Summary

  • Brave move top of the table

  • Phoenix lose five wickets for 30 runs to only reach 129-8

  • Amy Jones run out by brilliant Bouchier throw from deep for 34

  • Brave 132-4: Wyatt 43 (33), Mandhana 39 (32)

  • Openers Wyatt & Mandhana put on 84

  • Arlott takes 2-22 for Phoenix

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne and Sam Drury

  1. James Anderson
    England bowler on BBC Two

    Looking at the way the pitch is playing, I think Southern Brave have almost got enough already.

  2. Brave 121-2

    Katie Levick gets over the frustration of that misfield costing her runs and concedes just two singles from the next four balls.

    Superb at this stage of the innings. We'll have a strategic timeout before the last 10 balls.

  3. James Anderson
    England bowler on BBC Two

    That's a sloppy bit of work. Flintoff did the hard work by making the ground to get there.

  4. Brave 119-2

    The runs keep coming for Maia Bouchier and the Brave - this time after a misfield from Tess Flintoff.

    She runs around the boundary and is there in plenty of time to cut it off but then goes too far, can't readjust and the ball bobbles past her into the boundary cushion.

  5. Brave 115-2

    Four more to Maia Bouchier!

    After going across her stumps, she sweeps the ball off middle and past short fine leg to the boundary.

    What will the Brave be aiming for from here?

  6. Brave 111-2

    This time Maia Bouchier does make the most of a full toss.

    She skips down and crashes it back past mid-off for four!

  7. Brave 106-2

    Emily Arlott is called for a no-ball after sending down a full toss that is above waist height but Maia Bouchier can't take advantage of the free hit.

    It's a big swing of the bat but no connection, the ball flicks off the pad for a leg bye.

  8. Suzie Bates
    Oval Invincibles captain on BBC Two

    It's always tough at the end without a set batter.

    But both Adams and Bouchier have found some nice form in this competition so they're still in a very strong position. They've got a great platform to work with.

  9. Brave 102-2

    Useful boundary for the Brave as Georgia Adams heaves the ball to long on for four.

    That might help the home side regain a bit of momentum heading into the last 20 balls of the innings.

  10. Meanwhile, we've just had confirmation from ball-tracking that Smriti Mandhana should have reviewed that lbw decision.

    As expected, the ball pitched outside leg stump.

  11. Brave 95-2

    Very good five from Hannah Baker.

    With both openers gone and two new batters in, the Phoenix have the chance to squeeze the Brave here and really limit the total.

  12. Suzie Bates
    Oval Invincibles captain on BBC Two

    Smriti Mandhana has earned the right to take a review, even if it doesn't go her way. She has played so well.

    It's more brave bowling from Emily Arlott.

  13. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Two

    I'd have thought that's worth a review! But Phoenix won't complain. It's a huge breakthrough.

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    Mandhana lbw b Arlott 39 (Brave 94-2)

    Big wicket - and Smriti Mandhana has decided against a review!

    It's another slower ball from Emily Arlott, well-executed again and Mandhana misses with a sweep shot.

    Given by the umpire but it looked like it may have pitched outside leg. Mandhana thinks otherwise and just walks off. Strange one.

  15. Brave 91-1

    Leading edge from Maia Bouchier but the ball just evades Katie Levick as he jumps to reach it in her follow-through.

  16. Suzie Bates
    Oval Invincibles captain on BBC Two

    Beautiful use of the feet from Smriti Mandhana again. Leg-spin is definitely the match-up to Maia Bouchier, but Mandhana is just taking so much of the strike.

  17. Brave 88-1

    Danni Wyatt is gone but Smriti Mandhana is still there and looking in increasingly good nick.

    She skips down and hits Katie Levick over mid-on for four as if it were the easiest thing in the world.

  18. Brave 84-1

    Maia Bouchier is the new batter and drives her first ball to mid-off. No run.

    A successful first five from Emily Arlott. The Phoenix really needed that wicket.

  19. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Two

    A touch of class there from the bowler.

    It's completely foxed Danni Wyatt and that takes some doing.

  20. Suzie Bates
    Oval Invincibles captain on BBC Two

    Smart bowling from Emily Arlott. It's very brave at this stage of the innings.

    She's taken the pace off, bowled it out of the back of the hand and executed it perfectly.