full, angling down the leg side. Squeezed out to midwicket and Rockets stay alive! Would have been a wide if Kalis had left it alone, but she toe-ended it out to the boundary-rider instead!
Rockets vs Phoenix, 25th Match at Nottingham, Women's Hundred, Aug 19 2023 - Match Result
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Bryony Smith is the Match Hero: "It was a good day - it's been a good few days for us as a team. Me and Lizelle know our job is to go out and score quickly. We're looking to take the positive option. They bowled well towards the end. We did well to get up to 130-140. We knew they were going to take the pace off. It was a bit closer than we hoped but we were all really calm. I was just trying to execute. Fortunately it went our way. Brilliant crowd, our last home game, so great to see so many people here."
1.37pm: Yet another tight defeat in a run chase for the Phoenix. Surely Jones should have hogged the strike towards the end? But Rockets prevail, and are still in contention for the knockout stages - just about. They need to win their last game and hope that Fire are well beaten in their final two.
Paul Muchmore: Phoenix's third defeat by exactly three runs this season.
5 to win off the last ball. Remember, there's no Super Over. So 4 to tie, 6 to win. Lee is standing back.
wide yorker, Kalis skips down and can't connect. Lee fumbles another stumping, but the job is almost done...
5 off 2.
skips down, drives hard out to wide long-off where Harmanpreet runs around and throws to the non-striker's end, but Jones makes her ground!
7 off 3. Can Kalis find another boundary, or get Jones back on strike?
She's in a bit of pain here but will carry on.
skips down again, inside-edges straight into her boot and slips over in the process, meaning Jones can't get through for the single
attempted yorker, Kalis shimmies down to turn it into a low full toss and squeezes it away through the gap between cover and extra!
Smith will dart in her offbreaks.
Committee meeting between Gordon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smith and the Sciver-Brunts.
11 off 5. Phoenix keep falling just short in run chases. Can they finally get across the line this time?
shimmies outside leg stump looking to create an angle through the off side, but Stonehouse's yorker foxes her!
11 off 6 with the new batter on strike.
short ball, swung out to long leg on the bounce
Remember, Rockets are mathematically eliminated with a defeat here.
slower ball, full toss outside off. Squeezes through cover on the edge of the ring, and deep point - who has just been pushed back - can't get around to cut it off! Three fours in a row and Amy Jones is playing a gem of an innings
This is on! 16 off 8 for Phoenix now.
leg-stump yorker, Jones goes again on the reverse and nails it through the ring! Hit much flatter and harder this time with strong wrists, and wrong-foots backward point!
slower ball outside off, reverse-slapped over point! Good option from Jones with the off-side field up inside the ring
Stonehouse returns. Can she hold her nerve?
reverse-lapped to point
dragged down, heaved out to long leg and Wilson is on her tip-toes running round to her left to avoid contact with the boundary toblerone! Great work in the deep
yorker, inside-edged very fine. Smith runs back and keeps them to two
full on leg stump, worked to short fine leg. Smith throws at the bowler's end but Gordon fumbles it! Now they run on the overthrow, and Arlott falls this time! Katherine Sciver-Brunt scampered in from mid-off, threw underarm from close range and hit! Absolute carnage at Trent Bridge which ends in Arlott trudging off
width outside off, dragged leg-side out to deep midwicket and Nat Sciver-Brunt's slip in the deep allows them back for a second
Rockets vs Phoenix Women's attendance - 10,350. A new record for a Rockets Women's match at Trent Bridge
legbreak spins sharply, too good for Jones who is done on the outside edge
dragged to long-on
drilled over midwicket for six! That's a huge blow, taking on the boundary-rider and clearing her comfortably. Clears the front leg and uses her long levers to swing her over the rope
tossed up, swiped out to Gardner at long-off who runs in but can't quite get underneath it! Only reached her on the half-volley as she slid in
Em Arlott walks out at No. 5 for a swing.
juicy full bunger, hoicked down deep midwicket's throat... but surely that's a no-ball? Nope, Burns had come out of her crease and it was dipping just enough to satisfy the third umpire! The loopy full toss does the trick!
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1W | 1W | |||
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Trent Bridge, Nottingham | |
Toss | Trent Rockets (Women), elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2023 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 19 August 2023 - day (100-ball match) |
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TV Umpire | |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Trent Rockets (Women) 2, Birmingham Phoenix (Women) 0 |