walloped over deep midwicket to finish! Another mighty boosh over the leg side from Gibson, she's played well for 30 off 13, but it's not enough - Invincibles still to be vinced, 15-run winners in the London derby!
Invincibles vs Spirit, 5th Match at London, Women's 100, Jul 25 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Invincibles won by 15 runs
1.55pm: Speaking of the men's match-up, Karthik is already in the pilot's seat for that - we should hear news of the toss quite soon. On to the next one! Cheerio
1.50pm: That was fairly comfortable in the end for the Oval women. Everyone did their bit with the ball and it was all on Heather Knight to try and drag Spirit towards the finish line - it was pretty much a lone hand, until Gibson bashed a few at the end. So the Invincibles are two from two, having won on their rivals' patch, and they can now sit back and see if the men can match their high standards
Alex Capsey is Hero of the Match: "It was incredible, to get a win like that was amazing. Trying to block it out but you can hear the noise, the crowd were incredible. [First-ball fours] Like to think it's how I play but probably adrenalin. I'm at school down in Eastbourne and live in Surrey, play for Reigate ladies. Kevin Pietersen, Jos Buttler [were idols growing up]. Couldn't have dreamed to play a better game at Lord's."
goes back to cut, Villiers starts to go up for lbw, think Dean just got something on it
tossed up and she pushes this for one through midwicket
picks up four more with a slap to leg, racing away to deep backward square
starts well by nailing four through long-on! Skips down and pumps it back past the bowler
Villiers to bowl the final set, Gibson the last, vain hope for Spirit, who need sixes and snookers. Did she have her Weetabix this morning?
tucked into the leg side, fielder has to run in from the deep and they steal two
length ball, Gibson marches out and clubs leg side again, this time Villiers does terrifically well to get a hand on the bouncing ball and prevent four
fired in and tucked to midwicket
length ball, clouted through midwicket, Villiers muffs her sliding attempt and gives up four!
pitched up and swung away leg side, into a gap at deep midwicket for a couple
Into the last 10 balls, Spirit a massive 43 runs adrift. The cut-off has moved to 1.44pm, so Farrant will want to get through this five
slow loopy legbreak outside off, Dean swings a pull from outside off stump
looped up full on middle, whipped away leg side to the boundary rider
muscle from Gibson! Skips out, gets to the pitch and rams it in front of deep midwicket
looped up very full and Dean is out to swat it safely to long-on
Charlie Dean out to face the hat-trick ball
Rowe castled first ball! Tossed up, BIG air on the ball, Rowe made the move but was nowhere near it, skidding through to rattle the stumps and leave van Niekerk on a hat-trick
van Niekerk to continue
Knight goes for the slog-sweep, but is taken in the deep! That's the game, you'd think... van Niekerk gets her opposite number, Knight attempting to hit to the longest part of the ground but she couldn't get enough on it. Gibbs plunges to take a safe catch, and the Invincibles erupt. They know they're nearly home
flat legbeak, Gibson goes back to cut, they pinch a quick single into the covers
slugged through point, takes advantage of some width and pounds four down towards the Tavern Stand
tossed up outside off and Gibson hurls the bat, completely fails to connect
tossed up nice and slow, Knight backs away to pull one down to long-on
van Niekerk back on, Invincibles have 11 mins until the cut-off. Spirit need 56 from the last 20