Summary

  • Wet surface meant delayed start and 65-ball game

  • Roy smashes unbeaten 56 as Invincibles set target of 126

  • Narine takes three wickets to leave Rockets reeling

  • Gregory (28) gets Rockets close but leaders lose by nine runs

  1. Postpublished at 22:45 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    That's another day done in The Hundred - or should we say The Sixty Five?

    Read all about Oval Invincibles win over leaders Trent Rockets in that 65-ball slog-athon here.

    Tomorrow sees Birmingham Phoenix host Welsh Fire. Join us then.

  2. Postpublished at 22:43 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    The most impressive moment of the night? Umpire Nigel Llong's pitch to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond...

  3. Postpublished at 22:42 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Chris Green
    Middlesex all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    The players didn't disappoint from an entertainment point of view.

    The Oval Invincibles winning just creates a little bit of a log jam at the top of the table. It is starting to be very interesting at the crunch end of the men's table.

  4. Postpublished at 22:40 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    We can't go without mentioning this sensational catch from Lewis Gregory...

  5. Postpublished at 22:37 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Rashid Khan almost did the extraordinary at the end there. His 16 from six balls, which included two sixes, ensured a tense finish.

  6. Postpublished at 22:35 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Oval Invincibles' Jason Roy, speaking to Sky Sports: "Loads of fun. We had a lot to prove tonight but it is great to right some wrongs and it is a good feeling. I had no real game plan, just to go out there and slog it, target certain bowlers. It was a good game of cricket.

    "We have been searching for this kind of performance where we put all three facets together."

  7. Tight at the top...published at 22:34 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    1. Rockets P 6 Pts 8
    2. Invincibles P 6 Pts 7
    3. Brave P 6 Pts 7
    4. Originals P 5 Pts 6
    5. Phoenix P 5 Pts 6
    6. Superchargers P 6 Pts 5
    7. Fire P 5 Pts 4
    8. Spirit P 5 Pts 1
  8. Postpublished at 22:32 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    How crucial was this moment? Jason Roy was only on 17 at the time...

  9. Postpublished at 22:31 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Chris Green
    Middlesex all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    After a long wait this game certainly delivered. Jason Roy batting throughout the innings and getting those runs in the last set was the difference.

  10. Postpublished at 22:28 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    You have to say it was Jason Roy's 56 from 29 balls that won it...

  11. Postpublished at 22:27 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It has been a terrifically entertaining game.

  12. OVAL INVINCIBLES BEAT TRENT ROCKETS BY NINE RUNSpublished at 22:26 British Summer Time 8 August 2021
    Breaking

    We had to wait a long time but that was great fun in the end.

    Oval Invincibles win and leap up to second in the table, a point behind the Rockets who stay top.

  13. Rockets 112-8published at One ball left

    The Rockets need 14 runs from the final ball.

    You don't need an A-Level in Maths to work that one out.

  14. New batter: Timm van der Gugtenpublished at 22:25 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Timm van der GugtenImage source, BBC/ECB
  15. wicket

    WICKETpublished at Two balls left

    Carter run out 1 (Rockets 111-7)

    Game over! Matt Carter is run out.

  16. Postpublished at 22:24 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Chris Green
    Middlesex all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Tom Curran is just cool, calm and composed at the death.

  17. Rockets 110-7published at Three balls left

    New man Matt Carter gets Lewis Gregory on strike.

    Only boundaries will do though.

    15 runs are needed from three balls.

  18. New batter: Matt Carterpublished at 22:23 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Matt CarterImage source, BBC Sport/ECB
  19. Postpublished at 22:23 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Chris Green
    Middlesex all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It is a huge moment.

  20. Postpublished at 22:23 British Summer Time 8 August 2021

    Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Is that the end of the Trent Rockets' hope?