Match 25, Nottingham, August 19, 2023, 03:30 PM
Trent Rockets Women
134/6(20.0ov)
Birmingham Phoenix Women
131/4(20.0ov)
Trent Rockets Women beat Birmingham Phoenix Women by 3 runs
Best Batsmen
R
B
4S
6S
SR
Best Bowler
O
R
W
Econ
Man of the Match
Bryony Smith
Commentry
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Bryony Smith is the Player of the Match. She says she and Lizelle Lee always look to score quickly. Adds Birmingham Phoenix Women bowled well in the end but 130-140 looked like a competitive total. Reckons it got closer than they wanted but fortunately it came off. Shares they got good support from the crowd and great to see so many out there.
....Presentation time...
Trent Rockets Women keep their slim hopes alive. They won by a small margin but a win is a win. Trent Rockets Women bowled in the pitch with slower balls and kept things tight till the end. The spinners were key for Trent Rockets Women. However, it was Bryony Smith who kept her nerves in the last spell to get her team over the line and it was herself with the bat as well, her fifty made a huge difference. Trent Rockets Women are doing everything to keep themselves in the hunt.
Birmingham Phoenix Women were finding it very difficult to get going. There was a moment where boundaries totally dried up. However, somehow with singles and doubles and mostly due to Amy Jones, they kept their chances going. The other batters struggled and that didn't help Birmingham Phoenix Women in the chase. Still, to be honest, if Jones would have been on strike in the end, they would have made it.
Amy Jones was batting so well, was so close to take her team over the line but fails to get the strike in the last five balls. Huge moment as that means, Birmingham Phoenix Women wait for their first win this season.
In over# 20
1
0
2
0
4
Bryony Smith 34/0(4)
100
1
Bryony Smith keeps her calm! JUST ONE! Full and on middle, this is flicked to mid-wicket for one. Trent Rockets Women win it right in the end.
99
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The keeper misses a stumping chance. Flighted, outside off, Kalis skips down to drive but misses and gets back in her crease as the keeper fumbles. 5 runs or win.eeded now. Birmingham Phoenix Women could still tie it.
98
2
Good running! Two runs. 5 needed now. Fuller and outside off, Kalis drills it down to long off for a couple of runs.
97
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Angling on leg. Kalis comes down the track to heave but misses. Gets hit on the pads and falls over. Jones needed a run there but backs off.
96
4
FOUR! IN THE GAP! A low full toss, outside off. Kalis drives it through covers who could have dived to her left and made an effort there.
In over# 19
0
1
4
4
4
Alexa Stonehouse 20/0(4)
95
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Very full and going down leg, Kalis fails to jam it out. 11 runs needed now.
94
1
Drops it short and outside off, this is pulled behind square leg for one.
93
4
FOUR! Amy Jones is playing a blinder here. Fuller and outside off. Jones comes down the track and drives it through covers for a boundary. 12 runs needed now.
92
4
FOUR! This time much cleaner. 16 runs needed now. Fuller and outside off. Jones reverse hits it through point, in the gap for four.
91
4
FOUR! IN THE AIR AND FOUR! Length and outside off. Jones reverse hits it, over point and it rolls to the fence.
In over# 18
1
2
2
1W
2
Kirstie Gordon 20/1(4)