Summary

  • Brave win by five wickets

  • Brave 102-5 (87 balls): Bouchier 31 (28); Smith 2-11

  • Superchargers 100-8: Kelly 39 (40); Adams 3-21, Shrubsole 2-13, Tryon 2-25

  • Brave now have two wins and one defeat

  • Superchargers have now won one, lost one

  1. dropped catch

    Kelly dropped on fivepublished at 24 balls

    Almost brilliant from Danni Wyatt.

    The England opener makes up superb ground - maybe 10-15 metres - off the boundary rope and gets both hands to the catch, but as she starts to fall the ball drops out.

    She'll probably be disappointed but it was a very good effort.

  2. Superchargers 13-2published at 20 balls

    This is turning into a brilliant start from Brave.

    Anya Shrubsole spoke about them needing to improve their bowling display at the toss and her and Lauren Bell have certainly stepped up at the moment.

  3. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 17 balls

    Litchfield c Southby b Shrubsole 0 (Superchargers 12-2)

    Anya Shrubsole is rolling back the years!

    It's another beauty from the former England bowler.

    She finds more movement, this time away from Phoebe Litchfield, and a little edge is superbly held by Rhianna Southby.

    Shrubsole has removed both of Superchargers' overseas batters.

  4. Superchargers 12-1published at 15 balls

    Brave are creating chances.

    Marie Kelly almost pops one straight up to Smriti Mandhana at mid-off. Does the India opener back out of the catch there? Possibly.

    Kelly looks a bit rushed at the moment.

  5. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 10 balls

    Rodrigues b Shrubsole 6 (Superchargers 9-1)

    Beauty!

    Classic Anya Shrubsole.

    Movement in and it beats Jemimah Rodrigues and cannons into off stump.

    A big wicket for Brave.

  6. Not outpublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 6 August 2023

    Oh!

    It's tight, very tight.

    It's one of them where we probably need a frame in between the two we are able to see.

    The third umpire decides Jemimah Rodrigues has her boot down. Just.

    That's a fair enough call.

  7. Umpire reviewpublished at 8 balls

    Has Jemimah Rodrigues been stumped after some superb glovework by Rhianna Southby?

  8. How's stat?!published at 11:07 British Summer Time 6 August 2023

    Marie KellyImage source, ECB

    We saw Southern Brave go to spin early on Friday with Chloe Tryon because of a potential weakness Hayley Matthews has.

    Could they do the same today?

    Marie Kelly only averages 5.83 against left-arm spin and has been dismissed six times in 38 balls.

  9. Superchargers 5-0published at 5 balls

    A tidy start from Lauren Bell, with just five runs conceded.

    There's a half appeal for lbw against Marie Kelly first ball but they opt against a review. Height an issue? I reckon so.

  10. Postpublished at 11:00 British Summer Time 6 August 2023

    Time for some cricket!

    England's Lauren Bell, playing for the first time in the tournament this year after an extended post-Ashes break, has the ball in hand.

  11. Postpublished at 10:59 British Summer Time 6 August 2023

    Northern Superchargers captain Hollie Armitage: "I had a little bit of an idea walking over but i'm more than happy to have a bat first.

    "We were clinical the other day and it ended up being quite a good run-chase and that has been boosted quite a lot of confidence.

    "We'll be focussing on things we can do really well and if we can we'll hopefully put on a good show."

  12. Postpublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 6 August 2023

    Southern Brave captain Anya Shrubsole: "There was a bit of rain around yesterday but it should be a good pitch again. We've just got to bowl better but we are confident chasing.

    "I'm looking forward to having Lauren Bell, but Mary Taylor has been hugely impressive in the tournament and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw her again later in the tournament."

  13. Teamspublished at 10:55 British Summer Time 6 August 2023

    Southern Brave: Danni Wyatt, Smriti Mandhana, Maia Bouchier, Georgia Adams, Freya Kemp, Chloe Tryon, Maitlan Brown, Kalea Moore, Anya Shrubsole (c), Rhianna Southby (wk), Lauren Bell.

    Welsh Fire: Marie Kelly, Jemimah Rodrigues, Phoebe Litchfield, Hollie Armitage (c), Alice Davidson-Richards, Bess Heath (wk), Leah Dobson, Kate Cross, Linsey Smith, Grace Ballinger, Georgia Wareham.

  14. Southern Brave win toss & bowlpublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 6 August 2023

    Anya Shrubsole wins the toss and fancies a chase again.

    Brave failed in pursuit of 166 against Welsh Fire on Friday but only by four runs.

  15. Postpublished at 10:50 British Summer Time 6 August 2023

    This is the forecast for Southampton.

    The women's match between Brave and Superchargers starts at 11:00 BST, with the men's following from 14:30.

    BBC weather forecast

    This is the forecast for The Oval where Invincibles face Fire.

    The women's match is from 14:30, with the men's at 18:00.

    There may be the odd shower there but we should hopefully get games in both competition's.

    BBC weather forecast for The Oval
  16. Postpublished at 10:47 British Summer Time 6 August 2023

    Morning!

    How are you all?

    Four games on Sunday: Southern Brave v Northern Superchargers and Oval Invincibles v Welsh Fire.

    Let's have a look at the weather.

  17. Postpublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 6 August 2023

    Saturday saw four games abandoned due to the rain.

    Sunday brings four more matches.

    Let's try again, shall we?