Summary

  • Rockets win with 18 balls to spare

  • Malan 62* (43), Short 51* (41)

  • Brave 126-8: Whiteley 39* (29)

  • De Lange 5-20, Root 1-17

  • Trent Bridge; Brave won toss

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews

  1. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    That's character. He bowled a beamer first ball, then lost his run-up on the free hit.

  2. Rockets 7-1

    Need 120 from 95 balls

    Glorious. Full from George Garton and Dawid Malan times it away perfectly to the fence.

  3. Next batter: Dawid Malan

    Dawid MalanBBC Sport/ECB

  4. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Two

    That's the beauty of left-arm swing bowlers.

  5. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    That's the perfect start.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Hales b Garton 0 (Rockets 3-1)

    What. A. Ball.

    Wow.

    George Garton got his run up wrong on the free hit too, but he's shown nerves of steel here.

    He finds a little bit of swing, and it comes back in to Alex Hales, and crashes into his off stump. What a ball.

    Hales is gone first ball, without scoring.

  7. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    I don't think I've ever seen that.

  8. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Two

    Oh hello! No-ball? That is about five no-balls!

    That is called a beamer for people who don't know. Might have been a bit of sweat, making it slippy.

  9. Rockets 2-0

    WHAT IS THAT!?!

    George Garton has started with a beamer - a ball that doesn't bounce and goes past the batter's head. Wow, that reached the keeper on the full.

    That must have slipped out.

  10. George Garton, who has been in and around the England squad, is going to open the bowling for Southern Brave.

  11. Roooooottttttttt.

  12. The openers: Hales & Short

    It's fair to say that Alex Hales and D'Arcy Short aren't a bad pair of openers.

    They can be explosive, so this chase could be fun.

    Alex HalesBBC Sport/ECB
    D'Arcy ShortBBC Sport/ECB

  13. Ross Whiteley finished unbeaten on 39 in the end.

    Here's his run map. He enjoyed anything full, hitting over mid-wicket and mid-off.

    Ross Whiteley run mapBBC Sport

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  15. Harry Gurney
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Two

    Of all the things I thought I'd see today, I didn't think a five-wicket haul would be one of them.

  16. Here was Marchant de Lange's first wicket.

    Harry Gurney has just called him a "friendly giant" in the changing room.

    I've also been told he's competing with Chris Woakes for the nicest man in cricket, that's a big claim.

  17. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    Brilliant from the Trent Rockets, They got all their tactics right, did all their homework. But it is De Lange, who has five wickets for 20 runs.

    126 feels quite a way short here at Trent Bridge, where we are used to seeing big scores.

  18. It doesn't look like the easiest wicket to bat on, but Trent Rockets have to be favourites.

    They have been superb with the ball. Marchant de Lange was the pick of the bowlers, taking 5-20 from 20 balls. Take a bow.

  19. Brave 126-8

    Danny Briggs pulls for a single to finish the innings.

    Trent Rockets will need 127 to win.

  20. Brave 125-8

    Full and quick from Marchant de Lange but Danny Briggs uses the pace well to deflect down to the third boundary for four.