END OF OVER:20 | 17 Runs | BP-M: 184/5 | RR: 9.20
- Will Smeed65 (38b)
- Miles Hammond7 (3b)
- Matt Milnes3.5-0-41-1
- David Payne3.5-0-38-3
8.08pm: Breathless stuff at Edgbaston. Will Smeed has continued his eye-catching Hundred with 65 not out, batting through the innings, despite occasionally struggling for strike, but Moeen Ali was superb through the middle and Liam Livingstone played a useful cameo. Luke Fletcher was the pick of the attack, nailing his yorkers, but the rest were expensive. Welsh Fire, chasing for the first time in the comp, need to haul down the highest score of the Hundred to date - but it's clearly an absolute belter of a pitch. Join Alan for the chase shortly.
"It's good fun, and I'll probably carry on doing it," says Smeed about his role. "The guys have been great at giving me advice and keeping me calm. It felt nice out there. I don't want to give too much away on what works on that pitch... I'm not too good at all the fancy stuff so at the moment it's a case of stand there and just try to whack it. People have said our batting is quite an explosive line-up."
Milnes will close things out for Welsh Fire. They've dragged this right back.
Hammond is the new man. Opens the batting for Gloucestershire but has shuffled down to No. 7 here.
END OF OVER:19 | 7 Runs 2 Wkts | BP-M: 167/5 | RR: 8.78
- Will Smeed55 (36b)
- David Payne3.5-0-38-3
- Luke Fletcher3.5-0-21-0
Payne is done for the night, three wickets but pretty expensive.
BAC Howell c Duckett b Payne 6 (4m 3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 200.00
Fire miss the cut-off, and an extra fielder has to come into the inner ring. Duckett doesn't look too pleased about it.
Benny Howell is in at No. 6, ahead of Miles Hammond. Taking his time to get out to the middle, with Fire tight on the cut-off time.