Rockets beat Phoenix to keep top three hopes alive

The Hundred women's competition, Edgbaston

Birmingham Phoenix 112-6 (100 balls): Kalis 47 (45); Sciver-Brunt 2-16, Gardner 2-17

Trent Rockets 114-7 (97 balls): Sciver-Brunt 34 (25); Arlott 2-21, Pavely 2-21

Rockets won by 3 wickets

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Trent Rockets overcame a precocious illness to declare a nervy three-wicket triumph complete Birmingham Phoenix and enactment successful top-three contention successful The Hundred.

A good all-round capacity from skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt, who took 2-16 pinch nan shot past made 34 from 25 balls successful nan chase, looked to person group nan Rockets up for a comfortable victory.

But her dismissal, pinch 24 runs from 28 balls still required to scope their target of 113, led to a melodramatic decorativeness successful which they mislaid 4-12 to gaffe to 101-7.

There was past a infinitesimal of contention erstwhile Josie Groves was caught disconnected a afloat flip from Emily Arlott pinch 9 runs needed, only for nan 3rd umpire to adjudge that it was a no-ball connected review.

The shot was supra waist tallness erstwhile Groves connected pinch it but she had precocious down nan pitch.

That brought it down to 7 needed and Groves proceeded to deed nan winning runs pinch 3 balls to spare.

Phoenix had earlier been saved by a 95-run business betwixt opener Sterre Kalis and Richa Ghosh - nan highest fourth-wicket guidelines successful The Hundred women's title - aft they slumped to 9-3 aft 15 balls.

Victory for nan Rockets lifts them to fourth, level connected points pinch Northern Superchargers successful third, pinch 1 information of games remaining successful nan group stage.

Rockets look second-placed Oval Invincibles connected Wednesday and a 4th triumph successful a statement will spot them advance.

Defeat for Phoenix intends they are eliminated.

Match hero, Trent Rockets skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt: "We made judge we weren't getting up of ourselves aliases panicking.

"In position of nan chase, we sewage up of it a spot earlier and gave ourselves a spot of alleviation so, astatine nan end, that unit didn't build up.

"We've had truthful galore adjacent games and to travel retired connected nan correct broadside of it feels overmuch better. It's successful our hands and if we hit nan Oval Invincibles past we're into that apical three."

Trent Rockets all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner: "We astir apt butchered it a small bit. We shouldn't person sewage into nan predicament that we were in.

"Our batters were seeing it well, Nat, Heather [Graham] and I sewage retired astatine inopportune times and put a batch of unit connected nan little order.

"Thankfully for us, they were very good composed and sewage america complete nan line."

Northern Superchargers big London Spirit successful Tuesday's double-header. The women's lucifer originates astatine 15:00 BST, followed by nan men's crippled astatine 18:30.

You will beryllium capable to watch some games lives connected BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Coverage starts astatine 14:45.

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