Summary

  • The Hundred: Oval Invincibles v Trent Rockets men, The Kia Oval

  • Invincibles chase 172 to win by six wickets with 11 balls to spare

  • Hosts and defending champions needed 112 off 50 balls at halfway stage of innings

  • Invincibles 173-4 (89 balls): Cox 58* (32), S Curran 54 (24); Ahmed 2-25

  • Rockets 171-7: Root 76 (41); Rashid 2-19

  • Invincibles go four points clear at the top; Rockets remain second

Live Reporting

by Ffion Wynne & Mike Peter

  1. 6 runs

    Invincibles 89-2

    Back-to-back from Sam Curran!

    Two more sixes launched over the leg side and David Willey has conceded 19 from five balls.

    The Invincibles are clawing their way back in...

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

    Lovely from Jordan Cox. He has got the memo of getting on with it here.

    One team needs to take a risk at this point and Cox seems to be the one doing that.

  3. 6 runs

    Invincibles 77-2

    A stroke of luck for Jordan Cox and the Invincibles could do with a bit more of that!

    A short ball from David Willey, and it flies off the top edge for six.

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

    As a spin bowler, you want to vary your pace so that you are not predictable. You bowl pace off so that the batter has to generate the force themselves.

  5. Invincibles 70-2

    Target 172

    And George Linde backs it up nicely with the ball.

    Just three runs from his first five balls after a couple of ambitious swings and misses from Sam Curran, who is struggling to get going with seven from 12 balls.

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

    Trent Rockets are trusting George Linde and his honesty and they have not gone upstairs. He said it took a bounce.

  7. Invincibles 67-2

    Target 172

    Oh, what an effort.

    George Linde sprints in from the boundary and attempts to catch a ball that is dipping on him, and he is so close. It's one where you fear for his teeth as it drops short but he pouches it safely.

    Jordan Cox responds by driving the next ball exquisitely past the bowler, Rehan Ahmed, for four.

  8. 6 runs

    Invincibles 60-2

    Target 172

    My word.

    He may be struggling but Jordan Cox is still able to charge down the pitch and launch the ball down the ground for six.

    At the halfway mark, Invincibles need a further 112 to win.

  9. Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    Oval Invincibles have lost eight wickets to leg-spin at an average of 18, and nine wickets to left-arm spin at an average of 22, since the start of last season’s competition.

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

    That is much shorter from Marcus Stoinis and it was played nicely by Jordan Cox. He is still gripping his torso as he walks to the middle of the pitch.

  11. Invincibles 52-2

    Ouch.

    There's a brief pause in play as Jordan Cox is pinned in the ribs by a Marcus Stoinis bouncer.

    He's in considerable pain, but how does he respond? With an upper cut over the keeper for four, obviously.

  12. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Jordan Cox of Oval InvinciblesGetty Images

    You feel as though a lot depends on this partnership. Curran and Cox can sustain their batting for a long period of time.

  13. Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    Jordan Cox and Sam Curran have scored 622 runs batting together in The Hundred, the second most prolific pair behind only Jos Buttler and Phil Salt (715 runs). Cox and Curran score quickly together too, at 1.68 runs per ball.

  14. 6 runs

    Invincibles 47-2

    Target 172

    Oh, huge.

    Will Jacks tried and failed with the slog sweep but Jordan Cox gets this one straight out of the middle and it flies into the stands.

  15. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Max Holden judged that well and Jacks' claggy innings comes to an end. Holden managed to get forward and get two hands on it.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Jacks c Holden b Ahmed 9 (Invincibles 38-2)

    Immediate impact from Rehan Ahmed!

    Will Jacks falls for a scratchy nine from 15 balls as he attempts to whack the leg-spinner out of the ground, but his attempted slog sweep fails, picking out Max Holden at deep mid-wicket.

    Both openers gone now for the Invincibles.

  17. Invincibles 34-1

    Target 172

    'Extraordinary innings' - Cox smashes 86 off 29 balls

    Jordan Cox comes in at number three.

    He did something quite spectacular last time out on this ground...

  18. Phoebe Graham
    Southern Brave bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Tawanda Muyeye was deceived by the knuckle ball from David Willey. He pulled out of the shot and the ball just stopped on him.

    He skies it and what a simple catch.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Muyeye c & b Willey 20 (Invincibles 33-0)

    But David Willey wins the battle!

    A perfectly-executed slower ball has Tawanda Muyeye in a right tangle and he top-edges straight up into the air. Willey takes the simplest of catches in his follow-through and Rockets end the powerplay on a high.

  20. Invincibles 33-0

    Target 172

    Tawanda Muyeye breaks the shackles with back-to-back boundaries off David Willey, thumping the first down the ground before striking the next through the covers.