Summary

  • Vince's 45 off 26 balls sees Brave to emphatic win & place in Saturday's final

  • Brave will play Birmingham Phoenix in the final at Lord's

  • Rockets never recover from falling to 31-4 & bowled out for 96

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Ffion Wynne

  1. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live

    I don't think we're going to be here for very long!

  2. 6 runs

    Brave 12-0

    85 runs needed

    Hi, Paul Stirling! In a hurry?

    He leans back and absolutely wallops Carter's final ball away for six.

  3. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    Trent Rockets have got to attack if they have any chance. They've got to get fielders in catching positions and try and put some pressure back on the Southern Brave.

  4. Brave 4-0

    93 runs needed

    Here's Matt Carter - oh, and he's slashed for four first up by Paul Stirling! A bit top-edgy, but there's no-one down at fine leg.

  5. Opening batter: Paul Stirling

    Paul StirlingECB/BBC Sport

  6. Opening batter: Quinton de Kock

    Quinton de KockECB/BBC Sport

  7. Right then. Trent Rockets have got it all to do with the ball.

  8. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Two

    Southern Brave have cleaned up Trent Rockets tonight. They haven't even seen out the 100 balls. It's an extraordinary turnaround for a team that were dominating the opening stages of this tournament.

  9. Southern Brave were absolutely outstanding in the field.

  10. Cheers, Ffion.

    Well. That was underwhelming, wasn't it?

  11. So, this should be a straightforward chase for Southern Brave, shouldn't it?

    Whatever happens, it'll be Amy Lofthouse to take you through it.

  12. More than 100,000 children take part in ECB-run cricket programmes

    DynamosECB

    While the players get padded up and refreshed for the second innings, we have some impressive figures to reflect on regarding the boom in cricket in this country this summer.

    The England and Wales Cricket Board say 10,000 more adult fixtures are being played in club cricket compared to the last full season, and more than 101,000 children have taken part in ECB-run National Programmes this year.

    Tom Harrison, the ECB's chief executive, said: “It is inspiring to see so many young people playing cricket this year. At all ages, record numbers have taken to the field, with more players and more fixtures than ever before.

    "This provides cricket in England and Wales with a strong platform to build from in future so that we can encourage even more people to pick up a bat and ball."

  13. Mills and boom

    MillsGetty Images

    And after that, it's a great time for us to shamelessly plug the feature our very own Matthew Henry did on Tymal Mills yesterday, and why he could be England's secret weapon in the T20 World Cup. You can read it here.

  14. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Sounds

    I would actually have backed Trent Rockets' batting over Southern Brave's on paper, but Brave were absolutely ruthless with the ball. That is so important at this stage of a tournament. Rockets weren't ready and just could not keep the seamers out. They will be devastated with the score that they've got because it is way under par.

  15. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    That's what an international quality bowling attack gets you. Emphatic.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    De Lange c De Kock b Mills 7 (Rockets 96 all out)

    Well, I guess the strategic timeout worked? And Tymal Mills does the damage again.

    Southern Brave need just 97 to win and go through to the final.

  17. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Sounds

    They'd probably forgotten about it...

  18. Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Two

    At 96-9, the Southern Brave have called a strategic time-out!

  19. 10 balls to goBBC Sport

  20. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Sounds

    I'm not sure anyone appealed then, it was so obvious to everyone that he had nicked it.