No hat-trick for Georgia Adams as Richa Ghosh plays the ball back to the bowler.

Still, Adams has had a bit of a golden arm so far. She has taken two wickets for just eight runs from her 10 balls so far.

Georgia Adams is on a hat-trick after she also took a wicket with the last ball of her final spell.

Richa Ghosh is the new batter.

Heather Knight brings out the reverse-sweep again and absolutely nails the ball away for four. That's a brilliant shot from the England skipper, who is looking in great touch.

Maitlan Brown enters the attack and bowls a loosener first up. It is short and wide and smashed away by Heather Knight for four.

Brown responds by generating a bit of swing and the ball smacks into Knights pads. No danger of lbw though as the ball was going down leg.

Remember, this game has been reduced to 85 balls per side so we are more than halfway through the Spirit innings.

I think they can be pleased with their efforts so far given the tricky conditions. It feels like October out there rather than August.

More spin at the Nursery End as Georgia Adams comes into the attack.

She gets this delivery all wrong though. It is a half-volley on leg stump and Danielle Gibson can just help the ball away for four.

South Africa left-armer Chloe Tryon comes into the attack but Heather Knight comes up with the shot of the day so far. A perfectly played pre-meditated reverse-sweep that races away for four.

Spirit have responded well to the blow of losing Grace Harris so early.

Here is that beauty from Lauren Bell to bowl Danielle Gibson.

Well worth another look.

Danielle Gibson has started positively as well!

She has punished another wide delivery from Anya Shrubsole and clattered the ball away for her fourth boundary of the innings already.

Shot! Heather Knight latches on to a fuller delivery from Lauren Bell and heaves a half-volley over mid-wicket for a one-bounce four.

Knight has started the game very positively.

Anya Shrubsole brings herself on and her first set is a little scrappy, including two wides.

Danielle Gibson gets a fortunate four with a bottom edge that narrowly misses leg stump before flying to the boundary.

They all count.

Heather Knight averages almost 10 runs fewer against left-arm seamers than she does against those bowling right-arm pace - 24.75 versus 34.36.

Might Anya Shrubsole be tempted to turn to Freya Kemp to dislodge the England and Spirit captain?

Back-to-back boundaries for Danielle Gibson!

Lauren Bell goes too short and Gibson is able to pull away into the on side.

Bell responds by bowling the next ball too wide outside off stump and Gibson clatters it through point.

That livened the home crowd up.

Heather Knight is the new batter as Lauren Bell continues with a second set. No real surprise there.

Knight very nearly chops on to her own stumps as Bell gets another delivery to hoop in from outside off stump.

The England captain eventually gets off the mark with a pull into the leg side.

It is very grey and murky at Lord's, you wouldn't believe it is early August. But most importantly it is dry and the players are now out in the middle.

Grace Harris and Danielle Gibson will open the batting for Spirit. Lauren Bell will bowl the first set for Brave.

Let's go...

This will be London Spirit's first taste of Hundred action this year after their first two games were abandoned without a ball bowled because of rain.

Southern Brave have been more fortunate, with both of their first three games going ahead. They beat Trent Rockets and Northern Superchargers before losing to Welsh Fire by four runs.

Unusually it's wetter in the south of the country than the north today. We've had rain in London that's delayed the match. BBC Weather has a diminishing chance of rain through the rest of the day.

By the look of the rain radars we might see a touch more rain at half four lasting about half an hour, but then should be clear for the rest of the day.

London Spirit: Grace Harris, Danielle Gibson, Heather Knight (c), Amelia Kerr, Richa Ghosh (wk), Grace Scrivens, Sarah Glenn, Charlie Dean, Niamh Holland, Tara Norris, Lauren Filer

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