that'll do! Tossed up outside the eyeline, Gregory kneels into a swipe over long-on, and the unbeaten Spirit are unbeaten no longer!
Spirit vs Rockets, 20th Match at Nottingham, Men's Hundred, Aug 20 2022 - Match Result
Rockets won by 6 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
9.17pm So Rockets saunter to the spoils in the top-of-table clash. It is they who are now in pole position for automatic qualification for the final at Lord's. Spirit lose their first in five, but they remain well placed for a play-off place. Colin Munro is the man of the chase, an unbeaten 67 from 37 balls, the only significant score of the night on an unusually tacky Trent Bridge surface. For Rockets, Rashid Khan was the star bowler, with three key wickets including two in his final set. And his impact has dented Spirit's run rate. From Miller, Valkerie and Ranjith, goodnight!
Colin Munro is the Match Hero. "A bit sticky on the wicket, so take it deep and have a swing when it was in the slot. We don't rely on two or three players, Rashid comes in and everyone puts their hand up at the right time. Woody with the new ball has freedom to run in and bowl fast. You look at our team, it's dad's army with some young talent too. We're nice and clear about our plans, and I love batting here with the crowd on my side."
bowled him! Moores slashes into the glory shot, and gets his timbers rattled! Round the wicket, skids on as he gives himself room. The patient has a pulse!
rocks back, finds the gap at deep midwicket, two men converge to cut off the winning boundary
loopy doopy, round the wicket and right up to the toes, stabbed to the off side for another single
hacked with intent through the infield, as Morgan brings his men up, but there's a sweeper in place to keep things honest
Come on... unleash the inner beast
on the back foot, punched into the covers, another single! Six to get...
nurdled to the on-side, get em in singles lad
round the wicket, pace off again, fenced out to point
on the back foot, lifting slowly into the ribs, and tucked to the leg side
too short, and arced into the stands! Munro's still in the mood for an early bath! Fierce bottom hand, swinging into the pull. Ten to get!
a waft outside off, and an inside-edge past the off-stump! Nearly beats the keeper too, but he dives well to save the bonus runs
Too little too late? Tom Moores would like to prove that to be so
holes out to midwicket! TKC tried to get a wriggle on but picked the wrong ball to chase. A slower ball into the pitch, and a top-edged slap as he came galloping to the pitch
back of a length, firm contact on the pull, out to the midwicket sweeper
on the legs, flicked to the on-side, just another single
Chris Wood is back for his third set
blatted through the line, doesn't connect perfectly, but that saves him from holing out to long-on. Decent set
yorker, speared in at leg stump, guided to mid-off. Thompson is doing his best to delay the inevitable
back of a length, there's a sweeper in the covers who cuts off a firm hack into the off side
slower ball on the full length, jabbed to mid-on
slower ball, on the full length, eased to cover
Sure enough, Thompson's back
slower ball but too much width! Munro frees his arms for a slap through the covers. It's a cakewalk from here
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Trent Bridge, Nottingham | |
Toss | Trent Rockets (Men), elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2022 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 20 August 2022 - night (100-ball match) |
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Points | Trent Rockets (Men) 2, London Spirit (Men) 0 |