WED 6 AUGUST
Southern Brave Women 96-4(Wolvaardt 42*) beat Manchester Originals Women 95-8 (Smale 40*, Bell 3-28) by six wickets Southern Brave started life after Charlotte Edwards with a convincing win over Manchester Originals at Emirates Old Trafford.
The damage was all done with the ball, as Lauren Bell took 3-28 and Mady Villiers 2-19 to limit the hosts to just 95-8 from their 100 balls.
Seren Smale fought a lone hand for Originals on a wicket that none of her teammates ever looked at home on, making 40 from 34 balls to give her side the faintest hope at the halfway mark but ...