The visitors maintain their unbeaten record in The Hundred over Phoenix thanks to a half-century from Alice Capsey and 2 for 27 from Amanda-Jade Wellington
Edgbaston: Oval Invincibles 174-5, Birmingham Phoenix 152-6 - Oval Invincibles won by 22 runs
Oval Invincibles put their indifferent form behind them at Edgbaston as they racked up the third-highest Hundred score in the history of the women's competition to beat Birmingham Phoenix by a comfortable 22 runs.
Invincibles' 174 for 5 was also the second-highest total this season – men or women – behind the 176 for 5 they themselves conceded to London Spirit on the opening day.
Having elected to bat, the Invincibles set their stall out early, Lauren Winfield-Hill and Meg Lanning breezing to 54 for 0 in the 25-ball powerplay. Lanning's dismissal for 36 off 19 merely brought in Alice Capsey, who was barely inconvenienced by the loss of Winfield-Hill and Marizanne Kapp, raising a 28-ball half-century as Paige Scholfield also motored along at the other end.
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Ailsa Lister provided some late but in vain resistance for the home side (ECB Media)
The two of them treated Aussie legend and Phoenix captain Ellyse Perry with something approaching disdain while Hannah Baker avoided the worst of the onslaught, finishing with a creditable 2 for 24 from her 20 balls.
When Phoenix batted, Aussie starlet Georgia Voll, who had conceded 20 from her five balls as a bowler, got off to a flyer but the experience of Marizanne Kapp and Amanda-Jade Wellington started to tell.
Emma Lamb and Perry gamely attempted to keep up with the spiralling rate, but Wellington had her compatriot smartly held by Winfield-Hill behind the stumps for 29 off 16 to effectively put the game beyond Phoenix's reach.
Ailsa Lister and Amy Jones battled hard, the Scottish batter in particular impressing with an unbeaten 18-ball 33 including four fours and a six, but Phoenix ended up well short and well beaten.
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