Matches (14)
IPL (3)
County DIV1 (5)
County DIV2 (4)
Charlotte Edwards (1)
T20I Tri-Series (1)

Rockets vs Phoenix, 25th Match at Nottingham, Women's Hundred, Aug 19 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
25th Match, Nottingham, August 19, 2023, The Hundred Women's Competition

Rockets won by 3 runs

Player Of The Match
64 (40)
bryony-smith
New
BP-W
Full commentary
CHANGE OF END
after 100 balls7 runs
BP-W: 131/4
Sterre Kalis7 (6b 1x4)
Amy Jones46 (30b 5x4)
Bryony Smith 0/34 (20)

Thanks for joining us today. We have a men's game to follow shortly at Trent Bridge, and another women's fixture down at the Ageas Bowl too. Be sure to tune into both!

Bryony Smith is the Match Hero: "It was a good day - it's been a good few days for us as a team. Me and Lizelle know our job is to go out and score quickly. We're looking to take the positive option. They bowled well towards the end. We did well to get up to 130-140. We knew they were going to take the pace off. It was a bit closer than we hoped but we were all really calm. I was just trying to execute. Fortunately it went our way. Brilliant crowd, our last home game, so great to see so many people here."

1.37pm: Yet another tight defeat in a run chase for the Phoenix. Surely Jones should have hogged the strike towards the end? But Rockets prevail, and are still in contention for the knockout stages - just about. They need to win their last game and hope that Fire are well beaten in their final two.

Paul Muchmore: Phoenix's third defeat by exactly three runs this season.

100
1
Smith to Kalis, 1 run

full, angling down the leg side. Squeezed out to midwicket and Rockets stay alive! Would have been a wide if Kalis had left it alone, but she toe-ended it out to the boundary-rider instead!

5 to win off the last ball. Remember, there's no Super Over. So 4 to tie, 6 to win. Lee is standing back.

99
Smith to Kalis, no run

wide yorker, Kalis skips down and can't connect. Lee fumbles another stumping, but the job is almost done...

5 off 2.

98
2
Smith to Kalis, 2 runs

skips down, drives hard out to wide long-off where Harmanpreet runs around and throws to the non-striker's end, but Jones makes her ground!

7 off 3. Can Kalis find another boundary, or get Jones back on strike?

She's in a bit of pain here but will carry on.

97
Smith to Kalis, no run

skips down again, inside-edges straight into her boot and slips over in the process, meaning Jones can't get through for the single

96
4
Smith to Kalis, FOUR runs

attempted yorker, Kalis shimmies down to turn it into a low full toss and squeezes it away through the gap between cover and extra!

Smith will dart in her offbreaks.

Committee meeting between Gordon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smith and the Sciver-Brunts.

11 off 5. Phoenix keep falling just short in run chases. Can they finally get across the line this time?

after 95 balls13 runs
BP-W: 124/4Need 11 from 5 balls
Sterre Kalis0 (1b)
Amy Jones46 (30b 5x4)
Alexa Stonehouse 0/20 (20)
95
Stonehouse to Kalis, no run

shimmies outside leg stump looking to create an angle through the off side, but Stonehouse's yorker foxes her!

11 off 6 with the new batter on strike.

94
1
Stonehouse to Amy Jones, 1 run

short ball, swung out to long leg on the bounce

Remember, Rockets are mathematically eliminated with a defeat here.

93
4
Stonehouse to Amy Jones, FOUR runs

slower ball, full toss outside off. Squeezes through cover on the edge of the ring, and deep point - who has just been pushed back - can't get around to cut it off! Three fours in a row and Amy Jones is playing a gem of an innings

This is on! 16 off 8 for Phoenix now.

92
4
Stonehouse to Amy Jones, FOUR runs

leg-stump yorker, Jones goes again on the reverse and nails it through the ring! Hit much flatter and harder this time with strong wrists, and wrong-foots backward point!

91
4
Stonehouse to Amy Jones, FOUR runs

slower ball outside off, reverse-slapped over point! Good option from Jones with the off-side field up inside the ring

Stonehouse returns. Can she hold her nerve?

CHANGE OF END
after 90 balls8 runs • 1 wicket
BP-W: 111/4Need 24 from 10 balls
Amy Jones33 (26b 2x4)
Sterre Kalis0 (0b)
Kirstie Gordon 1/20 (20)
90
1
Gordon to Amy Jones, 1 run

reverse-lapped to point

89
2
Gordon to Amy Jones, 2 runs

dragged down, heaved out to long leg and Wilson is on her tip-toes running round to her left to avoid contact with the boundary toblerone! Great work in the deep

88
2
Gordon to Amy Jones, 2 runs

yorker, inside-edged very fine. Smith runs back and keeps them to two

87
1W
Gordon to Amy Jones, 1 run, OUT

full on leg stump, worked to short fine leg. Smith throws at the bowler's end but Gordon fumbles it! Now they run on the overthrow, and Arlott falls this time! Katherine Sciver-Brunt scampered in from mid-off, threw underarm from close range and hit! Absolute carnage at Trent Bridge which ends in Arlott trudging off

Emily Arlott run out (Smith/K Sciver-Brunt) 9 (3b 0x4 1x6 4m) SR: 300
86
2
Gordon to Amy Jones, 2 runs

width outside off, dragged leg-side out to deep midwicket and Nat Sciver-Brunt's slip in the deep allows them back for a second

after 85 balls9 runs • 1 wicket
BP-W: 103/3Need 32 from 15 balls
Amy Jones25 (21b 2x4)
Emily Arlott9 (3b 1x6)
Alana King 1/23 (20)

Rockets vs Phoenix Women's attendance - 10,350. A new record for a Rockets Women's match at Trent Bridge

85
King to Amy Jones, no run

legbreak spins sharply, too good for Jones who is done on the outside edge

84
1
King to Arlott, 1 run

dragged to long-on

83
6
King to Arlott, SIX runs

drilled over midwicket for six! That's a huge blow, taking on the boundary-rider and clearing her comfortably. Clears the front leg and uses her long levers to swing her over the rope

82
2
King to Arlott, 2 runs

tossed up, swiped out to Gardner at long-off who runs in but can't quite get underneath it! Only reached her on the half-volley as she slid in

Em Arlott walks out at No. 5 for a swing.

81
W
King to Burns, OUT

juicy full bunger, hoicked down deep midwicket's throat... but surely that's a no-ball? Nope, Burns had come out of her crease and it was dipping just enough to satisfy the third umpire! The loopy full toss does the trick!

Erin Burns c Nat Sciver-Brunt b King 16 (17b 1x4 0x6 21m) SR: 94.11
Language
English
AskESPNcricinfo Logo
Instant answers to T20 questions
Phoenix Innings
<1 / 3>

The Hundred Women's Competition

TEAMMWLPTNRR
SB-W871140.681
NSC-W862120.357
WF-W852110.602
TR-W8347-0.003
OI-W8347-0.366
LS-W82460.341
MO-W8246-0.778
BP-W8071-0.923