that will be that, and the Rockets stay alive! Length just outside off. Levick has a waft at it and chops it into the turf, with the keeper collecting the rebound. Smiles from those in the Rockets' camp - this was another decent performance, and even though they have to rely on other results, they are still in with a shot!
Rockets vs Fire, 27th Match at Cardiff, Women's Hundred, Aug 24 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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27th Match, Cardiff, August 24, 2025, The Hundred Women's Competition
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CHANGE OF END
after 100 balls3 runs
WF-W: 122/9
Katie Levick8 (8b 1x4)
Shabnim Ismail4 (5b)
Heather Graham 1/18 (20)
1:52pm That will be all from us for this game. Lots of stuff lined up in the Hundred, though, and you can catch the women's and men's games here on ESPNcricinfo. Until next time, from Ranjith, Sudeep and myself (Shashwat), it is goodbye!
Ashleigh Gardner, the Trent Rockets captain is also the Player of the Match: That was probably our first well-rounded performance. Did all three disciplines well. Nice to get a couple of wins on the board. We need results to go our way to stay in the competition, but we can only think about controlling what we can do and that is winning games. There were a few dot balls when I was trying to hit it too hard. Wicket was tricky when the pace was taken off. For me, it was about trying to clear the fence (if the ball was in my zone). It has been nice to bat with Nat (Sciver-Brunt) for long periods. (On her bowling and King) This wicket was really conducive to spin. When you took the pace off, that was the trickiest to score boundaries; the quicker ball being the change-up. Good to see the other spinners get wickets too.
1:46pm A fairly comfortable win in the end for the Rockets. It felt they had a slightly above-par score on the board and so it proved. Dunkley top-scored for the hosts with 26, but only one other batter made it past 20. A few of their other batters got starts but no one was able to really capitalize, meaning they never transferred any sort of pressure on the Rockets.
Speaking of the Rockets, there were brief patches where they conceded boundaries. But they found a way back almost always. King bagged three, with Gardner and Gordon snaring two each, and those performances effectively pushed the Welsh Fire out of the game.
100
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Graham to Levick, no run
99
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Graham to Ismail, 1 run
full and following the batter well outside leg. Ismail flicks it on the bounce to deep mid wicket
98
1
Graham to Levick, 1 run
low full toss on leg stump. Levick tugs it towards deep mid wicket
97
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Graham to Levick, no run
big shout for a caught-behind, not given! Fullish delivery outside off. Levick has a big swish at it and the keeper reckons she has gotten a scratch to it. The umpire does not think so, but the Rockets want to have another look. There seems to be a gap between bat and ball, and UltraEdge returns a flat line too!
96
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Graham to Ismail, 1 run
back of a length on the pads. Ismail tucks it away towards deep square leg for a single
Graham to round off the game
after 95 balls7 runs
WF-W: 119/9Need 27 from 5 balls
Katie Levick7 (5b 1x4)
Shabnim Ismail2 (3b)
Ashleigh Gardner 2/28 (20)
95
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Gardner to Levick, 1 run
just short! Floated up in and around off. Levick backs away and drills it on the bounce to extra cover
94
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Gardner to Levick, FOUR runs
back of a length outside off, and Levick finds the fence! She waits for this really nicely and then smashes it between cover and extra cover!
93
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Gardner to Ismail, 1 run
hung up on a length outside off. Ismail takes a step down the track and chips it towards long off
92
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Gardner to Ismail, no run
pushed in on a length on off. Ismail is trapped on the crease and prods it towards the bowler
91
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Gardner to Levick, 1 run
flighted up full on off. Levick drives it down the ground to long off
Gardner returns. She has a chance to wrap this up here
CHANGE OF END
after 90 balls7 runs • 2 wickets
WF-W: 112/9Need 34 from 10 balls
Katie Levick1 (2b)
Shabnim Ismail1 (1b)
Kirstie Gordon
2/32 (20)
90
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Gordon to Levick, 1 run
slanted in on a length on the pads. Levick tucks it towards deep square leg and keeps strike
89
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Gordon to Levick, no run
back of a length on the stumps. Levick plays it back to the bowler
88
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Gordon to Sarah Bryce, OUT
yet another stumping, and the Fire are being doused rather swiftly here! Darted in on a length just outside off. Bryce hares down, without really gauging the length and proceeds to have a wild swish at it. Misses the ball completely and Threlkeld does the rest behind the stumps!
Sarah Bryce st †Threlkeld b Gordon 22 (19b 3x4 0x6) SR: 115.78
87
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Gordon to Ismail, 1 run
back of a length outside off. Stabbed down the ground to long on
Ismail on strike. Around the wicket
86
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Gordon to Davies, OUT
another stumping! Smart bowling again, with Gordon pulling back her length outside off. Davies advances but is nowhere close to the pitch of the ball. Runs past it in the end and some more stumping practice for Threlkeld behind the stumps!
Freya Davies st †Threlkeld b Gordon 2 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
Gordon to continue
85
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Gordon to Sarah Bryce, 1 run
back of a length outside off. Bryce hangs back and cuts it towards sweeper cover
84
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Gordon to Davies, 1 run
fullish outside off. Davies comes down the track and knocks it towards long on. The call was for two initially but both batters decide against it
83
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Gordon to Sarah Bryce, 1 run
shortens the length outside off after seeing Bryce advance. She adjusts and slaps it towards sweeper cover
82
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Gordon to Davies, 1 run
back of a length on leg stump. Davies tugs it towards mid wicket and has to dash across to complete the run. A direct hit would have had her in trouble
81
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Gordon to Sarah Bryce, 1 run
shortish outside off. Bryce goes back and across before pulling it powerfully towards deep mid wicket
41 off 20. Rockets heavy favourites to win this now. Gordon again. Around the wicket
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