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Best performances - Batsmen

JM Cox
JM Cox
56(37) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 27 runs
  • 3x4 - 2x6
4 5 1 4 9 0 8 25
SM Curran
SM Curran
50(32) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 11 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
1 4 6 2 19 1 2 15

Best performances - Bowlers

Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan
O4
M0
R20
W3
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
SM Curran
SM Curran
O3.3
M0
R21
W3
Eco5.83
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Oval Invincibles (Men) , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.30 start, First Session 18.30-19.35, Interval 19.35-19.50, Second Session 19.50-20.55

Match days

18 August 2025 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Oval Invincibles (Men) 4, Southern Brave (Men) 0

Balls per over

5

Commentator: Vithushan Ehantharajah

Right, that's all from us tonight! Join us tomorrow as Trent Rockets host Manchester Originals at Trent Bridge

9:20pm The Meerkat Match Hero is Sam Curran with 3 for 21 and an unbeaten 50 to see his side over the line: "The way the table is placed at the moment, it was a really good win to get on the board.

"I'm really enjoying it. Turning up to work and playing with your mates, with coaches that know you, it's great. There's not really too much about the table... we know our strengths. We're back at the Oval on Thursday (Trent Rockets), then play Saturday (Northern Superchargers) and Monday (London Spirit). Fingers crossed we stay positive and keep going well."

9:17pm DaWolf: "Invincibles so far this season - bowl first 80, 128, 133. Bat first 180 (lost!) and 226. It's not just the wins column. It's how they are winning."

9:14pm You know, the margin of victory makes that seem closer than it was... but the gap in class evident by the drop-off from Brave's bowlers. Overton and Archer excellent up top to reduce Invincibles to 18 for 2 after 17 balls. But a 101-run stand between Cox (56) and Curran (50) settled matters. Both deserved their half-centuries

17.4
2
Thompson to SM Curran, 2 runs, And Curran wins it with the runs to take him to 50 from 32 deliveries! Length, punched off the back foot to deep cover. It was a tricky second run but Billings makes it to the danger end. Victory by seven wickets and 11 deliveries to spare
17.3
1
Thompson to Billings, 1 run, Mid-crease, defended but loses sight of the ball. It's just to his left as Curran calls him through... and Thompson misses a side-foot that would have had Curran run out! Open goal missed
17.2
4
Thompson to Billings, FOUR, Larruped over to midwicket! A series of plays and misses interspersed by boundaries. This time he charges length, cross-bats away to the leg side
17.1
0
Thompson to Billings, no run, Great lift, great pace, flies through at 83mph and stings Evans' gloves. Billings' attempt to work that away finds nothing but air

Thompson again, 7 needed

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | OI-M: 127/3 (7 runs required from 15 balls, RR: 7.47, RRR: 2.33)

  • Sam Billings8 (4b)
  • Sam Curran48 (31b)
  • Tymal Mills2.5-0-37-1
  • Jordan Thompson1.5-0-24-0
16.5
4
Mills to Billings, FOUR, Wide on the crease, entices the drive again... but edged through first slip - vacant - for four!
16.4
0
Mills to Billings, no run, Back to outside off, similar line as two balls ago, 87mph, beats a Billings drive!

Invincibles 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2WG JacksTS Muyeye
2nd16JM CoxTS Muyeye
3rd101SM CurranJM Cox
4th15SW BillingsSM Curran