Summary

  • Malan hits 98* off 44 as Rockets win third match in a row

  • Originals pile up 189-3 but Rockets overhaul it for men's Hundred's highest successful run-chase

  • Salt dropped twice on way to 70 off 46 balls

  • Stubbs hits four sixes in his 27 off 10 balls

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Georgie Heath

  1. Rockets 28-0

    Need 162 more runs to win

    The Rockets are 17 runs ahead of the Originals at the equivalent stage. We said they'd need a good start if they are to win and they've got one.

  2. Scott Read
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That has gone five rows back into the party stand and Alex Hales has set off like an absolute train.

  3. 6 runs

    Rockets 27-0

    Need 163 more runs to win

    Munched by Alex Hales! That's big.

  4. Thea Brookes
    Central Sparks all-rounder on BBC radio

    Not a bad start for the Rockets but as we saw in the women's game earlier, Lizelle Lee got off to a flyer but a wicket and things can chance quickly.

  5. Rockets 18-0

    Target 190

    The Rockets really are err... rocketing along. Dawid Malan now thrashes away his first ball for four. Six balls gone. 18 runs on the board.

  6. Fire women make measured start to chase

    Meanwhile, Welsh Fire have started their chase tentatively. They're on 15-0 off 15 balls and need another 147 to win against Birmingham Phoenix in Cardiff.

    Batter Haley Matthews has just got away with one as she's dropped on the boundary by Ellyse Perry on nine.

    Listen to every delivery of the Fire's chase live right here.

  7. Scott Read
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Carved away for four more runs and Hales has settled in nicely. He's been in good form.

  8. Rockets 14-0

    Two more fours! Alex Hales is off to a flier.

    Klaasen closes his eyes and waves an arm in disgust.

  9. Rockets 5-0

    Alex Hales is on the charge already. After a wide first up, he dances down to Fred Klaasen a couple of balls later and hits a four to get the innings under way.

  10. Rockets 0-0

    Target 190

    They're ready to go again at Old Trafford.

    Alex Hales is spinning the bat in his hands.

    The Rockets need a Hundred record 190 to win. Good luck...

  11. 'King's hat-trick evokes Warne memories at Old Trafford'

    It has been some year for Alana King. Uncapped at the start of the year, she has fast emerged as a superstar of the women's game.

    The 26-year-old leg spinner idolised Shane Warne as youngster and, much like her hero, she made her first mark on English soil at Old Trafford.

    Her stunning hat-trick helped Trent Rockets to a thumping win over Manchester Originals.

    Read more about that and King's remarkable rise here.

    King takes 'magical hat-trick' for Trent Rockets

  12. '20 over par'

    Trent Rockets all-rounder Samit Patel, speaking on Sky Sports: "It's maybe 20 over par but we've got a good batting line-up and it's a good wicket.

    "It's been really, really dry. It's a good wicket and you can play your shots. Hopefully we can go and try and chase them.

    "In big chases, I'm sure somebody down the order will have to contribute but hopefully not, hopefully the boys at the top can go and do it."

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  14. Something is going on in the women's Hundred. In the last two days we've had the two biggest chases of the comp. Now Birmingham Phoenix have been asked to do it again.

    Is it the standard improving? Are teams getting used to the format?

  15. Fire women needing record-breaking chase

    We're back under way at Sophia Gardens with Welsh fire needing a mammoth 162 to beat Birmingham Phoenix.

    It would be the highest successful chase in the women's Hundred if they manage it.

    Listen to every delivery live right here.

  16. Phil Salt finished with 70 not out from 46 balls. The building site took a peppering...

  17. Thanks Georgie. That was ferocious.

    Manchester Originals batting line-up has certainly come good this afternoon.

  18. Originals 189-3

    Salt 70, Evans 26

    That is a massive total. You don't need me to point it out. But that really is massive. They were put into bat and the Originals went bish, bash, bosh to rack up the second highest score ever in the Hundred. Not bad for a team who haven't been able to buy a win lately.

    Stubbs with four sixes in a row, Salt with a half-century and Dre Russ hitting the cover off the ball. Oh, and a few trips to the building site along the way.

    This chase could be tasty but Rockets will need to launch quickly if they have any hope of knocking these off.

    That's all from me for now. I think I need to lie in a dark, cold room for a bit and think about playing cricket in April to cool down.

    Over to you, Matt Henry.

  19. Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper on Test Match Special

    That is a massive, massive total for the Originals. The Rockets are going to have to bat very well to chase that.

  20. Umpire review

    Salt 70, Evans 20

    Phil Salt steps across and it's clipped his back leg but given not out on the field.

    It's gone upstairs to a probably very hot room for a third umpire.

    Not out.