Mandhana mauls this full delivery with another charge and deposits another drive over the long-off rope to end the match in style.
Rockets vs Brave, 17th Match at Southampton, Women's Hundred, Aug 25 2022 - Match Result
Brave won by 10 wickets (with 44 balls remaining)
5.28 pm The Rockets corner has thrown in the towel. Stop the fight! Stop the fight! Pummeled into submission by the Southern Brave, who maintain an undefeated record and have now officially clinched a playoff berth. Lauren Bell and Amanda-Jade Wellington set up the win by tying down the Rockets batting unit with seven wickets between them and then Mandhana and Wyatt combine with a ruthless partnership, ending the match with 44 balls to spare. Trent Rockets now sit two points behind Oval Invincibles and Birmingham Phoenix, though those two teams have a match in hand.
The Match Hero is Lauren Bell: "I'm really happy with how the match went. It was a good team win. It was good to win the toss and good conditions to bowl in but our batters showed it was also a good batting wicket. The goal for me was to take two wickets in the Powerplay. Wello has done a good job for us in the middle of these games. We assessed the conditions and realized pace off the ball was the way to go. We just want to keep pushing through to the final."
That's it for coverage from the women's game. On behalf of my commentary partner Deiva Muthu, I'm Peter Della Penna. Stay tuned for the start of the men's half of the doubleheader in just under 90 minutes time where I'll be on the call with Alan Gardner. Until then, take care!
short on the legs, pulls this behind square just past the short fine leg fielder and trickles into the rope to bring up a 30-ball half-century to level the scores.
full and wide, driven gently to extra cover.
charges a full delivery and prods a low full toss to cover.
good length ball on off, taps this into extra cover again for a dot.
full and wide, driven toward extra cover, diving stop attempted but it squirts away from the fielder and they scamper back for a second to keep the strike and keep Mandhana in with a chance of a half-century.
full on the stumps, goes to whip this away but miscues it.
back of a length on the hips, flicked to deep backward square for one.
full on middle, shuffles down the track and tonks this back over King's head sending this sailing over the rope into the sightscreen.
full on middle, punched to wide long-off for one.
good length ball on fourth stump, pokes this behind point for one.
King returns to see if the Rockets can avoid a 10-wicket humiliation.
overpitched on sixth stump, now goes over mid-off with an elegant drive. Child's play at the moment for Mandhana.
short on off, Mandhana flays this through the leg side and splits the gap between deep square leg and deep midwicket to the rope.
short and wide, slices a cut to backward point, stopped on the ring by Glenn but they still get one.
good length ball on off stump, can't get it away.
whack! Full on middle, breaks out a vicious slog to clear deep midwicket and lands beyond the rope. Changed afterward to a four. Looked live like it cleared the rope but replays show it bounced just short.
good length ball on off, spins away as a googly to beat a back foot prod.
good length ball outside off, punched to cover.
good length ball on middle, tapped into midwicket for one.
short on the wide guideline, this time places the cut shot in the gap past point to the rope.
3W | ||||
1W | ||||
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1W | ||||
The Rose Bowl, Southampton | |
Toss | Southern Brave (Women), elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2022 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 25 August 2022 - day (100-ball match) |
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TV Umpire | |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Southern Brave (Women) 2, Trent Rockets (Women) 0 |