Phoenix 88-1published at 55 balls left
Need 57 runs to win
Without a wicket or two, Trent Rockets are going to lose their first game here.
Birmingham Phoenix still have Liam Livingstone to come and will be confident.
Summary
Brave ease to seven-wicket win over Spirit
Birmingham Phoenix men end Trent Rockets' 100% record
Smeed gets Phoenix off to thrilling start with 36 off 13 balls
Rockets 144-6 - Malan 51, Hales 38
Phoenix 88-1published at 55 balls left
Phoenix 87-1published at 56 balls left
De Lange against targets Allen's pads from round the wicket but Allen is wise to it now and flicks it deftly away for four.
Phoenix 82-1published at 58 balls left
Massive lbw shout against Finn Allen.
Not given. That was close. Perhaps pitching outside leg stump.
Postpublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 1 August 2021
Rockets' mustachoied fast bowler Marchant de Lange enters the fray...
Phoenix 80-1published at 60 balls left
Not backed by his fielders, but Rashid Khan has conceded only 10 runs from 10 balls, with one wicket.
Phoenix 77-1published at 63 balls left
Target 145
Timm van der Gugten is having a total nightmare of a game.
Taken for 22 off five balls earlier, he now runs around a ball that drops short of him and a team-mate near the rope, conceding the dodgiest boundary you'll ever see.
I say runs but it was more of a waddle.
Postpublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 1 August 2021
Rashid Khan is, unsurprisingly, called upon again.
Phoenix 72-1published at 65 balls left
Finn Allen lines up Matt Carter and swipes him over the diving fielder on the rope for six more.
Wicked whip of the bat.
Postpublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 1 August 2021
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC TwoThere's no point having lbw if the tracking isn't working!
Phoenix 64-1published at 67 balls left
Matt Carter returns and there's an appeal for lbw against Finn Allen from keeper Tom Moores. That was going over though.
Postpublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 1 August 2021
Carlos Brathwaite
West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match SpecialPhoenix need to keep this momentum up - I don't think they have the firepower to walk this chase home.
Image source, Getty ImagesPhoenix 62-1published at 70 balls left
Target 145
Moeen Ali finally gets off the mark with a single.
He has seemed to be slightly hampered by a back injury when batting so far in this competition. He certainly doesn't look as comfortable sweeping the spinners as he usually is.
Postpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 1 August 2021
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC TwoThat could be crucial - it looked close. Samit can't believe it.
Postpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 1 August 2021
Isa Guha
Former England bowler on BBC TwoThe technicals have gone down, so it stays with the on-field decision.
Not outpublished at 72 balls
Oh dear.
Ball tracking isn't working. They can't check whether it would've gone on to hit the stumps so the decision can't be overturned.
Sickener for the Rockets. That looked close.
Postpublished at 16:15 British Summer Time 1 August 2021
It is pad first...
Rockets reviewpublished at 72 balls left
Moeen Ali has the highest strike-rate in the world against spin since 2015, but he's been pegged down here, starting with six dot balls in a row.
Samit Patel reckons he's got him lbw. Big appeal, not given.
Rockets send it upstairs...
The Smeed Showpublished at 16:15 British Summer Time 1 August 2021
Will Smeed has put Phoenix in control of this run-chase...
Postpublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 1 August 2021
Image source, BBC SportPhoenix 60-1published at 75 balls left
Rashid Khan was the number one pick in the draft.
And there's why - three dot balls in a row to Moeen Ali.