Shovelled down the ground, Sam Curran dives... and it's four! Alsop has won it! A fine innings from the Sussex batter, who started this competition in the Metro Bank and has helped Trent Rockets finish their season with a win! It means Oval Invincibles will have to wait and see if they proceed straight to Sunday's final with Birmingham Phoenix facing Manchester Originals tomorrow.
Invincibles vs Rockets, 31st Match at Nottingham, Men's Hundred, Aug 14 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
31st Match (N), Nottingham, August 14, 2024, The Hundred Men's Competition
(94/100 balls, T:151) 151/4
Rockets won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
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Right, that's all from us tonight! Just to reiterate, Phoenix need a +0.57 NRR win, which crudely/loosely works out at victory by either 62 balls or 92 runs. Anyway, we'll find out this time tomorrow who exactly is going straight through to Sunday's final at Lord's! Night night
9:24pm Tonight's Meerkat Match Hero is Rovman Powell for his tone-shifting 45 from 27: "It's nice to finally get a few out the middle and help my team get a win. Its been a season for us but it was nice to give the fans some enjoyment in our final game. For me it was try to go as deep as possible. Batting at 5, you have to control the innings and press the accelerator.
[On his 101m six]: "It was nice to hit one 101m. It wasn't quite Nicholas Pooran hitting 113m. I'm sure he was watching at home and will give me plenty of stick for that."
9:15pm I'm not entirely sure of the exact maths at this juncture in terms of margins of victory, but Birmingham Phoenix need to make up a 0.67 NRR swing in victory over Manchester Originals.
94
4
Mahmood to Alsop, FOUR runs
93
1
Mahmood to Green, 1 run
Arrowed into leg stump, worked away to Lammonby once who who hurls in better this time after a clean gather
92
2
Mahmood to Green, 2 runs
Short ball, worked away... and misfielded by the man at midwicket and an awful throw from Lammonby - after an excellent pick-up - allows Green to come back for the second
Chris Green to face his first ball
91
1
Mahmood to Alsop, 1 run
Wide yorker nailed, but Alsop steps across and thrashes a single down to long on
91
1w
Mahmood to Alsop, 1 wide
Tries to hang it out wide across Alsop, but that's a wide. And so it's still a Free Hit...
Saqib Mahmood on - five balls left for him - with the equation now 9 needed from 10. And this first ball will be a Free Hit... and just for an extra bit of intrigue, we are past the cut-off point which means Invincibles need to bring an extra fielder up in the ring
91
6nb
Sam Curran to Alsop, (no ball) FOUR runs
Beamer and hacked away beyond Billings for four! That's a second beamer from Curran and he's been pulled from the attack! Oh my days... what a shift in this match in the last two deliveries.... Shoulder-height, that one, whereas the previous one was well over head height
Abhi: "Invincibles missing Tom Curran's death bowling big time here." Very much so, even with that wicket of Powell. But a good test of their broader depth ahead of the weekend. Sam Curran to continue, and Alsop is on strike with the change of ends. 15 needed from 10...
CHANGE OF END
90
W
Sam Curran to Powell, OUT
Powell's gone! Full on leg stump, Powell - for some reason - checks a whip and ends up chipping to long on, Had he followed through with that, he'd have clear the boundary with ease!
Rovman Powell c Ferreira b Curran 45 (27b 2x4 4x6 33m) SR: 166.66
89
6
Sam Curran to Powell, SIX runs
Typical! A ball after they should have had the wicket, Curran dips one short and Powell MELTS IT into the stands at deep midwicket for a 102m six!
Oh wow! HawkEye says that's hitting leg stump - they should have taken the review!
88
1lb
Sam Curran to Alsop, 1 leg bye
Curran into Alsop who is trying to thrash down the ground, hits the pad on the way down to third... was that close? Umpire doesn't think so... Looks like it would have been umpire's call at best so Billings decides against the review...
87
1
Sam Curran to Powell, 1 run
Yorker on leg stump, brilliantly bowled, and well dug out by Powell who manages to find a single to mid on
86
1
Sam Curran to Alsop, 1 run
Slower delivery, into the surface, pulled well by Alsop out to cow corner, where Lammonby is grazing. Bullet arm ensures the two is not an option
24 needed from 15, Curran into the attack able to bowl 10 of them. Mahmood's got five, too...
after 85 balls18 runs
TR-M: 127/3Need 24 from 15 balls
Tom Alsop31 (19b 2x4 2x6)
Rovman Powell38 (24b 2x4 3x6)
Gus Atkinson 0/28 (10)
85
2
Atkinson to Alsop, 2 runs
Around the wicket to Alsop, short, pulled across the line. No great timing but it's into a deserted enough part of the field to allow a pretty comfortable two
84
1
Atkinson to Powell, 1 run
Slower, hung out wider, Powell chases it and can only cloth a single out to deep point
83
4
Atkinson to Powell, FOUR runs
Slower ball, into the surface, Powell done... but he manages to drag it all the way to the square leg fence! He only had one hand on the ball at the point of impact, but managed to hold his shape long enough to get greater value for the shot
82
6
Atkinson to Powell, SIX runs
BANG! Another upper decker from Powell! "That's shot of the day," beams Broady, as Powell launches an 89mph into a length right back over the bowler's head! That's such a good hit
82
1w
Atkinson to Powell, 1 wide
Moves wider, into the pitch... and it's been wided! Rightly so, that was too far
81
4
Atkinson to Powell, FOUR runs
Short, at the shoulder, uppercutted with a glorious flourish over the keeper! Opens the face, slices very deliberately with third up in the circle. What a shot
42 off 20 needed as the batters get a drink. Gus Atkinson - 0 for 10 from his 5 deliveries so far - is reintroduced into the attack
CHANGE OF END
after 80 balls14 runs
TR-M: 109/3Need 42 from 20 balls
Rovman Powell23 (20b 2x6)
Tom Alsop29 (18b 2x4 2x6)
Will Jacks 1/20 (15)
80
1
Jacks to Powell, 1 run
Slows it down, into the pitch, spinning into off stump - Powell opts for a bit of touch this tine, rocking back and guiding behind point for a single
79
2
Jacks to Powell, 2 runs
Hacked out to deep midwicket, Lammonby runs in... and misses the ball! Powell gets back for a second
78
6
Jacks to Powell, SIX runs
HUGE FROM POWELL! Vintage, well, him - swinging dead straight, holding his shape throughout, into the stands at wide long on
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