The Cricketer looks at the main talking points from the Women's Hundred clash between Oval Invincibles and Welsh Fire at the Kia Oval
The Welsh Fire chase was up in flames the moment Marizanne Kapp took two wickets in successive deliveries in the ninth set.
She had already accounted for Tammy Beaumont, after an awkward innings in which she had scored just five in eight deliveries, with no boundaries.
The England batter was going nowhere, and it took a good review to dislodge her, but it was nonetheless a key breakthrough.
But Kapp produced a stunner to get Georgia Elwiss via the next ball, as the ball on a good length nipped back and crashed into the off-stump
Fire were reduced to 58 for 3; they would score just another 53 and be bowled out with three balls of the reply remaining.
After starting the competition with four straight defeats, they're almost playing for pride already.
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Shabnim Ismail got Welsh Fire off to the perfect start (ECB/Getty Images)
There was drama from first ball to last in this south London doubleheader, which ultimately ended with two emphatic victories for the Invincibles.
But shortly after 2.30pm, it started so well for Fire. Shabnim Ismail, formerly of this parish, produced an almighty delivery first up, bowling Lauren Winfield-Hill with a fearsome yorker which would have done for many an opening batter.
But Winfield-Hill was unperturbed and emerged as a key player in the chase. There was a successful review which extracted Beaumont from the crease, while she stood up to the stumps to Kapp to deny batters the freedom to advance down the wicket.
She deployed her bowlers at the perfect time, bringing back Kapp for her final set when the Invincibles needed a wicket, and timing when to use back-to-back sets from the same bowler perfectly.
It was quite the response after what was a disastrous start.
Alice Capsey added two wickets to her second consecutive half-century (ECB/Getty Images)
It was Kapp who earned the player of the match prize, but it could quite conceivably have been scooped by Alice Capsey, for a masterful display throughout the afternoon.
It began with a half-century - he second in a row in this competition - which included seven boundaries and a six (the only one of the match) off Jess Jonassen.
Laced through it was some of the majestic timing, the type which first caught the eye when Capsey burst on the scene as a teenager.
Deployed as the sixth bowling option, she added two wickets as Fire threw everything at trying to keep up with the rate.
Jonassen fell first, trying to strike the ball through mid-off, while Katie George was bowled trying to clear the rope. In between came a smart catch to dismiss Georgia Davis.
Speaking to The Cricketer after play, Amanda-Jade Wellington said she has sensed fresh maturity around Capsey's game, and that was certainly evidence on another bright day for the Invincibles.
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