Summary

  • Patel rips game from Fire's grasp - was bowled on 39 by Payne no-ball

  • Wahab takes 4-30 as Fire fall from 125-3 to 138-8

  • Phillips hits half-century for hosts

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Timothy Abraham

  1. Fire 87-3

    Matt Carter drops it short and wide down leg side third ball. Glenn Phillips cashes in on a poor delivery, swiveling on to the back foot and pulling it for four behind square.

    Buffet bowling from the Rockets spinner.

  2. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Rashid Khan hates being called just a leg-spinner. Before play he was out inspecting the pitch at Sophia Gardens not as a bowler, but as a batter. He wants to be called an all-rounder.

    Rashid KhanGetty Images

  3. Fire 78-3

    Rashid Khan hustles through a set of five as the Fire batters play a little more circumspect Four singles taken from it.

  4. Luke Wood has bowled gas tonight. Here's the rocket that got rid of Ian Cockbain. Well worth a look.

  5. Fire 74-3

    Glenn Phillips joins the party as he finds the rope although more through luck than skill. He top edges one from Wahab Riaz for four over the fielder at short fine leg.

  6. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    What a shot by Du Plooy.

  7. 6 runs

    Fire 70-3

    Wahab Riaz is dispatched! Leus du Plooy shimmies out of his crease and whacks Wahib for six over cover. That shot was a combination of power and timing. Brilliant stuff.

  8. Fire 63-3

    Wahab Riaz into the attack.

  9. 50 balls leftBBC Sport

  10. Umpire review

    Left-arm spinner Samit Patel shoots one down the leg side to Leus du Plooy and wicketkeeper Tom Moores whips the bails.

    The square leg umpire reviews it. But it's a bit of kidology from Moores as Plooy is deep in his crease.

    A wide given instead.

  11. Fire 58-3

    Steven Mullaney with nine runs from his 10 balls. Solid stuff.

  12. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    That's good captaincy with the field placings, and well executed. It's forced Duckett to go into an area he's uncomfortable with.

  13. New batter: Leus du Plooy

    Leus du PlooyBBC Sport/ECB
  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Duckett c Wahab b Mullaney 5 (Fire 53-3)

    The county trundler strikes! Steven Mullaney has cleverly used his pace so far and Ben Duckett gets his sums wrong and skies one after the seamer holds it back a little. Wahab Riaz scuttles round at deep mid-on and takes the catch.

    A big wicket for Trent Rockets.

  15. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    For someone who isn't au fait with cricket, the scoreboard and the balls ticking down is a lot less complicated. I'm not sure all the players have got to grips with it yet!

  16. Fire 53-2

    Glenn Phillips finds the boundary through extra cover after being given a bit of width by Samit Patel. That was a freebie from the Rockets spinner.

  17. Fire 46-2

    Rashid Khan sends a wide down to spoil his set and boost the Fire total by five runs.

    More spin for the Rockets courtesy of Samit Patel next.

  18. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    In the beginning of the tournament, it seemed as though 140 was kind of average. I think everyone is still trying to come to grips with what is a good score, and what's a better score on a new pitch versus a used pitch.

  19. Fire 43-2

    Good battle between Ben Duckett and Rashid Khan. The Fire skipper yet to bring out his extravagant sweeps and paddles against the Afghanistan spinner.

    Duckett clips Rashid through mid-wicket for two off the first ball and then pulls one for a single a couple of balls later.

  20. Rashid Khan into the attack for Trent Rockets.