Rockets beat Originals by seven wickets to consolidate place in play-off spots
Ahmed top-scores with unbeaten 45 from 35 balls after taking 2-14
Originals scrambled up to 98-8 with Gregory making 33 not out
Willey takes 3-11, including wickets of Buttler and Ravindra
Originals drop down to sixth
'What a catch!' - Root dismisses Hurst
Root c Buttler b Baker 4 (Rockets 21-1)
Skied... and caught!
Joe Root goes to ramp over fine-leg but is perhaps hurried a bit by Sonny Baker's pace - he sends the ball almost straight up.
Jos Butter runs away from his wicket and claims the catch.
Root's third single-figure score of the season, with further innings of 20 and 27.
Alex Hartley
Former England fast bowler on BBC Two
This is a brilliant effort from Rachin Ravindra. He just sticks up the one mit, but he doesn't time his jump right.
Rockets 20-0; 79 runs needed
Rachin Ravindra can't hold on!
Tom Banton drives Josh Tongue's penultimate delivery into the covers and the New Zealand international leaps to try and take the catch, but his jump is perhaps slightly mistimed.
He gets his left hand to the ball but can't hold on, and Banton runs a single to move to 10.
Joe Root then adds two more through third, adjusting out of a scoop position to meet Tongue's delivery.
Image source, BBC Sport/CricVizTrent Rockets have already added another 5% to their WinViz with this start.
Alex Hartley
Former England fast bowler on BBC Two
Exceptional from Tom Banton. You can hear Joe Root through the stump mic saying, "Shot".
84 runs needed
Make that back-to-back fours for Tom Banton as Josh Tongue comes on to bowl.
A punchy drive through mid-off - no stopping that.
88 runs needed
Tom Banton closes Sonny Baker's first set by easing the ball through the covers for four.
It's a strong start for the home side.
Alex Hartley
Former England fast bowler on BBC Two
Not the start you want when you need to build pressure.
There's been a lot of talk around Sonny Baker with the England call-up...
94 runs needed
Time to get going.
Trent Rockets opener Tom Banton is marking his guard - he'll face the man of the moment, new England call-up Sonny Baker.
Joe Root is at the non-striker's end, here we go... five wides down the leg side.
Not the best start, it's fair to say.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Two
I get really excited when I see guys running hard into the crease.
Sonny Baker has got the skills as well.
Having that wide range of skills makes him an exciting prospect.
Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on BBC Two
What Rehan Ahmed did was bowl a lot of variations. Every single one of the balls was on the stumps.
What I really like is he adapts his game. He bowled really well in the conditions.
Meanwhile David Willey operates around the 80mph, but he reads the conditions really well.
Willey kept it simple, but he was outstanding.
Thanks Ffion.
I suppose the open question is just how difficult the pitch is - a few early wickets and maybe, just maybe, Manchester Originals might have a small chance of turning this around.
WinViz has the Trent Rockets as big favourites, though.
Image source, BBC Sport/CricVizThe home side dominated from the very beginning, set up by David Willey's 3-11 inside the first 30 balls.
He got rid of Ben McKinney, Jos Buttler and Rachin Ravindra before Rehan Ahmed got Phil Salt and Heinrich Klaasen, and there was no chance of the Originals recovering.
It's clearly not a nice pitch for batting, but Trent Rockets should still get a pretty straightforward victory. Here's Mike Peter to take you through the chase.
Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on BBC Two
Trent Rockets, up until those last five balls, were outstanding.
A bit of confusion at the end as Lewis Gregory is caught off the free hit, which obviously doesn't count, but there's a subsequent check for a run out... but Josh Tongue is safe.
Gregory finishes unbeaten with 34 from 21 balls but that does little to rescue the Manchester Originals.
Trent Rockets need 99 runs to win.
Six, four... and it's a no-ball!
More precious runs from Lewis Gregory as Originals, from nowhere, might make it to three figures!
Valuable runs for Lewis Gregory here, as he reverse sweeps the rapid Lockie Ferguson for four!
Trent Rockets
Trent Rockets' Joe Root on the player mic about Sam Hain stopping the boundary: "That saved us four runs. That could be the difference at the back end of the game."
Brilliant.
Almost another six for Gregory but Sam Hain intercepts it on the boundary with a goalkeeper-like leap, and parries it inside the ropes to keep it to two.
Amanda-Jade Wellington
Oval Invincibles bowler on BBC Two
Beautiful stroke from Lewis Gregory. Deep in the crease and a lovely bat speed.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salt,caught Linde, bowled Ahmed Salt, caught Linde, bowled Ahmed | 19 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 95.00 |
McKinney,leg before wicket, bowled Willey McKinney, leg before wicket, bowled Willey | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
Buttler,caught Moores, bowled Willey Buttler, caught Moores, bowled Willey | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 118.75 |
Ravindra,caught Moores, bowled Willey Ravindra, caught Moores, bowled Willey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Klaasen,caught Hain, bowled Ahmed Klaasen, caught Hain, bowled Ahmed | 9 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 56.25 |
Hurst,caught Root, bowled Cook Hurst, caught Root, bowled Cook | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 50.00 |
Gregory,not out Gregory, not out | 33 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 157.14 |
Currie,caught and bowled Cook Currie, caught and bowled Cook | 4 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 36.36 |
Noor,caught Moores, bowled Stoinis Noor, caught Moores, bowled Stoinis | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
Tongue,not out Tongue, not out | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.00 |
Extras, no balls 2, wides 8, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 10 Extras, no balls 2, wides 8, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 10 | |||||||
Total,98 for 8 100 balls Total,98 for 8 100 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willey | 20 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.30 |
Ferguson | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18.60 |
Linde | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.90 |
Stoinis | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.80 |
Ahmed | 20 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.20 |
Cook | 20 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.30 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
1 for 1 (4 balls) | McKinney |
26 for 2 (25 balls) | Buttler |
26 for 3 (26 balls) | Ravindra |
44 for 4 (49 balls) | Klaasen |
51 for 5 (60 balls) | Hurst |
51 for 6 (61 balls) | Salt |
63 for 7 (80 balls) | Currie |
64 for 8 (87 balls) | Noor |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Banton,leg before wicket, bowled Ravindra Banton, leg before wicket, bowled Ravindra | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 110.00 |
Root,caught Buttler, bowled Baker Root, caught Buttler, bowled Baker | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 66.67 |
Ahmed,not out Ahmed, not out | 45 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 128.57 |
Holden,caught Salt, bowled Tongue Holden, caught Salt, bowled Tongue | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 63.64 |
Moores,not out Moores, not out | 22 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 169.23 |
Extras, no balls 2, wides 7, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 12 Extras, no balls 2, wides 7, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 12 | |||||||
Total,101 for 3 74 balls Total,101 for 3 74 balls |
| Bowler | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baker | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.60 |
Tongue | 15 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8.00 |
Ravindra | 20 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8.40 |
Noor | 20 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.10 |
Currie | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
21 for 1 (14 balls) | Root |
22 for 2 (18 balls) | Banton |
61 for 3 (48 balls) | Holden |
