Postpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
Charlie Taylor
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Two of the Trent Rockets overseas players are now back in the dug out! We have a game on here in Cardiff.
Summary
Sciver anchors Rockets' run-chase
Fire fight back, but too little too late
Johnson takes three wickets for Rockets
Three stumpings for Priest; plus three run-outs
Postpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
Postpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports ExtraThat was not as short as Sammy-Jo Johnson thought and it was the wrong length to pull it. Hayley Matthews finishes with a wicket maiden which you don't see very often in The Hundred.
Rockets 16-2published at 83 balls left
87 runs needed
Well, Sammy-Jo Johnson should have reviewed that - the technology reckons it was missing the stumps.
Hayley Matthews, meanwhile, is going to bowl a set of 10.
Next batter: Katherine Bruntpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
Katherine Brunt joins her captain and fiancee at the crease.
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WICKETpublished at 86 balls left
Johnson lbw Matthews 0 (Rockets 16-2)
Sammy-Jo Johnson goes for a duck!
The Australian was struggling to time anything from Hayley Matthews and ends up getting pinned right in front of her stumps. She doesn't even think about the review, instead tucking her bat under her arm and walking off.
Postpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
Here's Hayley Matthews.
Postpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports ExtraI think Rachel Priest went for the right option going with the spin. But she didn't quite just execute it properly. The intent was right to try to put the pressure on Welsh Fire, who needed a wicket to get themselves in the game.
It's a big wicket because Priest can really hit the ball hard. I think Trent Rockets just need to bat smart and wait for the bad balls and try to rotate the strike to better bowling.
Rockets 16-1published at 90 balls left
87 runs needed
Piepa Cleary produces a metronomic first three balls, before Nat Sciver hops onto the back foot and hammers a short ball away for four.
Cleary almost gets her revenge with a delivery that rips right through Sciver but, somehow, takes a bit of bat to dribble off to the boundary rope.
Next batter: Nat Sciverpublished at 17:02 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
Image source, BBC SportWICKETpublished at 95 balls
Priest b Smith 8 (Rockets 8-1)
Bowled!
Rachel Priest goes for another booming sweep, misses, and gets bowled around her legs. That's a good comeback from Bryony Smith to end her first set of five.
Rockets 8-0published at 96 balls left
Four more, as Rachel Priest leans back and cuts the ball away to the ropes.
Postpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports ExtraFrom the point of view of Trent Rockets, if I was their coach, I'd tell them to go out and bash a quick 30 or 40 runs and kill the game rather than ambling up to the total slowly. That's the perfect start for them. Real intent.
Rockets 4-0published at 99 balls left
99 runs needed
Welsh Fire will start with Bryony Smith...
...oh, and Rachel Priest sweeps the living daylights out of her first ball to smack it for four.
Opening batters: Rachel Priest & Sammy-Jo Johnsonpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
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Right, here come the players.
Postpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
Cheers Tim.
There was some pretty average batting from Welsh Fire in that but some excellent fielding from Trent Rockets, especially this grab from skipper Nat Sciver.
Postpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
And here to guide you through the Trent Rockets chase is Amy Lofthouse.
Postpublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
Can Rachel Priest go clear of Danni Wyatt this afternoon?
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A big ask for Welsh Fire to defend that, particularly if Rachel Priest gets going at the top of the order for Trent Rockets.
Postpublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 6 August 2021
It wasn't the most fluent innings from Hayley Matthews today, but this was a glorious six.