131/4 (20.0)
CR : 6.55
134/6 (20.0)
CR : 6.70
Trent Rockets Women won by 3 runs 🏆
Player of the Match
Bryony Smith
0/3464(40)
Excellent running between the wickets. Two runs completed and it's 5 required from 2 now.
19.4
0
B Smith to S Kalis
Gold Dust! Tossed up drifting in around the 4th stump line. Kalis shimmies down the track, looking to go big but misses. The keeper misses an opportunity here.
5 from 1 now. 4 for a tie. 6 to win. Lee is standing well behind the stumps just to avoid any byes. Here we go....
19.5
1
B Smith to S Kalis
That's it, Trent Rockets Women held their nerve and win by 3 runs to keep their hopes alive for the qualification. Flighted delivery drifting on the pads. Kalis presses forward a bit early and flicks it towards mid-wicket off the cue end of the bat.
Over 20
Birmingham Phoenix Women 131/4
Amy Jones46(30)
Sterre Kalis7(6)
Bryony Smith0-34(20 b)
TRW won by 3 runs
6:07 PM IST, 1:37 PM Local Time: PHEW!!! Another classic in this year's Women's Hundred Competition and again the Birmingham Phoenix Women fall agonizingly short of the target. Amy Jones is again left stranded at the other end as they lose the game by three runs. Another small-margin loss for the Phoenix Women and that has been their journey so far as they remain winless in the competition. The Trent Rockets Women win the game by three runs and keep themselves alive in the Women's Hundred 2023.
Chasing 135, the Phoenix Women got off to a steady start. The Rockets Women bowled beautifully upfront and didn’t allow the Phoenix openers to get away. Sophie Devine and Evelyn Jones struggled for timing as they scored only 21 at the end of the powerplay. The pressure was building and Jones was run out on a run-a-ball 20 in the ninth set. Devine also fell in the next set on a 25-ball 28.
Amy Jones and Erin Burns tried hard to accelerate but failed to hit regular boundaries and they kept falling behind the required run rate. Burns fell on 16 while trying to up the ante. Jones hit some lusty blows and kept her side in the hunt. She hit three boundaries against Alexa Stonehouse in the penultimate set to bring the equation down to 11 from the last set.
Bryony Smith was handed the responsibility of bowling the last set and it came down to 5 from 1 ball. Smith kept her cool and nailed the yorker on the pads as Sterre Kalis only managed to take only a single as the Phoenix Women fell short by three runs. Jones was left stranded at the other end as she remained unbeaten on 46 off 30 balls and failed to take her side across the line.
Earlier, Trent Rockets Women skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt won the toss and opted to bat first. They lost Lizelle Lee cheaply on three but Bryony Smith led the charge from the other end. She took on the bowling from the word go and gave her side a blazing start. The Phoenix Women looked clueless as Smith kept hitting boundaries for fun. She along with Nat put 44 between them before the latter fell on 18. Harmanpreet Kaur’s lean form continued as she departed on five.
There was no stopping Smith as she played some magnificent strokes and brought up her fifty. She hit 10 fours and one maximum to score 64 off just 40 balls before getting stumped in the 16th set. Her departure allowed the Phoenix Women to pull back things. They conceded only 20 runs in the last 21 balls to restrict the Rockets Women to 134/6. Emily Arlott was the standout bowler for the Phoenix Women as she registered figures of 3/15 in her 20 balls. Katie Levick also chipped in with a couple of scalps but was on the expensive side.
Chasing 135, the Phoenix Women got off to a steady start. The Rockets Women bowled beautifully upfront and didn’t allow the Phoenix openers to get away. Sophie Devine and Evelyn Jones struggled for timing as they scored only 21 at the end of the powerplay. The pressure was building and Jones was run out on a run-a-ball 20 in the ninth set. Devine also fell in the next set on a 25-ball 28.
Amy Jones and Erin Burns tried hard to accelerate but failed to hit regular boundaries and they kept falling behind the required run rate. Burns fell on 16 while trying to up the ante. Jones hit some lusty blows and kept her side in the hunt. She hit three boundaries against Alexa Stonehouse in the penultimate set to bring the equation down to 11 from the last set.
Bryony Smith was handed the responsibility of bowling the last set and it came down to 5 from 1 ball. Smith kept her cool and nailed the yorker on the pads as Sterre Kalis only managed to take only a single as the Phoenix Women fell short by three runs. Jones was left stranded at the other end as she remained unbeaten on 46 off 30 balls and failed to take her side across the line.
Earlier, Trent Rockets Women skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt won the toss and opted to bat first. They lost Lizelle Lee cheaply on three but Bryony Smith led the charge from the other end. She took on the bowling from the word go and gave her side a blazing start. The Phoenix Women looked clueless as Smith kept hitting boundaries for fun. She along with Nat put 44 between them before the latter fell on 18. Harmanpreet Kaur’s lean form continued as she departed on five.
There was no stopping Smith as she played some magnificent strokes and brought up her fifty. She hit 10 fours and one maximum to score 64 off just 40 balls before getting stumped in the 16th set. Her departure allowed the Phoenix Women to pull back things. They conceded only 20 runs in the last 21 balls to restrict the Rockets Women to 134/6. Emily Arlott was the standout bowler for the Phoenix Women as she registered figures of 3/15 in her 20 balls. Katie Levick also chipped in with a couple of scalps but was on the expensive side.
Hero of the Match: Bryony Smith
Bryony Smith (Hero of the match): "Yeah, it was a good day. It's been a good few days for us as a team and, yeah, we're making sure we're still in. Yeah, I and Lizzie know our job is to go out and score quickly. We're looking to take the real positive option.
Yeah, I think they actually bowled really well towards the end. They were taking all the pace off the ball, and it was hard to hit, but we did well to get up to sort of 130-140 and our middle order did really well.
Yeah, I think they actually bowled really well towards the end. They were taking all the pace off the ball, and it was hard to hit, but we did well to get up to sort of 130-140 and our middle order did really well.
Yeah, it's a bit closer than we hoped at the end, but no, we were all really calm. We knew exactly what we wanted to do and fortunately, it came up."
That brings an end to our coverage for this game. This is Akshay Bhide, signing off, on behalf of my co-commentator Deepak Prakash and scorer Bishal Mandal. Keep joining us for more cricketing action all around the globe. Until next time, cheers and goodbye.