Rockets vs Spirit, 20th Match at Nottingham, Women's Hundred, Aug 07 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Flings it fuller and slants it across off, props forward to drive it down to long-off

Low full-toss wide of off, slapped to Gardner at extra cover who pings a sharp throw at non-striker's end and the batter is way short of her crease, you can get run-out on a free-hit

Overpitched wide of off, tries to reach and flays her hands but the ball kept swirling away, got a bit off balance, keeper whipped off the bails in a jiffy, gloves were in front of the stumps when the ball was caught so it's a no-ball

Bit short on off with no real pace, dances down and rifles it over the umpire's head for a blistering boundary!

Follows her as she wanders outside leg, connected to square of midwicket

Aiming for the yorker, close to the blockhole, leg-sidish, hoisted away between long-on and midwicket, not perfectly timed

Length and turning to middle and off, swivel-pull to deep square region, 41 needed off five

Keeping it tight and wicket-to-wicket, tugged away and finds the fielder again at deep midwicket, it's not their day

Fuller on the legs, angled in, down on one knee and plays a one-handed slog towards deep backward square, slight fumble but recovers quickly, no damage done

Round the wicket, angled in at a length outside off, backs away and crunched past the infield but finds fielder at deep extra cover

Over the wicket, floated a petal outside off, she quickly moves across her stumps and lifts it away towards long leg

Slackens the pace and lands it on a length outside off, deflected across the line to deep backward square

Toe-crusher with a tail at middle, digs it out back to the bowler

Low full-bunger just outside off, shuffles across in a split second and plonked it towards deep fine

No point hanging around, got to go hard. Pitched up on sixth stump, was loading for a full-blooded pull and missed it altogether

Over the wicket, pace off length ball angled across off, smites it to sweeper cover

Touch fuller with a hint of spin at sixth stump line, forced across the line to long-on, fine spell is through

Whippy pull straight into the hands of Katie at deep midwicket who hangs onto it brilliantly, shot was on, it's slipping away quickly from Spirit, lunged forward for a slog-sweep and didn't quite nail it. King gets her third, good work at the office

Bowling fuller and outside off, sits deep in her crease and chomped down the ground, nearly carried to long-on

Fuller and slides away from off, drags it across the line to deep midwicket, excellent work by the boundary rider

King to finish her spell. Full-toss on middle, pushed to long-on