Originals vs Invincibles, 1st Match at London, Women's 100, Jul 21 2021 - Match Result

9.20pm Right, that will probably do for tonight. We've got another month of this! From Miller, Matt, Venkat and the rest of the ESPNcricinfo team, good night and see you tomorrow for the men's opener. They've suddenly had a tough act to follow.

Kate Cross: "What a fun night, we couldn't have asked for a better opening game, we're making history tonight and the result was almost irrelevant. When Kappy and Dane got together, they are paid the big bucks to come and win games at a packed Oval. Pleased for them on their home soil. Sunday's match at home, hopefully we can recreate this. If we took our catches we could have come out on top. I've never played in front of a crowd like that anywhere, I hope it does inspire someone to pick up a cricket bat."

9.13pm The Oval players are going a lap of honour... and why not. Mention of a record crowd for a women's domestic competition too (we'll gloss over the fact that most of the tickets were give-aways, hopefully a fair few will be back under their own steam!)

Samuel: "That... wasn't awful?"

Silver Billy: "I think it's time to admit it, this is going to be good isn't it?"

Yes, that sort of sentiment ... I can only imagine the sighs of relief in the ECB towers right now...

MaLo: "How can that be stumped out? Threlkeld Collected the ball well before the ball crossed the stumps!!" Indeed... some queries flying around about that key moment... decent take but yes... tricky one to explain to a new audience though... and the ECB thought DLS would be the complex one!

The Kazoo Hero of the Match is Dane van Niekerk. "Crowd was amazing, team was brilliant, I felt the atmosphere, the fans pushed us over the line, one of the top moments in my career. I panicked a little bit, I felt we were behind the eight-ball, Kappy and I kept each other calm, and Mady is a superstar in the making. It wasn't the easiest wicket to bat on, but you got good value for your runs."

9.05pm Arms aloft, a triumphant debut from the skipper Dane van Niekerk, an outstanding cameo from Mady Villiers, and the Oval Invincibles take first blood in a thriller! Kate Cross was magnificent in her own right... three early wickets to rock the home side, and important runs too. But undone in the final analysis by her opposite number

Sabbir Apon: "If you drop four fairly easy catches, you don't deserve to win." Harsh, but also fair... they played their part and held onto some good ones too, but it wasn't the Originals' night

Stuart : "In which case, I wholeheartedly apologise for saying you cut me off in my prime. I'm quite ashamed of myself for thinking that. By the way, my wife wandered in whilst I was listening to Swith Hit last night and asked why Atomic Kitten were so special to cricket fans. I pointed her in the direction of your article." Becky Hill will hopefully get a better reception than Atomic Kitten did... It's been a lively night at The Oval, and the night is yet young!

Dezz: "This would be the highest chase in Hundred history if they pull it off..." Amazing scenes!

MikeB: "Super errrrrr five, anyone?" Not until the knock-outs alas!

This is getting squeaky!

Stuart : "Thank you for the reciprocal evening greetings, Mr. Miller. But you seem to have scandalously cut off my whole bit about how I think this whole Hundred whatnot is going to be a raging success. It's probably the first time I've ever been positive on here, rather than pass on my outrage about England not picking Mark Stoneman more often. Anyway, cracking job by all at Cricinfo on the scoring and lay-out of the new format. " Think you cut it off yourself actually... but you've said your bit now!

Celine: "Which team are you rooting for Andrew?" I want cricket to be the winner

Rhys: "So, despite 40 fewer balls, this is probably going to take longer than a T20 Blast game. That's not gone well, has it?" If it gets tight, we'll forgive it!

Sure enough, Ecclestone's ten balls are going to be split up. Hartley returns to complete her set