Summary

  • London Spirit v Trent Rockets, Lord's

  • Spirit win by 21 runs for second victory this year

  • Rockets 141-6 (100 balls): Banton 46 (31), Stoinis 35* (22); Worrall 2-32

  • Spirit 162-5 (100 balls): Smith 52 (34), Williamson 45 (32); Stoinis 2-27

  • Rockets fall to first defeat in three matches

  • Spirit move up to fifth; Rockets slip to third, below Brave on net run-rate

Live Reporting

by Adwaidh Rajan & Ffion Wynne

  1. Rockets 69-0

    94 runs needed

    Richard Gleeson only gives away four runs from that set - once again depriving Rockets of a much-needed boundary.

    WinViz gives Spirit 50% chance of victory, Rockets 50% chanceCricViz

  2. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It feels like Tom Banton has got to keep going hard or Joe Root has got to find the gaps at the other end.

    They have set a good platform, but they don't want to leave too many.

  3. Rockets 62-0

    101 runs needed

    Richard Gleeson bowls a brilliant yorker and leaves Joe Root on the floor.

    But the Rockets batter has somehow dug that out towards the leg side and gets back up to take a single.

    Richard Gleeson bowlsGetty Images

  4. Rockets 65-0

    98 runs needed

    No boundary from that set of five from Liam Dawson.

    Tom Banton moves into his 40s while Joe Root is on

  5. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Joe Root will be frustrated that he is 20 off 16.

    He is crunching the ball, but he is finding the fielders. He is experienced enough to know that it's all about the partnerships.

  6. Rockets 61-0

    102 runs needed

    Rockets keep the scoreboard ticking with four more runs from the final three deliveries of that Dan Worall over.

    Tom Banton and Joe Root have laid a strong foundation to this Rockets run chase.

  7. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Tom Banton looks back at the ball after batting v London Spirit.Getty Images

    Good from Tom Banton, who shimmies down the wicket. He is striking them nicely.

  8. 6 runs

    Rockets 56-0

    106 runs needed

    And a first six of the innings comes from the bat of Tom Banton.

    He reads a slower ball from Dan Worrall, steps down the track and pummels it over long-off for a maximum!

  9. Rockets 50-0

    113 runs needed

    Jamie Overton completes his first set and it's a decent one, conceding only five runs.

    But he pulls up with slight discomfort after balling his final delivery and disappears past the boundary rope for an appointment with the team physio.

  10. Soham Sarkhel
    CricViz analyst

    Joe Root has 74 runs playing the reverse scoop in Tests. In T20s/Hundred, he has attempted the shot nine times, scoring 28 runs with four sixes and one four.

  11. Rockets 45-0

    118 runs needed

    A change in bowling as Liam Dawson comes into the attack.

    And he concedes seven runs off his first set, including a four from Tom Banton, who punishes the left-armer for a shortish ball.

  12. Carlos Brathwaite
    Former West Indies all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I thought it was Kane Williamson's catch as Ollie Pope was running back and Kane was running around more. Williamson would have been better to get into the drop zone.

  13. dropped catch

    Banton dropped on 18

    Rockets 38-0

    Aggression from Tom Banton again but this time he top-edges it and the ball is in the air.

    Ollie Pope is backtracking to take the catch but fumbles it and Banton gets a reprieve.

  14. Rockets 36-0

    127 runs needed

    Tom Banton stands and delivers!

    A bit shorter from Richard Gleeson and he wallops it to the boundary over mid-on

  15. Rockets 31-0

    132 runs needed

    Tom Banton joins the Rockets party now.

    He slaps Richard Gleeson's second delivery of the day straight back past him and it races away for another four.

  16. Carlos Brathwaite
    Former West Indies all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Joe Root bats v London SpiritGetty Images

    Play to the strengths of your team.

    Joe Root is someone who can get 75 not out on 40 balls and win you the game.

  17. Rockets 25-0

    138 runs needed

    Joe Root pulls Luke Wood to the boundary, forcing some fielding changes from Spirit.

    But the Rockets opener improvises with a reverse ramp shot the very next ball and finds the rope again.

    Brilliant batting from Root, who has the Lord's crowd firmly behind him.

  18. Rockets 15-0

    148 runs needed

    Dan Worrall's final delivery is pitching far too wide, but Joe Root reaches for it and just about manages to clear Ashton Turner in the ring for his first boundary.

  19. Carlos Brathwaite
    Former West Indies all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Calculated and Tom Banton knows the big side is to the leg-side.

    Banton advanced and gave himself some room to swing through the line.

  20. Rockets 10-0

    153 runs needed

    Tom Banton bats vs London SpiritGetty Images

    Dan Worrall continues with another set.

    But this time, his first ball is slapped down the ground by Tom Banton for the first four of the Rockets innings.