127/5 (17.1)
CR : 7.40
124/4 (20.0)
CR : 6.20
Trent Rockets Women won by 5 wickets 🏆
Player of the Match
Nat Sciver-Brunt
81(41)
Over 17
Trent Rockets Women 113/5
Nat Sciver-Brunt69(39)
Joanne Gardner17(11)
Grace Scrivens0-30(10 b)
That turned out to be a massive set for the Rockets as 23 runs came off it. The game has now shifted in favor of the Rockets who need just 12 runs in 15 balls. Spirit need a wicket to come back in this contest.
17.1
6
D Gibson to N Sciver-Brunt
SIXXX!!! Nat-Sciver Brunt is dealing in sixes right now. Gibson bowls it right in the slot outside off, Nat stays still and smokes it over the cow corner fence for a six. This one sails over 70 m.
The Rockets are just another big hit away from winning it now.
17.2
6nb
D Gibson to N Sciver-Brunt
Nat Sciver-Brunt finishes things in style. What an exhibition of batting this has been from the Trent Rockets' skipper. Gibson bowls a high full toss outside off and Sciver-Brunt isn't going to miss out on this freebie. She nails the pull over the deep mid wicket fielder for a maximum. With this, the Trent Rockets Women beat the London Spirit Women by five wickets.
TRW won by 5 wickets
6:18 PM IST, 1:48 PM Local Time: The Rockets have blasted through at the backend of that chase to win their first game of the tournament.
Batting first, Spirit struggled for most of their innings, but a fine knock from Kerr late in the innings helped Spirit post 124 runs on the board. The Rockets bowling first were able to keep things tight thanks to their spinners for the first three-quarters of the innings. However, they leaked a few boundaries at the backend.
Chasing a target of 125 runs, the Rockets lost Lee early. Skipper Sciver-Brunt and Smith were stitching a decent partnership, but just at the end of the fourth set, rain interrupted proceedings for a short while. The rain cleared, and the chase resumed, but the Rockets were pushed on the backfoot as they lost a couple of wickets straightaway. However, Sciver-Brunt (81*) stuck around and got the job done in style.
For the Spirit, Glenn got a couple of wickets, while Dean, Gibson, and Filer got a wicket each. Things looked in the balance coming into the last 25 balls of the game. However, Spirit bowlers were hammered around by Sciver-Burnt who took the game away from them.
With this win, the Rockets move up to fifth on the points table. The Spirit are yet to win their first game and slide down to seventh on the table after losing this game.
Hero of the Match: Nat Sciver-Brunt
Nat Sciver-Brunt (Hero of the Match): "After four games, it’s really nice to get a win on the board. I think we have the batters to be able to chase that. We haven’t shown our best side yet but it still took some doing to chase it down. Jo came in and played really well. She played dots but didn’t get fussed much and rotated the strike. We ran together really well as well. We decided not to leave too many with the longer boundary. We got a few niggles. Potts had to walk off and we need to regroup before we move to Cardiff."
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