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

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry

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

    I think they will be targeting 130 with that short boundary coming in.

  3. Heather Knight
    London Spirit captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    I am completely guessing but I think 110 will be a good score in 65 balls.

  4. Some of the counties play 10-over friendlies during pre-season.

    Will Jacks, who is set to open for the Invincibles, smashed a 25-ball century against Lancashire in one a few years ago.

    That would be nice tonight, wouldn't it?

  5. Tonight is a big game for both Trent Rockets and Oval Invincibles.

    The Rockets have probably been the best - certainly the most consistent - side in the men's competition and a win tonight would put them in a very good position to occupy one of the top three slots and progress.

    Invincibles will also want a win tonight to keep their destiny in their own hands. A defeat would mean they are likely relying on others to lose games.

    Remember after each side has played their eight group games, the top side automatically reach the 21 August final, with second and third playing in the Eliminator on 20 August to reach the final the following day.

    Men's Hundred tableBBC Sport

  6. Rockets captain Lewis Gregory: "It makes things pretty straight-forward. Guys are going to have to go hard with the bat and it will be hard for the bowlers."

    Invincibles captain Sam Billings: "We will have to put a score on the board. We were very keen to get a game on in front of the crowd. It is exciting playing in big games against a top side."

  7. Wahab Riaz only played his first Hundred game after visa issues on Friday. He bowled superbly, taking 4-30, so that is a big blow for the Rockets.

    'That's nailing a yorker' - Wahab shows his class on Hundred debut

  8. Trent Rockets win the toss and bowl first
    Breaking

    Two changes for Trent Rockets with Wahab Riaz and Luke Wood both not fit so Timm van der Gugten and Sam Cook come in.

    Sam Billings wanted to have a bowl too - that is hardly surprising. One change for Oval Invincibles with Alex Blake, making his Hundred debut, in place of Jordan Clark.

  9. Right, time for the toss...

  10. It will be a 65-ball game, with the powerplay lasting 16 balls.

    Three bowlers can bowl 15 balls, with two bowling 10 balls.

  11. The groundstaff at The Oval have worked hard to get this game on.

    Let's hope they get rewarded with a thriller that we can all enjoy.

    Groundstaff at The OvalGetty Images

  12. Play to start 20:20 BST
    Breaking

    Good news! I appreciate that is still 35 minutes away but we still need to have the toss so it was pretty unrealistic that we'd start much sooner than that.

    I'll bring you news of that, and how many balls this game is going to be as soon as I have them.

  13. The two umpires will be out inspecting as we speak. I can't currently see them because the TV coverage has gone to a replay of the first men's game in the competition.

    I'll bring you any news as soon as we have any.

  14. Wahab Riaz bowling 90mph yorkers at Jason Roy with a tennis ball.

    I'm not sure how entertaining that would be.

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  16. All of the players and coaching staff have gone back into the changing rooms and dugouts by the way.

    I'm not sure if that is a good or bad sign.

  17. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    I am a bit more sympathetic to the umpires. Yes, they have a responsibility to the crowd but first they have a responsibility to the players' safety.

  18. Cricinfo's Matt Roller is at The Oval and he has tweeted that the communication over the PA system has been poor today. That is simply not good enough.

    The Hundred has had all the razzmatazz of the DJs and interval entertainment, but you have to get the basics right. Communication, especially to the new audiences that the competition is hoping to find, is key.

  19. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It's not a good look because they have not explained why.

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

    A little bit of communication can clear it up and people could go and get some food and come back.