Oval Invincibles 132 for 7 (S Curran 34) beat London Spirit 131 (Rossington 39, Wade 37, Sowter 3-34) by three wickets
Narine was at his eccentric batting greatest to pummel 12 runs in three balls from the ultimate set of 5 bowled by Nathan Ellis, together with a six which simply cleared the rope because the guests scrambled to a goal of 132 with one supply to spare.
The rain which washed out the ladies’s sport delayed the beginning by 25 minutes earlier than Rossington and Dan Lawrence started with a blaze of boundaries, each clearing the ropes, the previous pulling a brief one from Tom Curran into the second tier of the stand.
Nevertheless, as soon as Sowter and Narine entered the fray it sparked a fast decline. Legspinner Sowter bowled Lawrence second ball and made it two in three when Michael Pepper reverse-swept straight to Gus Atkinson at backward level.
Two additional sixes from Essex keeper Rossington briefly threatened to regain the initiative for the hosts, however Sowter snaffled him too courtesy of the primary of two nice catches from Jordan Cox.
With skies darkening once more Jason Roy glanced the primary ball of Invincibles’ innings for 4, however Dan Worrall obtained revenge on Roy quickly afterwards. And Worrall (2 for 23), now within the groove then produced an unplayable ball to have Heinrich Klaasen caught at slip by Critchley.
With the damaging Will Jacks having been eliminated by Jordan Thompson (2 for 23) within the meantime, Invincibles have been wobbling at 24 for 3.
Sam Curran’s response was to launch a counterattack with a flurry of boundaries including 47 with Cox earlier than the latter departed to a diving catch by Rossington off Nathan Ellis. Curran fell lbw to Critchley for 34, with 39 nonetheless wanted and Spirit have been nonetheless in it when Ellis castled Tom Curran.
