Bethell finishes the game, Rockets are out! In the slot, gets down on one knee and crashes Cook back over his head for four, dead-straight with a bit of late fade away. Superb innings from Bethell, taking his side across the line from No. 6 with support from his senior partner. Clenches his fist in celebration
Rockets vs Phoenix, 28th Match at Birmingham, Men's Hundred, Aug 12 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
28th Match (N), Birmingham, August 12, 2024, The Hundred Men's Competition
(93/100 balls, T:119) 120/4
Phoenix won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
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9.22pm: Right, that's your lot from us for tonight. Thanks for joining me, Valkerie and Thilak and we'll be back with more Hundred action tomorrow.
Tim Southee wins the Meerkat. "It was a pretty good performance," he says. "The way Bethell and Livi knocked it around for a bit, they chose good options. We try to adapt to conditions as quickly as possible and the surfaces have offered a little. [Spirit fixture?] It'll be our fourth game here so you'd like to think we've got a read on the conditions. We'll turn up in a couple of days' time and try to assess as quickly as we can."
9.17pm: The Phoenix go third, back above the Superchargers, and will be through to the knockout stages if they can beat London Spirit on Thursday night at Edgbaston. They could even be through before then if the Spirit go them a favour and win at Headingley tomorrow. The Rockets are out which represents a real underperformance and a rare failure to reach the play-offs from a team coached by Andy Flower... that's two group-stage eliminations for them in a row in the men's Hundred. They'll look back at those earlier defeats to the Phoenix and the Fire in botched run chases as the games where they threw it away.
Zubair Islam: "That no ball was very costly" -- Yep, felt like the moment when the pressure was released.
93
4
Cook to Bethell, FOUR runs
92
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Cook to Bethell, no run
full on the pads, slower ball. Deflects into the leg side as Livingstone looks to scamper through for a leg bye, but is sent back
91
1
Cook to Livingstone, 1 run
short slower ball, flat-batted back on the bounce and Cook parries it towards mid-on. Scrambled single
4 off 10 is the requirement. Rockets are eliminated with a loss. Can Sam Cook keep their campaign alive?
CHANGE OF END
after 90 balls11 runs
BP-M: 115/4Need 4 from 10 balls
Jacob Bethell34 (27b 4x4 1x6)
Liam Livingstone29 (31b 3x4)
Imad Wasim 0/11 (5)
90
4
Imad Wasim to Bethell, FOUR runs
steps outside leg stump, Imad goes full outside off and Bethell throws his hands at it! Cracked away through cover point, in front of square. Straight out the middle. Great knock from Bethell
89
1
Imad Wasim to Livingstone, 1 run
some grip from back of a length, but short enough for Livingstone to sit deep and punch to long-off
88
1
Imad Wasim to Bethell, 1 run
knocked down to long-on... into single figures now
87
1
Imad Wasim to Livingstone, 1 run
clears the front leg, muscles him out to deep midwicket
86
4
Imad Wasim to Livingstone, FOUR runs
tossed up, too short, Livingstone sets deep and spanks it away through cover off the back foot!
Here's Imad, for the first time tonight. Retired out with the bat. Can he find some kind of redemption with the ball?
after 85 balls9 runs
BP-M: 104/4Need 15 from 15 balls
Jacob Bethell29 (25b 3x4 1x6)
Liam Livingstone23 (28b 2x4)
John Turner 2/17 (20)
Excellent from Turner but he's done for the night.
85
1
Turner to Bethell, 1 run
bumper, swung out to deep backward square leg. No timing on the pull but lands short of the fielder in the deep
Down to a run a ball now. 50 partnership up between these two.
84
2
Turner to Bethell, 2 runs
back of a length, swung down to long leg off the hip for a couple more
83
4
Turner to Bethell, FOUR runs
steps outside leg stump, looking to flash hard through the off side. Mistimed, but skews away through straight mid-off and picks up another crucial boundary!
82
1
Turner to Livingstone, 1 run
banged in short, mistimed down to long-on as he attempts to crack a pull into the Hollies Stand
81
1
Turner to Bethell, 1 run
back of a length, worked off the hip through wide mid-on
Turner returns. He's been excellent tonight.
Zubair Islam: "Why is Imad not bowling?" -- The ball has been doing plenty for the Rockets' four seamers.
CHANGE OF END
after 80 balls5 runs
BP-M: 95/4Need 24 from 20 balls
Jacob Bethell21 (21b 2x4 1x6)
Liam Livingstone22 (27b 2x4)
Lewis Gregory 0/14 (15)
80
1
Gregory to Bethell, 1 run
slower ball, completely mistimed into no-man's-land at mind-on. They consider a second run but wisely decide against
79
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Gregory to Bethell, no run
looks to swipe over midwicket, bottom-edged into his foot
78
4
Gregory to Bethell, FOUR runs
back of a length, keeps a touch low but the bottom edge skews away for four! Bethell drags leg-side with no timing but picks up four vital runs
77
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Gregory to Bethell, no run
jumps across his stumps looking to scoop but can't lay bat on it
76
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Gregory to Bethell, no run
slower ball, mistimed into the leg side, fields off his own bowling
Moose: "Surely John Turner has to be worth a white-ball England call up? Don't know why it took them so long to give him a game this season, he looked a million dollars last year pre-injury."
after 75 balls7 runs
BP-M: 90/4Need 29 from 25 balls
Liam Livingstone22 (27b 2x4)
Jacob Bethell16 (16b 1x4 1x6)
Chris Green 0/13 (15)
75
1
Green to Livingstone, 1 run
worked away through square leg
74
1
Green to Bethell, 1 run
attempted sweep, gets a thick top edge which flies over the keeper's head
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