Summary

  • Brave beat Originals by six wickets

  • Conway hits unbeaten 54 off 40 balls

  • The sides will face each other again in Saturday's eliminator

  • Result eliminates Fire from contention

  • Originals post 130-8 on tricky pitch at Old Trafford

  • Buttler hits 45 off 42 balls; Mills takes 3-27 and Ahmed 2-26

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne and Sam Drury

  1. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    It's a huge wicket. Jos Buttler was just biding his time and trying to stay there for his team on a tricky pitch.

    But he could have really exploded at the end.

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    WICKET

    Buttler c Santner b Ahmed 45 (Originals 110-5)

    Big wicket!

    Jos Buttler comes down the pitch and tries to launch straight. Again the timing isn't there, though.

    The ball goes a long way up again and this time it's Mitchell Santner underneath it at long off.

  3. Originals 110-4

    Perfect placement from Jos Buttler.

    He doesn't middle the reverse sweep but it's in the gap and the ball runs away for four.

  4. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    Paul Walter was just trying to launch it. And you can't blame him at this stage of the innings.

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    WICKET

    Walter c Vince b Ahmed 12 (Originals 105-4)

    Skied by Paul Walter and Rehan Ahmed has his first wicket.

    The left-hander tries to hammer it down the ground but doesn't time it.

    The ball goers straight up and James Vince takes the catch at cover.

  6. Originals 105-3

    Leading edge from Paul Walter to end the Tymal Mills set but with Chris Jordan now back on the boundary, the ball lands safely and it's just a single.

    20 balls left in the innings.

  7. Originals 104-3

    That will help the Originals.

    Paul Walter picks the slower ball and lifts it over Chris Jordan at mid-off for four.

  8. Originals 100-3

    Jos Buttler ramps aslower ball for a single down to fine leg.

    That brings up the 100 for the Originals. How many will they be aiming for from here? 140? Is 150 doable?

  9. Kate Cross
    England bowler on BBC Two

    Chris Jordan can go under the radar sometimes but he is a really crafty bowler.

  10. Originals 98-3

    Very good yorker from Chris Jordan, it beats Jos Buttler but misses off stump by a whisker.

    Buttler has a wry smile after that. He knows how close it was.

    A 92mph short ball ends the set and is worked down to fine leg by the Originals batter.

  11. Originals 95-3

    A boundary! Slower ball from Chris Jordan and Jos Buttler waits for it before pumping it back down the ground for four.

    Much needed for the Originals. It also means Buttler is just scoring at more than a run-a-ball.

  12. Originals 91-3

    Very good last five balls from Mitchell Santner. He concedes just four from it and ends with figures of 0-20.

    We've not had a boundary for 20 balls.

  13. No coincidence that the last six we saw came from a full toss - taking the pitch completely out of the equation...

  14. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    Jos Buttler has got a decision to make soon. When does he decide 'enough is enough' and goes for it?

  15. Originals 87-3

    Four singles from Rehan Ahmed's latest five balls. I'm not sure the 3-26 he predicted is going to happen - he's got 0-21 from 15 balls - but that's a very tidy set.

    Boundaries are proving very hard to come by.

  16. Originals 83-3

    Paul Walter, aka Tall Paul, is the new batter for Manchester Originals.

    He likes to play his shots but this is not really the kind of pitch where you can do that from ball one.

    Walter and Jos Buttler settle for three singles from Colin Ackermann's second five. Just seven from that 10-ball set, plus the wicket.

  17. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Two

    It was a very low-key celebration from Brave.

    Wayne Madsen does love a sweep so look at the anguish on his face.

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    WICKET

    Madsen c Mills b Ackermann 22 (Originals 80-3)

    Wayne Madsen gets across his stumps, sweeps hard but in the air and straight to Tymal Mills at short fine leg.

    No much of a celebration from Colin Ackermann and Southern Brave but they'll be glad to have broken that partnership.

    Getting started on this surface won't be easy.

  19. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    We know we're not in for a high-scoring game here but Jos Buttler can still do a lot of damage.

  20. Chris Jordan got the second of the two wickets to fall in the first half of the innings.

    It was a slower ball and Laurie Evans ramped it into the gloves of Devon Conway.