorker from Payne, lifting the ball over long leg!

  12. Originals 37-2

    In the air from Holden!

    Roloef van der Merwe can't pick it up and it hits the deck. No wicket for seamer David Payne.

  13. Want to watch Shaheen Afridi strike twice with the first two balls of the innings?

    Here you go.

    I suspect we may be seeing a lot of this celebration in the next few weeks.

  14. Originals 36-2

    Another strong set from Rauf, sending down two successive dots.

    After Shaheen's double strike and Holden's onslaught, the match is swinging back in favour of Fire.

  15. Originals 34-2

    Short from new bowler Haris Rauf and Holden guides him uppishly through third for four.

  16. How's stat?!

    Max Holden was always going to like Shaheen Afridi.

    He averages 49.50 against left-arm pacers in T20 cricket.

    How can Fire get him out?

    His average is only 22.23 against spin, so will the hosts turn to that?

  17. Originals 30-2

    Willey's final delivery rears up on Holden and he can only toe-end it into the covers for a single.

    Strong set from Willey, only six off it.

  18. How's stat?!

    WinViz is 79-21 in Fire's favour.

    Is it their game to lose?

    Remember they lost all eight of their games last year and have appointed former Australia batter Mike Hussey as their new head coach this season.

  19. Originals 26-2

    Willey sends a bouncer way over the head over Buttler - that's a no ball.

    Buttler can only pick up a single to mid-on off the following delivery.

  20. Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper

    The momentum has suddenly shifted. I'm not a fan of bowlers bowling two sets of five in a row. The second set saw him bowl two full tosses. Bowlers are not used to bowling ten in a row.