Summary

  • Rockets fall short despite Mullaney's 49; Brown 3-27

  • Phoenix post 166-6 - Livingstone 50, Hammond 38*

  • Livingstone's 31-ball 50 ended by Mullaney's superb boundary catch

  • Winners go top of table

Live Reporting

Jack Skelton and Phil Dawkes

  1. 6 runs

    Rockets 112-5

    Target 167

    Tom Moore banjaxes Benny Howell into the stands! Fielders can only stand and watch.

  2. Close!

    Steve Mullaney swipes out a lofted drive and Chris Benjamin does brilliantly, diving forward to try and catch it. The ball drops short but he still manages to parry it to prevent the boundary.

  3. Steven Finn
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    56 off 30 balls. The equation is getting better and better for the Rockets as they keep hitting boundaries. It is going to be an exciting finish.

  4. Rockets 111-5

    Target 167

    Liam Livingstone strays down the leg side but Tom Moore can't fully punish it, just flicking it away for a single.

  5. 6 runs

    Rockets 106-5

    Need 61 runs to win

    Remove Mullaney and win the game.

    He's going to take some removing in this form, mind.

    An absolutely sublime straight six from the Nottinghamshire stalwart off Liam Livingstone.

  6. Rockets 100-5

    Need 67 runs to win

    Moore takes a single to get off the mark and Tahir finishes with 2-26 from his 20 balls.

    The worm shows Trent Rockets Men are two runs behind Birmingham Phoenix Men. Trent Rockets Men are 100 for 5 after 65 balls. At the same stage Birmingham Phoenix Men were 102 for 2

  7. New batter: Tom Moores

    Tom MooresBBC/ECB

  8. Steven Finn
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    You really sensed that was an important two final balls of Imran Tahir to get through without losing a wicket.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Gregory c Pennington b Tahir 25 (Rockets 99-5)

    Imran Tahir stands still and quietly nods as he removes Lewis Gregory before calmly walking back to his mark.

    I'm kidding of course, the South Africa leg-spinner has gone absolutely delirious, run a marathon and punched the air in joy.

    A bit of flight, tempting Gregory into a flashy heave but drawing a top edge that Dillon Pennington scurries round to pouch.

  10. Steven Finn
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Helm was unlucky there. He telegraphed the plan to Lewis Gregory with long-on and long-off back and men coming up into the ring. A much-needed boundary. This pair have built a very good partnership.

  11. 6 runs

    Rockets 90-4

    Need 72 runs to win

    A good set by Tom Helm absolutely ruined (from a Phoenix perspective) as Lewis Gregory skips down the pitch to wallop a mighty straight six.

  12. Rockets 90-4

    Need 77 runs to win

    Tom Helm mixes up his pace well, until he errs with a wide down the leg side.

  13. Steven Finn
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    The first ball Livingstone has flighted up there. Steven Mullaney straight away was able to latch on to it. The fielder wasn't interested.

  14. 6 runs

    Rockets 86-4

    Need 81 runs to win

    We really could be in for a cracker. It's been an enthralling one already, mind.

    Liam Livingstone had been fizzing it in. He now flights it up and Steven Mullaney marmalises it over the ropes behind wide mid-wicket.

  15. Rockets 79-4

    Target 167

    Part-time spinner and Phoenix skipper Liam Livingstone brings himself on and finds a bit of extra lift that surprises opposite number Lewis Gregory. Dot ball.

    That isn't though - a ropey delivery down leg that Gregory shovels on for four.

  16. 50 balls to goBBC/ECB

  17. Rockets 75-4

    Target 167

    Trent Rockets are keeping themselves in this game by making sure they score off even Imran Tahir's good balls.

  18. Rockets 72-4

    Lewis Gregory picks Imran Tahir's googly, rocks back and finds the gap through mid-wicket to hit four more.

  19. Steven Finn
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    We have seen in both the men's and women's games that if you give yourself a chance to read the wicket it becomes easier to hit your shots. But there is going to have to be a time when you do have to take some risks in a situation like this.

  20. Rockets 68-4

    Need 99 runs to win

    Lewis Gregory knew he had to go and frees his arms to target the big gap at mid-wicket to smack Benny Howell for four.

    Under 100 to win now.