Summary

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  • Manchester Originals chase 197 to reach Sunday's final against Oval Invincibles

  • Captain Jos Buttler hits superb 82 off 46 balls

  • Brave posted 196-1: Allen 69, Vince 56*, Conway 51*

  • Allen & Conway share 122 for first wicket - highest opening stand in men's Hundred history

  1. Postpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 26 August 2023

    The weather seems to have cleared up at The Oval and we've got a rather nice orange-y sunset over the back of the main stand.

    To take you through this difficult Originals chase in the south London twilight, here's Ffion Wynne.

  2. Postpublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 26 August 2023

    Sophie Devine
    New Zealand captain on BBC radio

    You can't get complacent even with these runs on the board. Originals have got world class players at the top of the order even if they are a top-heavy batting line-up.

    I think Southern Brave will go to pace-off deliveries early and try and make the batters hit to the longer side of the ground.

  3. Postpublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 26 August 2023

    Originals went in with five seamers and one spinner. Paul Walter (1-27 from 15) took the only wicket, while Richard Gleeson (0-28 off 20) was the most economical.

    Sole spinner Calvin Harrison took some punishment - his ten balls went for 33.

  4. Postpublished at 19:53 British Summer Time 26 August 2023

    Sophie Devine
    New Zealand captain on BBC radio

    Southern Brave have done a fantastic job.

    But in a weird way, chasing a total like this is actually easier because your job is so clear. As an opener, you just have to get yourselves ahead of the game as quickly as they can.

    We know the likes of Phil Salt, Jos Buttler and Laurie Evans will come out hard anyway but they can only play one way so it's been simplified for them.

  5. Postpublished at 19:53 British Summer Time 26 August 2023

    James Vince finishes with 54 from 24 with four sixes, Devon Conway carried his bat with 51 from 38 and one six.

    Finn Allen was the only wicket to fall, he went for 69 from 38 and topped the sixes charts with, appropriately, six.

  6. Postpublished at 19:51 British Summer Time 26 August 2023

    Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    This is going to take something very, very special from Jos Buttler and co.

  7. Brave 196-1published at 100 balls

    Just the two from the final delivery, Vince pulling for two.

    That's a formidable total for Brave, they must be favourites to reach the final.

  8. Postpublished at 19:50 British Summer Time 26 August 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    It has been some knock from James Vince.

    He is a legend. He has the ability to score runs at every juncture, in any scenario and he does it year after year.

    I doubted him for about three balls.

  9. 6 runs

    Brave 194-1published at 99 balls

    Vince brings up his fifty with a six.

    A wide-legged stance as he punches Gleeson over long-on.

    One more six for 200, James?

  10. Brave 188-1published at 98 balls

    Full toss from Gleeson and Conway doesn't get hold of it - just a single into the covers.

  11. Brave 187-1published at 97 balls

    Comway reaches his fifty, squeezing the ball into a gap behind point and running two.

  12. Brave 185-1published at 96 balls

    Vince takes a single to backward square.

    Both batters are on 48, Vince from 23, Conway from 36.

  13. Brave 184-1published at 95 balls

    Vince drives down the ground but it's cut-off on the boundary and they can only run two.

    He gets two more blocking out a decent Overton yorker as the ball squirts away.

    Richard Gleeson will bowl the final set.

  14. 6 runs

    Brave 180-1published at 93 balls

    Overton drops short and that's another six for James Vince to square-leg. Higher this time, and spilled in the crowd.

  15. Postpublished at 19:43 British Summer Time 26 August 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Devon ConwayImage source, PA Media

    Southern Brave are well and truly back in the ascendancy.

  16. Brave 174-1published at 92 balls

    Vince shuffles backwards and pulls Overton hard for four behind square.

  17. Brave 169-1published at 90 balls

    And four now for the Brave captain, turning Little's ball round the corner and to the ropes.

    We're now past the innings cut-off time, so Originals will have to bring a fielder into the ring.

  18. 6 runs

    Fire 165-1published at 89 balls

    Six more for Vince!

    He finds more joy in the same square leg-side spot as his previous six off the bowling of Josh Little.

  19. Brave 152-1published at 85 balls

    Too straight from Zaman again, Vince finds the gap on the leg-side with a meaty flick.

    17 off the set - all, bar a wide, to Brave's captain.

  20. 6 runs

    Brave 146-2published at 83 balls

    James Vince whips Zaman Khan's delivery hard off his legs and it flies all the way for a six that never went much higher than head height.