Summary

  • Rockets struggle for fluency but manage to post 138-6 as Malan hits 59

  • Brave look out of contention with 66 needed off last 30 balls

  • But a superb stand of 71 between Davies (51 not out) and Whiteley (30) takes them close

  • David hits two massive sixes to help them seal victory with five balls to spare

  • Rockets miss chance to go top and seal knockout spot, Brave keep slim hopes alive

  • Friday's matches: Welsh Fire v Northern Superchargers women (15:30 BST) & men (19:00)

Live Reporting

Michael Beardmore and Josef Rindl

  1. Brave 60-3

    Target 139

    Davies with another single but it's almost two-a-ball needed now by Southern Brave - 79 required off 40 deliveries.

    A big upping of the rate needed.

  2. Brave 58-3

    Target 139

    Alex WhitelyGetty Images

    A couple of singles for new batter Ross Whiteley and Alex Davies off Tabraiz Shamsi but the Brave just cannot let rip. They are being pinned in.

  3. Brave 56-3

    Target 139

    Seesaw innings this.

    Just as the Brave seemed to be regrouping, that wicket has put them on the back foot again.

    Great set from Lewis Gregory although an overthrow in the field means his five balls go for four runs, rather than three.

    It's 83 required off 45 balls.

  4. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio

    He tries to hook it to the leg side but doesn't get hold of it. De Kock's frustrating innings comes to an end.

  5. Melissa Story
    BBC Radio commentator

    Again he never looked comfortable. He's in a spot of bother at the moment.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    De Kock c Kohler-Cadmore b Gregory 24 (Brave 52-3)

    Not content with giving Rockets a dolly that they dropped earlier, Quinton de Kock does it again.

    This time he skies one to mid-on where Tom Kohler-Cadmore keeps his cool to pluck it out of the air.

  7. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio

    You've got to be thinking wickets here, "can I break this partnership?"

    The worm shows Southern Brave Men are seven runs behind Trent Rockets Men. Southern Brave Men are 52 for 2 after 50 balls. At the same stage Trent Rockets Men were 59 for 2.BBC Sport

  8. 50 balls to goBBC Sport

  9. Brave 52-2

    Target 139

    A mis-field from Tom Kohler-Cadmore gifts Alex Davies another two. Sloppy fielding from the Rockets, not for the first time this innings.

  10. Henry Moeran
    BBC Radio

    It feels like the Southern Brave are starting to grab some control back.

  11. Brave 50-2

    Target 139 (De Kock 24, Davies 18)

    This duo are building a partnership here.

    Alex Davies takes a two off the last ball of Sams' set - more excellent running from the Brave pair.

  12. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio

    Lovely from Quinton de Kock. He splits the fielders and the ball skids across the surface.

  13. Henry Moeran
    BBC Radio

    Quinton de Kock is just showing signs here of finding a bit of rhythm

  14. Brave 47-0

    Target 139

    Quinton de Kock slightly fooled by a slower Daniel Sams delivery but gets his revenge next ball by aggressively pulling to the boundary for four.

  15. Interesting territory now, 97 needed off 60 balls.

  16. Tom Abell
    Somerset all-rounder on BBC radio

    The role of these two is to get the Brave in a position which can let the later batters loose.

  17. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio

    Well they needed that.

    It was a risk from De Kock to play that shot, but he's cleared the boundary.

  18. 6 runs

    Brave 42-2

    Here we go.

    Quinton de Kock launches Samit Patel down the ground for the first six of the Southern Brave innings.

  19. Henry Moeran
    BBC Radio

    There's only been one boundary in the Brave's innings.

    It was the fourth ball of the innings.

  20. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio

    It's been tough going.

    The only person who has really got going is Dawid Malan and the two Southern Brave openers in the women's game earlier.