Rockets 39-1published at 77 balls to go
Image source, Getty ImagesHales joins the party by smacking quickie Kane Richardson straight down the ground.
Summary
Root anchors Rockets to victory with classy 34 off 26
Hales is match hero with 58 off 41
Livingstone (47 off 28) stars in Phoenix's 143-7
Sams keeps Phoenix in check with 3-24 off 20 balls
Coming up on Sunday: Welsh Fire v Oval Invincibes (14:00 BST)
Rockets 39-1published at 77 balls to go
Image source, Getty ImagesPostpublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 6 August 2022
Carlos Brathwaite
BBC Two summariserThis is a spectacular show of skill from Colin Munro!
Postpublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 6 August 2022
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC TwoPicks the length of it, gets down on one knee and slaps it into the crowd. They're loving it!
Munro on fire!
Rockets 34-1published at 80 balls to go
And another!
Munro takes a step down the pitch to dispatch Van Buuren over long on.
Rockets 28-1published at 81 balls to go
Munro took one ball to size Van Buuren up before sweeping him over square leg for four, and two later he drops to one knee for the first six to the same area.
Postpublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 6 August 2022
Henry Moeran
BBC Test Match Special commentator
Image source, Getty ImagesMoeen Ali has plenty to think about because there has been the odd sign that when this pitch behaves itself, the ball is going to travel.
Phoenix 18-1published at 85 balls to go
Just one set of five from Helm, and here is left-armer Graeme van Buuren with more spin
Postpublished at 16:08 British Summer Time 6 August 2022
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End of twitter postRockets 17-1published at 88 balls to go
Tom Helm is on from the other end, and Alex Hales smites him over extra cover for his first boundary.
Rockets 13-1published at 90 balls to go
Well, well, this may not be as simple as we thought, eh?
Colin Munro is in as Moeen stays on, and then he reverse-sweeps the Phoenix skipper for four to get going.
Postpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 6 August 2022
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC TwoThat has stayed low, it's gone underground! It's a pea-roller, a daisy-cutter!
Postpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 6 August 2022
Henry Moeran
BBC Test Match Special commentatorMalan looks befuddled by that dismissal!
WICKETpublished at 95 to go
Malan b Ali 8 (Rockets 9-1)
Skidded on and Malan is castled!
That barely bounced, went under the bat and hit middle and leg. Dawid Malan looks nonplussed to say the least.
Postpublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 6 August 2022
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC TwoBeautiful, beautiful. Malan just threw his hands at it and got it up and over extra cover. Good start for the Rockets.
Rockets 9-0published at 96 balls to go
Malan lifts the second delivery over extra cover for the first four, two deliveries later he clatters him away for another and the Rockets already have momentum.
Rockets 1-0published at 99 balls to go
Malan nudges the first ball away to leg for a single and we are off.
Postpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 6 August 2022
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC Two
Image source, Getty ImagesMoeen Ali has got to manoeuvre his bowlers and be canny. I think the Phoenix are 10 or 15 runs under par but the pitch isn't quite as flat as we thought at the beginning.
Postpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 6 August 2022
Moeen Ali has led the Phoenix out through the flames and the smoke, quite apt really, quickly followed by Alex Hales and Dawid Malan.
And Moeen will open the bowling - interesting move.
Postpublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 6 August 2022
They're talking about Joe Root on TV now, but with Hales, Malan and Munro ahead of him I wonder how much of the great man we'll see?
Postpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 6 August 2022
Thanks, Sam!
Well, I'm with the consensus there - Trent Bridge is a fast-scoring ground and with the short boundary with the 'cut off' angle on one side, I think the Rockets could, er, rocket towards the target.