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Without their head coach Shane Warne on the sidelines, a fresh Lord’s alcohol ban in play and captain Eoin Morgan struggling for form, London Spirit had all it to do.
Adam Rossington stepped up to blitz 45 off 21 balls, though that was not enough to make up for Morgan failing with the bat again as London Spirit lost their third match in a row — this time by four runs.
Morgan was run out by England colleague Chris Jordan for just five, chasing 145 after Alex Davies hit 50 for Brave. Rossington and Josh Inglis looked to be on the way to powering Spirit home, but the line-up gassed out by the end.
Southern Brave wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock celebrates after running out Blake Cullen
How Chris Wood will stew over dropping Davies on four — an awfully simple catch it was, too. He did not get away with that today.
It was the first match at Lord’s since the ground’s ban on bringing in alcohol and the closure of in-ground bars at the beginning of the run chase.
A clear step towards the ‘families and children’ target this new tournament is so hoping to build on over the coming weeks.
In fairness — and obviously, to little surprise — the decibel levels and chants weren’t quite as noticeable as at Thursday’s fixture.
London Spirit Eoin Morgan failed again with the bat after being run out by Chris Jordan
Spirit began the match without head coach Warne on the side-lines after he tested positive for Covid in the morning.
Though they did start brightly, Wood removing the in-form James Vince for just 6 after he was
