Summary

  • Wong gives Phoenix hope with late hitting before being caught by Brunt

  • Brunt deceives Verma with brilliant yorker

  • Graham hits 44 off 21 balls in Phoenix's 145-5

  • Wong taken out of bowling attack for two waist-high full tosses

Live Reporting

Timothy Abraham

  1. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Oh, no, she's gone for it.

  2. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra commentator

    It looks like Amy Jones is saying "What on earth are you on about?" to that review.

  3. Umpire review

    Kirstie Gordon with an appeal for lbw after she strikes Sarah Glenn. It's reviewed, but there's clearly some bat on that.

  4. Rockets 117-4

    Heather Graham is throwing the bat at everything now. She shimmies down the pitch and attempts to hit Kirstie Gordon down the ground but can't quite generate the power and the fielder at long-on comfortably gathers it.

  5. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Sarah Glenn is a very good hockey player so she uses her wrists well and hits the ball in very unusual areas.

  6. New batter: Sarah Glenn

    Sarah GlennBBC Sport
  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Brunt c Gordon b Elwiss 11

    Katherine Brunt perishes after she is caught by Kirstie Gordon at extra cover attempting to go big but instead she slices it.

  8. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    That's such good batting from Heather Graham. It's so hard to play the reverse sweep of a fast bowler.

  9. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra commentator

    Heather Graham is ticking! First six of the day!

  10. 6 runs

    Rockets 108-3

    Heather Graham with two flamboyant shots off Georgia Elwiss which bring her 10 runs in two balls. Graham reverse sweeps past short third man and then biffs Elwiss over cow corner for six!

  11. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It's difficult to judge what is a good total in the women's games, but we tend to think 125-130 is a minimum batting first, and anything 140 plus you're giving yourself the best chance.

  12. Rockets 99-3

    Heather Graham with a big swing of the willow goes aerial down the ground, whacking Issy Wong back over her for a two-bounce four.

    A couple of balls later and Katherine Brunt is able to steer a slower ball round the corner for a couple.

  13. Here's that brilliant, and brave, bit of fielding from Abtaha Maqsood from earlier.

  14. Rockets 89-3

    Abtaha Maqsood lures Heather Graham down the pitch early in her set of five, but the Trent Rockets batter anticipates the delivery and is able to strike a crisp lofted drive over cover. The fielder, Eve Jones. just about prevents it going for four.

    Five taken from Maqsood's set.

  15. New batter: Heather Graham

    Heather GrahamBBC Sport

  16. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Amy Jones does well behind the stumps there. She wasn't in a great position, down on both knees and fully stretching with the ball in her hand. That's a big breakthrough.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Sciver st Jones b Gordon 27 (Rockets 82-3)

    Left-arm spinner Kirstie Gordon, who has been tricky to get away, has Nat Sciver out stumped. Sciver came down the pitch, but misses the ball. Wicketkeeper Amy Jones fumbles it, but has enough time to gather it and whip off the bails before Sciver can get back behind the line.

  18. Alex Hartley
    Manchester Originals bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Nat Sciver is incredibly tough to bowl to. She manipulates the field settings really well but she also hits the ball so, so hard.

  19. Trent Rockets 78-2

    Emily Arlott is being taken to task by Nat Sciver who hits back-to-back fours. Sciver whacks a short one from the seamer over mid-wicket, then backs away to make room and powerfully strikes a lofted drive over cover. Super stuff from the England batter.

  20. Rockets 70-2

    Georgia Elwiss with a clever slower ball keeps Katherine Brunt in check. The Trent Rockets batter was looking for a big heave through mid-wicket but could only shovel it round instead and no run is taken.