Summary

  • Rockets beat already-eliminated Originals at Trent Bridge

  • Victory guarantees Rockets place in eliminator

  • Rockets 136-3: (95 balls): Malan 52 (46), Patel 35 (23); Parkinson 2-21

  • Originals 135-8 (100 balls): Munro 45 (22); Rashid 3-16

  • Listen to live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra by clicking tab at top of this page

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Tim Oscroft

  1. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    You know it is fast when the keeper takes it with fingers pointing up!

  2. Rockets 46-0

    90 runs needed

    Dawid Malan has a second swish and a miss at Lockie Ferguson, this time trying in vain to ramp him over the head of keeper Phil Salt.

  3. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    That was absolutely rapid from Ferguson, there wasn't much Salt could do as he could not see it! Ferguson is not happy, what pace for a batter to cope with.

  4. Rockets 43-0

    Ooft.

    Lockie Ferguson produces an absolute snorter of a short ball, all pace, and Dawid Malan shuffles across to one side, misses, and the ball beats Phil Salt to fizz away for four byes. Ferguson isn't impressed.

  5. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Ackermann bowls in the slot allowing Malan to go up and over Brathwaite at extra cover.

  6. Rockets 39-0

    97 runs needed

    Another four for Dawid Malan as he frees his arms and hoicks the ball over extra cover. Lovely.

  7. Another change for the Originals, with Colin Ackermann coming on.

  8. 75 balls to goBBC SPo

  9. Rockets 33-0

    103 runs needed

    Alex Hales ends Carlos Brathwaite's first set of five with a big yahoo outside off stump that can only connect with fresh air.

  10. Lydia Greenway
    Ex-England batter on BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra

    Brilliant from Malan, playing it late like a tennis forehand from right beneath his eyes with a whip of the hands through point.

  11. Rockets 32-0

    104 runs needed

    Captain Carlos Brathwaite has brought himself on.

    Oh, and he's absolutely nailed for four by Dawid Malan! A tiny bit of width and Malan can free his arms to whack the ball through backward point.

  12. Rockets 28-0

    108 runs needed

    That's good from Lockie Ferguson, fast and full, aimed at Alex Hales' toes, before Dawid Malan plays an awkward one-handed shovel to a 90mph delivery that skips merrily along to the man in the deep.

  13. Scott Read
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Trent Bridge is in good voice, it will be in better voice if Hales and Malan can keep knocking over boundaries that will get them over the line.

  14. Now then. Proper pace, in the form of Lockie Ferguson, has arrived.

  15. Rockets 24-0

    112 runs needed

    That's a good recovery from Tom Hartley, coughing up just three runs from his next four deliveries.

  16. Rockets 21-0

    115 runs needed

    Tom Hartley is coming on to bowl, hoping for the same success that his namesake Alex had in the women's match a little earlier.

    Er. His first ball is absolutely pummelled through extra cover by Dawid Malan for four.

  17. Lydia Greenway
    Ex-England batter on BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra

    He looks in the mood, doesn't he?

  18. Rockets 17-0

    119 runs needed

    Back-to-back boundaries for Alex Hales as this time he unfurls a back foot punch that clears mid-off with ease.

  19. Lydia Greenway
    Ex-England batter on BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra

    Brilliant from Hales, he gives himself a bit of space and check-drives it down the ground. The umpire has done very well to get out of the way!

  20. Rockets 13-0

    Alex Hales gets in on the boundary act, smacking Fred Klaassen straight back down the ground for a four that almost takes out the umpire.

    Excellent reflexes from the ump, actually, who threw himself to his right to avoid getting a nasty clonk.