9:02pm Early finish tonight! Back it and go again tomorrow for our twin double-headers. Night!
8:59pm Right, formalities here we go - Adil Rashid is the Meerkat Match Hero: "We're fortunate we got the runs in time as well, because the rain came 10 balls after that.
"I think we've got a very good squad. good batters, match winners all the way through. We've got a bit of a waitng game tomorrow and Thursday. but hopefully one of those two teams do lose and we're good Today, I put in a nice performance, taking three wickets."
8:55pm So the victory moves Superchargers into second on 11 points, played all their matches with Southern Brave and Birmingham Phoenix, both on 10, yet to play their final games. Superchargers need a favour from Welsh Fire (who play Brave tomorrow) or Manchester Originals (who play Phoenix on Thursday).
8:49pm Finally... match abandoned! Northern Superchargers win! London Spirit's season ends in bleak fashion, which is sort of no less than their performances have deserved, old time, particularly with the bat.
8:46pm They need to be playing by 9:31pm here, otherwise this is off. And it's heavier rain now...
8:40pm Auxiliary covers coming on now - i.e. the sheets that cover the important bits around the pitch, like the run-ups and square. I'll be honest, looks like we're done here. Just awaiting official confirmation...
8:38pmYep. covers coming on now as the players charge off. We've got about 15 minutes to play with. Crucially, if we get no more play, Superchargers get the two points
END OF OVER:20 | 9 Runs 2 Wkts | LS-M: 111/8 | RR: 5.55
- Liam Dawson27 (19b)
- Matthew Potts3.5-0-18-2
- Pat Brown2.5-0-23-0
Adil Rashid on Sky suggests that it's a pretty good batting surface... which bodes well for the Superchargers. He's asked by Mike Atherton which googly wicket he preferred: "I'll take both." Classic Rashid. It should be an easy chase, and the Superchargers need to win to stay in the race for the knockouts. Vish will be here shortly to tell you if they can... but it looks gloomy overhead!
7.56pm: Another damp squib of a batting innings from London Spirit who have been miserably bad in the men's Hundred this season. Keaton Jennings got them off to a flying start but the rest of their top five managed 13 runs between them. Rashid cleaned up Critchley plus the big guns, Russell and Hetmyer, and it took that 49-run stand between Dawson and Bopara to give them anything to bowl at.
OP Stone run out 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Stone walks out at No. 9.
RS Bopara b Potts 31 (40m 29b 3x4 0x6) SR: 106.89
Potts to return. Can Dawson get Spirit to 115?
END OF OVER:19 | 11 Runs | LS-M: 102/6 | RR: 5.36
- Liam Dawson22 (17b)
- Ravi Bopara27 (27b)
- Pat Brown2.5-0-23-0
- Matthew Potts2.5-0-9-1
