Originals vs Rockets, 7th Match at Manchester, Women's Hundred, Jul 29 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Pushed through and whipped away to Ecclestone at deep midwicket, plenty of oomph behind the shot but couldn't place it in the gap, Originals hold their nerve and manage to edge out Rockets but what a contest! Rockets were cruising at the halfway stage but like I said in the build-up things can change so dramatically in Hundred. Credit to Originals to pull it back and build up dots and fighting till the very end. Originals have got their first win of the season! Nat Sciver-Brunt will be feeling terrible after scoring a fifty but still not being able to get her team over the line, it was a game of fine margins

Back of a length wide of off, forehands it down to long-off and leaves it all to the captain. Come to think of it, Rockets left plenty of runs in the end

Slammed in on a length at off, she gets underneath it and launched it high into the sky but hasn't got the distance, Mooney at wide long-on moves to her right and has taken a gem, twist in the tale. Wanted to finish the game in style but got perished in her attempt for a glory shot.

Whacks it away with gusto, Bryce crumbling under pressure, serves up a juicy half-volley outside off, no pace to cause any trouble, she backs away and clatters it into the covers

Oh dear me! starts off with a duff full one down the leg side, all she had to do was get some bat on it, slogs it away from deep fine for a four

Fired in fuller with a hint of inward seam movement, carted through the gap at deep midwicket and cow corner, gets the much-needed boundary and keeps them in the hunt, 13 off last five required, sit tight!

Dug in outside off, pace-off delivery, waits for it to come closer at her and then pulls the trigger, pulled down to deep midwicket, still no boundary, what an over it's turning out to be for Originals

Back of a length, attacking the stumps, awkward length to negotiate with, forces it down the ground towards long-on, Rockets feeling the heat

Pace-off widish yorker, slammed away to Bryce at deep cover and she fumbles but took the pace off the ball and recovers quickly to collect it again

Good length with plenty of width, drags it across the line to midwicket, sets the tone with a good delivery first up, it's getting tighter

Dragged it down towards middle, lifted up and over short midwicket, fielder at deep hunts it down quickly, 22 off 10 needed

Latches onto it in a jiffy, loosener down the leg side and she clinks it away leg side away from deep square for a four, releases the little bit of pressure

Tossed up fuller and spinning away outside off, tries a switch hit and is unable to connect, appeal for an lbw, plenty of doubt in it

Length on middle, lower trajectory, swung away to deep square's left, finding the fielders

Over the wicket, half-tracker on middle, clears front leg and biffed down to deep midwicket

Oh, that was the moment! Floated up from round, fuller and turning away, she tried a reverse sweep and the ball ballooned up dying towards the keeper, to be fair, she had no chance, got her glove on it

Plenty of flight and overpitched on middle and off, clubbed in the air over extra cover for a one-bounce four. Classical shot!

Fired into the pads, gets down on one knee to ramp it away and plays all around it, went across her stumps

Touch fuller and angled in towards middle, chalks it back towards the bowler

Round the wicket, length and spinning away wide of off, too much width on offer, she pounces on it and hammers it away insolently beating extra cover and the ball sped away to rope