Brave Thrash Invincibles To Lead Hundred Table

The Hundred women's competition, Southampton

Southern Brave 161-6 (100 balls): Wolvaardt 36 (19); Franklin 2-28

Oval Invincibles 72 each retired (83 balls): Wellington 18 (18); Villiers 3-17

Southern Brave won by 89 runs

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Southern Brave thrashed Oval Invincibles by 89 runs, nan biggest separator successful position of runs successful nan history of The Hundred's women's competition, to move clear astatine nan apical of table.

Their 5th triumph from 5 matches collapsed a grounds that was only group connected Sunday, erstwhile London Spirit hit Birmingham Phoenix by 88 runs.

Brave's formidable top-order of Maia Bouchier (34), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (26) and Laura Wolvaardt (36) propelled them to a beardown 161-6, while Mady Villiers took 3-17 arsenic nan visiting broadside were bowled retired for 72.

Invincibles, who chose to pursuit astatine nan toss, struggled successful pursuit of their target, losing openers Lauren Winfield-Hill and Meg Lanning successful nan abstraction of 3 Sophie Devine balls wrong nan powerplay.

Bell past removed her world team-mates Alice Capsey and Paige Scholfield pinch successive deliveries, earlier Villiers accounted for Marizanne Kapp and Phoebe Franklin to time off Invincibles 43-6.

Amanda-Jade Wellington offered immoderate constituent of resistance, scoring an unbeaten run-a-ball 18, but nary different Invincibles batter passed 10.

Debutant Daisy Gibb was nan past batter to fall, caught by Villiers disconnected Georgia Adams, bringing Invincibles' dismal effort to an extremity pinch 17 balls to spare.

Brave now beryllium apical of standings outright pinch 20 points, having antecedently been down London Spirit connected nett run-rate, while Invincibles stay successful fifth.

We recreation to Trent Bridge connected Tuesday for a double-header betwixt Trent Rockets and Manchester Originals.

The women's crippled starts astatine 15:00 BST, while nan men's crippled originates astatine 18:30.

You will beryllium capable to watch some games lives connected BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, while you tin besides travel ball-by-ball commentary connected BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and nan BBC Sport website and app.