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

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

    Nigel Llong is getting a round of applause from the crowd and his fellow umpire! It is a rare round of applause for the umpires today.

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

    What a brilliant bit of work from the umpire!

    Whatever we say about cricket it is a high-risk sport for the umpire at the non-striker's end.

    That took some agility!

  3. Rockets 60-4

    Woah! This could have been really, really nasty. The ball is smashed back at umpire Nigel Llong and would have caused serious damage but for a 007-style roll to get out of the way.

    His fellow umpire and the crowd are applauding as that move is shown on the screen.

  4. Rockets 56-4

    This Invincibles bowling line-up is good, isn't it? They've got international stars wherever you look. Reece Topley is on now.

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

    These dot balls will be building more and more pressure on the batters.

  6. Rockets 51-4

    Need 75 more runs to win

    Mahmood comes back well with two deliveries that don't cost a run. It would take something extraordinary for the Rockets to win this now.

  7. Rockets 50-4

    Consecutive fours for Samit Patel!

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

    Sunil Narine has given the Invincibles the upperhand.

    I would have bowled him a 10 there, but Sam Billings must have decided to keep him back in case Rockets get a partnership.

  9. Rockets 46-4

    Saqib Mahmood is slapped to the boundary by Samit Patel and stomps back to his mark more than a little angrily.

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

    Moores should have gone a little bit straighter with that, but that was the pressure of the situation. He knew he had to go.

    It will be interesting to see if Sam Billings keeps Sunil Narine on here.

  11. New batter: Steven Mullaney

    Steven MullaneyBBC Sport/ECB

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

    That went very high - way above the pavillion for our perspective!

  13. wicket

    WICKET

    Moores c Evans b Narine 1 (Rockets 42-4)

    The Oval Invincibles are charging towards victory as Sunil Narine picks up his third wicket! Tom Moores has give it a whack but only offers a skier of a catch. Delight for the home crowd.

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

    Trent Rockets need everything to go there way now. They need every ball to miss the fielder and go to the boundary.

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

    You just wonder if that makes it a mountain too big to climb for the Rockets. Hales is such a big wicket.

  16. New batter: Samit Patel

    Samit PatelBBC Sport/ECB
  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Hales b Narine 25 (Rockets 41-3)

    Gone! Sunil Narine returns and knocks Alex Hales' middle stump clean out of the ground. Is that a match-winning moment?

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

    Alex Hales is starting to find a little bit of rhythm, even though he's still hobbling. Maybe the decision is 'it's easier if I just hit boundaries, rather than taking singles'.

  19. 6 runs

    Rockets 35-1

    Target 126

    The Rockets needed this! Hales swings hard, heaving the ball towards the stands.

    Reece Topley is on the boundary and is a very tall man but can't get there despite an impressive leap.

  20. Rockets 29-2

    Tabraiz Shamsi is on now - the number one T20 bowler in the world. Good luck, Rockets. Good luck.