The Cricketer looks at the main talking points from the men's Hundred clash between Oval Invincibles and Southern Brave at the Kia Oval
It was a less-than-perfect fielding display from Oval Invincibles - a wrinkle they need to iron out if they are to successfully defend their title.
Dawid Malan and Spencer Johnson were both guilty of putting down simple chances. Though the latter did at the very least pull a catch out of the top drawer earlier in the game.
Adam Zampa, who enjoys bowling on this pitch, generated a bit of extra bounce and when Laurie Evans attempted a sweep the ball caught the top edge. Johnson ran around from short leg, launched his large frame forward and clung on full length.
If the Invincibles can continue to deliver such remarkable moments, then perhaps they can afford the occasional misstep.
Dawid Malan lashes a six on an otherwise difficult evening (ECB via Getty Images)
We all know how tough a season it has been away from the middle for James Vince.
But he has now passed 1,300 runs for the summer across the competitions with his fourth fifty in The Hundred, and third in as many matches (he is the first player to achieve that) for Southern Brave
What made this particular score so impressive were the conditions. The rain-affected women's match which preceded this showed batting to be problematic, but Vince showed utter class.
He whacked seven boundaries from 39 balls, the highlight coming when he flashed one over deep mid-wicket for six off Australian leg-spinner Zampa.
It took a spectacular catch from opposite number Sam Billings to end the fun, but he helped give Brave something of a platform before Chris Jordan and Jofra Archer put the icing on top.
We've all been there when you can't catch anything other than fresh air, so you have to have a degree of sympathy for Malan.
The England T20 World Cup winner was made to suffer during a 31-ball innings which included 22 dots and just a single boundary.
Granted, the ball was moving off the seam and very few batters before or after him found genuine timing, but it was a tough watch.
His innings was summed up by the curious circumstances around its ending. A fuller ball from Jordan was chipped straight to Archer, who was standing at mid-off and appeared to take a good, clean, low catch.
It was close enough for Malan to wait for a second opinion. But, instead, he marched off barely giving his demise another thought, his frustration at the 31 deliveries which had unfolded clear for all to see.
TV umpire Neil Bainton did check a slow-motion replay but Malan was long gone by that stage, his kit was probably distributed across various corners of the dugout too.
Invincibles got over the line with 15 balls remaining, so the stodgy innings proved inconsequential in the ultimate outcome. But not retiring him out - Manchester Originals pulled the trigger with Wayne Madsen a few days earlier - could have come back to bite in a closer encounter.
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