Zips in and rattles her stumps! Flummoxes her with a well-disguised slower back of a length nip-backer, she skips down, trying to smoke her out of the park and ends up missing it altogether. Stellar bowling display from Trent Rockets who were challenged a bit but never looked in trouble. Superchargers kept losing wickets at regular intervals and nobody converted their starts to something substantial or threatened to take the game away. No show from middle-order in particular. Nat Sciver-Brunt kept a lid by just conceding 19 in 17 balls and picked two wickets. King changed the complexion, pegging them back in the first over and picked two wickets in her 20 balls while Heather Graham got three wickets. Largely been toothless batting and a chaotic attempt to chase it down, falling short by 20 runs in the end.
Rockets vs N S-Chargers, 4th Match at Leeds, Women's Hundred, Jul 26 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Alana King, POTM speaks with a beaming smile on her face: Nice to have bit of turn and grip in the wicket, very happy, Graham and Brunt set the tone upfront. Felt really nice out of my hand, it was leg-spinner's dream so I'll take that (on first wicket) We saw the wicket did a lot in the first innings, ball was gripping...we just had to keep our process simple and stick to (plan). I love bowling in challenging conditions as well and for a pitch to have a little bit of turn, I really loved bowling there, happy to play my part
The rejigged Trent Rockets have registered a statement win and achieved the winning start they were after. Alana King produced a leg-spin masterclass and her first-ball wicket will remain etched in the minds of everyone who saw this contest. Northern Superchargers seemed ruffled right from the powerplay and lacked composure as a unit, playing many reckless shots even though the required rate wasn't very taxing. Thank you for following our coverage. The Men's Hundred game is going to get underway shortly. For now, this is Rvel Zahid, signing off.
On a length and dipping in, attacks her body, manages to force a pull towards long-on
Hacked away into the covers and denies the run
It's as good as it gets! Right out of the screws, inverses her stance and this time it goes up and over short third for a four, beautifully executed, high skill
Over the wicket, back of a length outside off, nuzzled towards midwicket and is content to settle for a run
Lobbed up on middle, worked around the corner, was down the track
Round the wicket, pitches it fuller on middle and off, tries a switch hit but finds the fielder at short fine
Touch fuller and slanted it in at off, gets behind the line, covers the stumps and punches it into the covers
On a length and gets it to wobble in the corridor, flings the bat out and is far away from the line
Wrecked the stumps! Round the wicket, hits the hard length and doesn't offer much pace to clobber a pull, she wanders down leg and the ball sneaks through the gate to rattle the stumps. Just one wicket left in the tank.
Over the wicket, good length and kept going away from leg stump, wide signalled
Round the wicket, length and wide of off, plinks it out to long-off
Good length angling in on middle, swiped through the gap between midwicket and mid-on
Over the wicket, lousy delivery straying on the pads and getting punished, she puts the rubbish in the bin by slamming it past deep fine for a four, that was a quicker delivery
Round the wicket, fired it quicker and fuller on the pads, whips it away into the leg side
Shuffles across her stumps, plants her front leg and whacks it away to fine leg
Over the wicket, length and angles in at middle, inside-edge onto the pad
Round the wicket, length on middle, plays with the spin to wide of long-on
Pushed down the carpet to long-off for a run
Steered away to third man after resumption