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. Not out

    Rockets 160-5

    Pitching outside the line - Stoinis survives.

    Sam Curran finishes with figures of 0-41.

  2. Rockets review

    Up goes the umpire's finger!

    Sam Curran strikes Marcus Stoinis on the back leg in front of the stumps.

    The Rockets batter reviews.

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

    George Linde is showing us why he got the promotion. A very clean striker of the cricket ball. He is sending the ball to all parts at the death.

  4. 6 runs

    Rockets 159-5

    George Linde does his best to answer Dan Norcross' question!

    He makes it three consecutive sixes for the Rockets, lashing Sam Curran over third and backward square, then sends another four through third.

  5. 6 runs

    Rockets 143-5

    Tom Curran gets the treatment!

    His brother's last ball went for six and the elder sibling's final delivery also gets dispatched.

    It's Marcus Stoinis who does the damage, landing the ball right on the rope at backward square.

  6. Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    Batters playing a type of sweep shot against Rashid Khan in this year's Hundred: 38 runs, 27 balls, 10 dismissals, 3.8 average, 2.7 balls per dismissal.

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

    A little strange to be sending in George Linde over the likes of Sam Hain and Max Holden.

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

    Tom Curran of Oval Invincibles celebrates after taking the wicket of David WilleyGetty Images

    An absolute send-off from Tom Curran towards David Willey. He is back chirping the batsman again.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Willey c Ferreira b T Curran 7 (Rockets 134-5)

    Tom Curran takes revenge for the six off his brother!

    David Willey is heading back over the ropes one delivery after sending the ball over them, trying to smash the ball square and skewing his shot to Donovan Ferreira at mid-wicket.

    The Invincibles seamer gives Willey a few verbals in the aftermath.

  10. 6 runs

    Rockets 134-4

    Two new batters at the crease with captain David Willey joining Marcus Stoinis.

    Sam Curran sends down a bouncer for his final delivery and the Rockets skipper plays a hook on the turn, sending the ball flying over the fine leg ropes.

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

    Joe Root doing the exact opposite of what I thought he would do with Rashid Khan having just one delivery left in his spell.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Root b Rashid Khan 76 (Rockets 125-4)

    Joe Root of Trent Rockets is bowledGetty Images

    The end of an excellent innings - Joe Root is bowled trying a gigantic mowed slog sweep off Rashid Khan.

    Somewhat out of character and he may be disappointed to miss out on a century there.

    A second wicket for Rashid with his final ball - he closes with figures of 2-19.

    He also moves clear of team-mate Sam Curran and Josh Tongue of Manchester Originals at the top of the wicket-taker's charts - they'd all been on 10 before today.

  13. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    A simple opportunity for Will Jacks is taken at mid-on. Tom Moores stay is brief and he becomes just another batter unable to time the ball as Jason Behrendorff picks up another wicket in this tournament.

  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Moores c Jacks b Behrendorff 4 (Rockets 122-3)

    Skied... and taken.

    Tom Moores goes to slap Jason Behrendorff's last ball into the leg side, but sends the ball spiraling towards mid-on where Will Jacks takes a simple catch.

    Marcus Stoinis, who can wallop a ball, comes in but we'll have a strategic time-out first.

  15. Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    This is only the second set since the powerplay in which the Rockets have scored more than one boundary.

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

    Nathan Sowter of Oval InvinciblesGetty Images

    The crowd are now just accepting they are watching one of the greatest batters of all time. The initial boos have turned to applause within the Oval crowd.

    Are we going to see the first ton of the year from Joe Root?

  17. Rockets 121-2

    Jason Behrendorff drifts onto Joe Root's pads and the Rockets batter smacks that through a big gap behind square for four.

    He adds another boundary from the next delivery, going the other side of the square leg fielder with a pull shot.

    That takes him into the seventies.

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

    Sam Billings has set a field to thwart the Root scoop with a very backward point on the boundary covering both bases. Boundaries are becoming increasingly harder to come by outside the powerplay on this surface.

  19. Rockets 111-2

    Joe Root gets two with another reverse scoop shot off Tom Curran, with the fielder cutting off the boundary in the deep.

    Tom Moores fires the final ball of the set out to mid-wicket where the ball is also stopped well on the ropes - just a single there.

  20. Rockets 104-2

    Tom Moores comes in at four for Trent Rockets and immediately takes a single down to long-off.

    He has scores of 55 and 22 not out in his two previous matches in the tournament.