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Oval Invincibles 121-6 in 100 balls (Van Niekerk 26 (29), Kapp 26 (14), Bell 2-24) beat Southern Brave 73 all out in 98 balls (Morris 23 (26); Kapp 4-9) by 48 runs.

Oval Invincibles stormed to an emphatic 48-run victory over favourites Southern Brave to become the first women’s Hundred champions on a historic afternoon at Lord’s.

After setting a target of 122, the Invincibles bowled out the Brave for just 73 in a perfect bowling performance.

Marizanne Kapp took three wickets in the first 10 balls – the Brave’s top three batters all out without scoring.

And with a 17,116-strong crowd watching on – a record for a women’s domestic match anywhere in the world – the frantic start continued when Fran Wilson’s brilliant throw ran out Maia Bouchier.

Brave, who cruised through the group stages with seven wins from eight, had no answer to the fired-up Invincibles and subsided to a miserable defeat on the biggest of occasions.

Kapp, who also scored 26 in the Invincibles’ 121-6, took the final wicket and looked in disbelief before she was lifted into the air by her wife Dane van Niekerk, the Invincibles’ masterful, inspirational captain.

I’m not a fan of this version of cricket, but this was a gifted from my former colleagues and friends at Quest for the redundancy that occurred last year.

Of course modern technology, one moment I had the tickets on my phone and the next moment not, but with the help of the cricket helpers outside the ground, we got this sorted via a part of Lords that I have never seen.

Thank you Tom for arranging this. We had good seats in the Compton stand. Considering the weather this day, the game actually started on time, yes we have been hit by rain again.