In the second women’s match of the day, Smriti Mandhana and Georgia Adams helped Southern Brave maintain their perfect start to The Hundred with a 12-run win over defending champions Oval Invincibles.
Mandhana was in top form, scoring an elegant 46 from 25 balls, to get the Brave off to a rapid start before her dismissal brought on a prolonged mid-innings slump.
The visitors finished the innings well, though, as Adams, who hit 18 from 13 balls, and Freya Kemp, who made 24 from 16, put on 45 together to help the Brave recover from 103-5 to post 153-8.
Teenage spinner Sophia Smale was the pick of the bowlers for the Invincibles, taking 2-12 from her 20 balls.
The Invincibles, who dropped captain Dane van Niekerk and were without the injured Alice Capsey, started their chase well, giving them hope of a second straight win on the bounce, but the innings fell apart when Adams bowled Lauren Winfield-Hill for 25 off 19.
Adams struck again to dismiss Marizanne Kapp and finish with figures of 2-16 as the Invincibles limped to 141-7.