END OF OVER:20 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | MIL-M: 130/7 | RR: 6.50
- Ollie Pope6 (4b)
- Trent Boult1 (2b)
- Nikhil Chaudhary2.5-0-21-1
- Nikhil Chaudhary2.5-0-21-1
9.40pm: A second win for MI London, recovering from their defeat at Welsh Fire on Saturday. They play again on Wednesday night with the season's first London derby at The Oval. Thanks for joining us, and we'll be back for more Hundred action tomorrow.
Will Jacks is player of the match. "[Nerves?] Very tight one at the end, very relieved to get over the line. Tricky little surface. Just happy to win. [Chasing 130?] We knew we were in the game. [Role?] We've spoken about sometimes the new ball can be the hardest time to bat. It was about assessing the conditions and taking it deeper. We lost two wickets and I had to play that role. [Opening?] I've always been an opener. I'll always do whatever's needed. My role for England is one I've grown to absolutely love. [Confidence?] A watershed moment, if you wins those games, it propels the group forward."
9.35pm: A low-scoring thriller! Southern Brave stay winless. They just didn't get enough runs in the end. Smith and Stubbs did their best in the first innings but MI London bowled well, adapting to conditions on a tricky surface. Jacks and Curran anchored the chase before Rutherford's impressive cameo, but it needed Pope's 6 not out off 4 balls to get them over the line after some twitchy lower-order batting against Chaudhary at the death.
Shadow-Shell: "Back to back to last ball thrillers today. Wooh!"
Brian: "At 97, why didn't they settle for 1 and leave Pope on strike?" -- Pressure does funny things to people's decision-making!
How are your nerves, Nikhil Chaudhary?
Pope on strike for the last ball. A dot or a wicket wins it for the Brave. A single means a tie, no Super Over. A two or a boundary means MI London take the points.
Chaudhary's wound has been patched up. Short extra cover and short midwicket in tight.
3 off 2 is the equation. This delay won't be helping Boult's nerves. Long delay now. It's been a few minutes.
Sam: "Yeesh, that is one bloody cut! Crazy effort though" -- Yep, the blood was pouring out. Nasty stuff. Good reminder how just how hard a cricket ball is!
On comes physio Craig de Weymarn, formerly of England. He'll need to get this strapped up. Looks painful. Lots of blood! He's clearly in some serious pain. He's got some kind of bandage on the wound to try and stop the bleeding. Now the physio is strapping him up.
3 off 3, with Trent Boult of all people on strike! No Super Over in the group stage, so a tie would mean points shared. Short fine leg moves to short midwicket. In fact, another man comes in at midwicket. So three in on the off side, two on the leg side.
Rashid Khan run out 4 (4m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 133.33
4 off 4