Summary

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  • Play halted by lightning and rain with Fire 104-2 off 75 balls

  • Latest game can restart for a 25-ball game is 17:11 BST

  • Second-placed Superchargers will progress to final if game abandoned without a result

  • Fire win toss and bat

  • Match reduced to 95 balls per side after rain

  • This year is the first time Superchargers or Fire have progressed to the knockouts

  • Winner will face Southern Brave in Sunday's final at Lord's

Live Reporting

Mike Peter

  1. Alison Mitchell
    Cricket commentator on BBC Two

    This could prove to be such an important innings for Welsh Fire.

  2. 6 runs

    Fire 96-2

    Wow, Laura Harris. 13 from 4 for her now as she smacks Kate Cross for six.

    The Lancastrian offers up a full toss and Harris turns it round into the square leg crowd with an air of nonchalance.

  3. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    Laura Harris! Ridiculous!

  4. Fire 89-2

    As I said, Laura Harris can hit a boundary - and how!

    She changes both her stance and grip to reverse pull Ballinger's final ball to the point boundary. Remarkable ingenuity.

    The Superchargers seamer finishes with 1-24 from her 20 deliveries.

  5. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Two

    The Superchargers have bowled very, very well. They have given Tammy Beaumont no room to free her hands whatsoever.

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

    It is clever bowling. They have taken the pace off well and Hayley Matthews' eyes lit up.

    It is the result of pressure being built up.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Matthews c Litchfield b Ballinger 12 (Fire 81-2)

    Well, if there is a change of momentum, it won't be Hayley Matthews offering it!

    She chips one in the air to mid-off and Phoebe Litchfield redeems her earlier drop with a simple catch.

    Matthews departs for 10 off 12. In comes Australian Laura Harris, who can definitely hit a boundary - but has departed early on a few occasions this tournament.

  8. Fire 81-1

    A big edge for Matthews off Davidson-Richards which skews up over the fielder at third and runs away for four.

    It was a bit of a charge down the pitch - trying to force some momentum?

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

    I am always so happy to see Hayley Matthews. She has developed through the West Indies ranks from a young prodigy to a seasoned professional.

    She is a glorious batter to watch.

  10. Fire 73-1

    Beaumont scurries through for a single into the covers off Ballinger - there's a direct hit at the bowler's end, but the Fire opener is easily home.

    She then sets herself for the ramp but misses out. She's on 27 off 25 balls.

  11. Fire 70-1

    Beaumont runs consecutive twos off the bowling of Wareham.

    You suspect Superchargers will stick to the five bowlers bowling their maximum deliveries in this match. Captain Hollie Armitage lost her length on Tuesday and was taken out of the attack by the umpires.

  12. Welsh Fire bowler Alex Hartley on BBC Two: "We've got a decent platform now, but with it being only 95 balls I reckon we'll start to put our foot on the gas soon.

    "It would have been nice to play but we've got our best XI out there and it would be lovely to finish my career with a couple of wins!

    "I definitely would have got Kate Cross out if I played. And she'd have probably got me out too!"

  13. Suzie Bates
    Oval Invincibles captain on BBC Two

    Hayley Matthews loves coming out to bat in these situations when her team has already got the momentum.

  14. Fire 61-1

    Hayley Matthews clips the ball off her legs for her first run of the match.

    She's then befuddled by a slower ball from Alice Davidson-Richards, her bat coming through several centuries before the ball passes her.

    I will warn you, the pitch is cast in sunlight but there's an extremely ominous looking cloud behind the stand...

  15. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Two

    Sophia Dunkley was looking to go aerial but it's a big boundary to clear out there.

    Lucy Higham has a knack of taking wickets at crucial moments. But Dunkley has done well to get Fire off to a good start.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Dunkley c Wareham b Higham 38 (Fire 59-1)

    A breakthrough for Fire!

    It's Lucy Higham who has it as Dunkley holes out - advancing and sending a powerful shot down to the deep boundary at mid-wicket. Georgia Wareham runs round and takes the catch.

    We said the England opener was vulnerable to spin and so it proved, but her 38 from 28 has set a strong platform. West Indian all-rounder Hayley Matthews is the next batter in.

  17. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Two

    Sophia Dunkley is motoring now. She looks very confident, happy to give herself some room and to take the risk to expose the stumps.

  18. Fire 54-0

    Ballinger offers up a bit of width and Sophia Dunkley doesn't need asking twice, she carves four runs through backward point.

    Fifty up from Fire and both batters looking well set.

  19. Fire 48-0

    For the second time in the innings, Superchargers continue with their spinner for a second set.

    The Fire batters tick over for six runs from Wareham's five deliveries.

  20. Superchargers bowler Kate Cross on the player mic: "Well, we started well but then Sophia Dunkley whacked me over my head!

    "It was tricky with the delayed start. But these are the days you love as a player and we're just focusing on making sure we enjoy ourselves today.

    "It's very humid out here. I must sound so out of breath on air here and that was what I was very worried about!"