LS vs OI | Rashid Khan and Sam Curran star at Lords as Invincibles start title defence with big win

‌London Spirit skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat first, hoping to put a big total on the board. Unfortunately, they did not have the best of starts as Jason Behrendorff and Jordan Clarke kept things tight and made use of the early seaming conditions. The two quick wickets of Keaton Jennings and Kane Williamson did not make it easy for the home team, as Jennings was dismissed trying to break the shackles, only to be caught at square leg off Clarke. Williamson was dismissed in the following five-ball over by Behrendorff while attempting a cross-batted shot, edging to the wicketkeeper. The Spirit were already in a spot of bother with the score at 21/2 after the first 25 balls. The Invincibles managed to keep things quiet in the middle phase as well, with the runs hard to come by as Clarke returned for another over to dismiss the dangerous David Warner, and Rashid Khan also joined the wickets column in a 10-ball over after dismissing Wayne Madsen, who ended up giving a simple catch to point after failing to execute a reverse sweep off the leggie. The struggles for Spirit continued with the score at 44/4 after 50 balls, but they managed to get a ten-run over of leg-spinner Nathan Sowter. He was welcomed by Ashton Turner with some aggressive strokes despite lgetting the wicket of Josh Simpson, who was trapped in front of his stumps by a skiddy and flat delivery. Despite the slightly expense over, Rashid continued to wreak havoc with a couple of more breakthroughs in the middle to complete his three-wicket haul. As Sam Curran also joined the wickets column with three scalps, including Turner, who was the only batter to look set on a score of 21 off 14 deliveries. The team was eventually bundled out for just 80 runs as no other batter looked to threaten the Invincibles' bowling attack.