Southern Brave 139 for 3( Vince 56, Hughes 45) defeat London Spirit 138 for 9( Dawson 45, Overton 3- 16) by seven wickets A superb display from Southern Brave's lethal seamers and a ruthless run- chase orchestrated by James Vince assured the men's competition's initial winners prevailed against London Spirit at Utilita Bowl. Invited to field first, Brave's attack dominated the opening stages, with left- arm spinner James Coles converting a miscued launched drive from Adam Rossington for the first wicket. Craig Overton took the catch and Overton also took centre stage, picking up the coming three wickets all to outfield catches- to rip through the Spirit's middle order. England megastar Jofra Archer touched 90mph in his first appearance in The Hundred- a spell that went for just nine runs- while Tymal Mills and Chris Jordan handed ferocious back- over. When the Guyanese overseas star Shimron Hetymer disposed Mills to backward point, the Spirit were tottering on 49 for 5 from 48 balls. later Andre Russell joined Spirit commander Dan Lawrence, motioning his intentions by allying his first delivery to the hedge. After launching a short ball from Archer for the first six of the match, Russell also handed Archer his first gate, Russell's upper cut picking out Overton at deep third. Jordan burst through to trap Lawrence for an enterprising 38( 30), leaving Liam Dawson to give high-spirited lone resistance at the death. Dominating the ultimate stages, Dawson took 14 runs from the final three releases, his unbeaten 45( 19) giving the Spirit motivation going into the run- chase. Any sanguinity was short- lived. Vince stroked four boundaries in his first five balls to set Brave on their way and in cooperation with the left- hander Daniel Hughes, the brace put on 95 for the first gate. Jofra Archer eventually played his first game in the Hundred, Southern Brave vs London Spirit, The Men's Hundred, Utilita Bowl( Southampton), July 24, 2024 Jofra Archer eventually played his first game in the Hundred • Harry Trump/ Getty Images Hughes nicked Ravi Bopara to Rossington behind the wholes for 45( 31) but Vince went to his fifth half- century in the competition's history and despite Vince heaving a catch to long- out with the score on 117, the final 22 runs were negotiated with little overdue fuss. demanding 139 to win, the Brave eased house with 11 balls to spare.