Summary

  • The Hundred: Trent Rockets v Birmingham Phoenix women, Trent Bridge

  • Rockets chase down 124 to win by seven wickets with three balls to spare

  • Rockets 126-7 (97 balls): Sciver-Brunt 52 (29); Brett 3-19

  • Phoenix 123-6 (100 balls): Lamb 56* (42); Gordon 2-24

  • Both sides eliminated from knockout contention before this match

  • Rockets will finish fourth in table; Phoenix currently seventh but could be overtaken by bottom-side Fire depending on their result v Brave on Thursday

Live Reporting

by Matthew Henry & Ffion Wynne

  1. Thea Brookes
    Former Birmingham Phoenix all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This is not a great delivery from Georgia Voll. You do not want to be looking at the scoreboard if you are her right now.

  2. Rockets 33-1

    Through Amy Jones' legs for four!

  3. Rockets 29-1

    Down the leg side. Five wides. It gets worse.

    It'll be another free-hit.

  4. Rockets 25-1

    Too straight from Georgia Voll. Grace Scrivens swings it away for four and it's ANOTHER no-ball!

  5. Rockets 18-1

    Need 106 more runs to win

    Birmingham Phoenix may have that early wicket but it has been a bit of a scruffy start. Em Arlott follows that dismissal with a no-ball and there's a fumble later in the over.

    Nat Sciver-Brunt is under way swiftly.

  6. Nikesh Rughani
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    What a ball from Em Arlott. It took an age to get to the other end but Bryony Smith was not quick enough to get down on it.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    B Smith b Arlott 10 (Rockets 13-1)

    Bowled! And I'm not sure how.

    It's a slow, loopy slower ball first up from Em Arlott. It's a yorker and Bryony Smith gets good bat on it but, a bit like Mohammed Siraj in the men's Test series, the ball goes back onto the stumps.

  8. Thea Brookes
    Former Birmingham Phoenix all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Bryony Smith jumps on top of a good length very well. She is able to read it incredibly.

    Don't bowl it short to Smith otherwise she will punish you through the leg-side.

  9. Rockets 13-0

    Need 111 runs to win

    Bryony Smith gets hold of Megan Schutt again, this time hitting the seamer through the off side. There's an edge later in the set but no chance for wicketkeeper Amy Jones who is hit on the shoulder.

  10. Rockets 7-0

    The great Megan Schutt has had a quiet tournament, much like most of the Birmingham Phoenix batters. Here she drops too short and is thumped through the covers for four by Bryony Smith.

    Aussie Schutt is going to keep going for another five.

  11. Thea Brookes
    Former Birmingham Phoenix all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Bryony Smith is just trying to play too much across the line at the moment.

    That could be because she knows Megan Schutt gets a huge amount of swing on the ball - she has really mastered that over time.

  12. Rockets 2-0

    The first runs of the innings come from a Megan Schutt no-ball. Bryony Smith swings hard to the subsequent free hit but picks out mid-on.

  13. Rockets 0-0

    Target 124

    This game may be a dead rubber but the players do have coaches and new owners to impress. We don't know how many players franchises will be able to retain next year. Not many in either of these two sides have made themselves unreleasable this year.

  14. Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    We're yet to see a score of 130 or under successfully defended in a women's Hundred games at Trent Bridge, this will be the 11th attempt.

  15. 'We have kept them to a below par score'

    Trent Rockets bowler Kirstie Gordon speaking on Sky Sports: "We looked to be in a good position and then the last 10 balls was frustrating. We are happy with that score at the halfway stage and we kept them to a below par score."

    On the surface: "We knew there had been cricket on here already the last few weeks so there was going to be something in it for the bowlers. It still played pretty true throughout the powerplay.

    "We are used to having to navigate difficult surfaces but having batted on it already, it will hopefully give us a head start."

  16. Expertly? I'll do my best...

  17. Trent Rockets will be very keen to give their home fans a win in their final outing of the campaign and they should be confident.

    Nat Sciver-Brunt and Ash Gardner have been their consistent performers in the middle order, while Bryony Smith is the opener who likes to provide an explosive start.

    To expertly guide you through their chase, here's Matthew Henry.

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

    I am not sure that 123 is enough but you never know until both teams bat on the surface and you get a real feel for what it is like.

  19. Phoenix 123-6

    Well recovered by Heather Graham, but the innings has also been well rescued by Phoenix and Emma Lamb.

    The opener held the innings together with 54 not out from 42 balls on a tricky surface and with wickets tumbling all around her.

    Trent Rockets will need 124 to win.

  20. Phoenix 120-6

    A very handy flurry of runs here.

    Em Arlott whacks Heather Graham for another boundary and now, Phoenix have got something to bowl at.