7 balls leftRockets 107-8Oh!Josh Little goes down the leg side and Luke Wood misses but umpire Martin Saggers doesn't think it is a wide. It was very close to leg stump to be fair.
Posted at 20:29 3 Sep 202220:29 3 Sep 2022Post updateJust to let everyone know, if this game finishes in a tie we will have a super five. Both sides will bat for five balls. Highest score wins.Fancy it?
Post updateMatthew HenryBBC Sport at Lord'sThere are people leaping out of their feet. Proper, proper drama.
Post updateSteven FinnFormer England bowler on BBC RadioThis is extraordinary. The Manchester Originals have picked up wickets consistently all the way through.But Luke Wood can bat. They can all bat!
Post updatePhil TufnellFormer England spinner on BBC TwoSuddenly the whole game swings in the space of a couple of deliveries.
8 balls leftwicketWICKETCarter b Hartley b Little 0 (Rockets 107-8)Tom Hartley does not drop catches! Matt Carter looks to hit over the rope away but another Trent Rockets batter is caught on the boundary.The win predictor now has it 75-25% in Manchester Originals' favour.This game is swingingggggg.
Post updateHenry MoeranBBC RadioEvery single will feel like a win for the Originals, it just adds that pressure a bit more.
9 balls leftRockets 107-7A single for Lewis Gregory.Rockets need 14 runs from nine balls. I've said it already but do NOT go ANYWHERE. This is going to go the whole way.
Post updateDaniel NorcrossBBC RadioLewis Gregory is going to be on strike for the last 10 balls with the match so magnificently poised.BBCCopyright: BBC
10 balls leftRockets 106-7Two dot balls end the set.Rockets need 15 runs from the final 10 balls.The win predictor is now 55-45% in Rockets' favour. It is closing up.
commentsGet Involved#bbccricket or text 81111 (UK only)Jack Rule: OMG, it’s happening! The too good to be true is happening!
Post updateJames AndersonEngland bowler on BBC TwoHate to say it but Salt might've got in Sams head there.
12 balls leftwicketWICKETSams c Stubbs b Hartley 13 (Rockets 106-7)GettyCopyright: GettyAnother twist! Daniel Sams tries to go again but doesn't get the distance on it and Tristan Stubbs takes the catch about 10 yards in off the rope down the ground.Sams pulled away initially because of more chat from Phil Salt. Did he get in his head?
Post updateJames AndersonEngland bowler on BBC TwoA big blow for the Originals! That could be the shot.
13 balls leftsixRockets 106-6Need 15 from 13 ballsBIG moment!Daniel Sams pulls away and Tom Lammonby catches it, but he can't stop his momentum from making him tramp on the ropes.It is like Trent Boult for New Zealand in the World Cup final. We all know that ended up with an England win. Will Rockets go on and win this?
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Post update
Daniel Norcross
BBC Radio
This is a different kind of Lord's hum.
Rockets 108-8
A single.
Rockets need 13 from six balls.
Rockets 107-8
Oh!
Josh Little goes down the leg side and Luke Wood misses but umpire Martin Saggers doesn't think it is a wide.
It was very close to leg stump to be fair.
Post update
Just to let everyone know, if this game finishes in a tie we will have a super five.
Both sides will bat for five balls. Highest score wins.
Fancy it?
Post update
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at Lord's
There are people leaping out of their feet. Proper, proper drama.
Post update
Steven Finn
Former England bowler on BBC Radio
This is extraordinary. The Manchester Originals have picked up wickets consistently all the way through.
But Luke Wood can bat. They can all bat!
Post update
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC Two
Suddenly the whole game swings in the space of a couple of deliveries.
Post update
James Anderson
England bowler on BBC Two
Eight down! What is going on here?
WICKET
Carter b Hartley b Little 0 (Rockets 107-8)
Tom Hartley does not drop catches!
Matt Carter looks to hit over the rope away but another Trent Rockets batter is caught on the boundary.
The win predictor now has it 75-25% in Manchester Originals' favour.
This game is swingingggggg.
Post update
Henry Moeran
BBC Radio
Every single will feel like a win for the Originals, it just adds that pressure a bit more.
Rockets 107-7
A single for Lewis Gregory.
Rockets need 14 runs from nine balls.
I've said it already but do NOT go ANYWHERE. This is going to go the whole way.
Post update
Post update
Daniel Norcross
BBC Radio
Lewis Gregory is going to be on strike for the last 10 balls with the match so magnificently poised.
Rockets 106-7
Two dot balls end the set.
Rockets need 15 runs from the final 10 balls.
The win predictor is now 55-45% in Rockets' favour. It is closing up.
Get Involved
#bbccricket or text 81111 (UK only)
Jack Rule: OMG, it’s happening! The too good to be true is happening!
Post update
Henry Moeran
BBC Radio
Just when you think the game is done, something changes again.
Post update
James Anderson
England bowler on BBC Two
Hate to say it but Salt might've got in Sams head there.
WICKET
Sams c Stubbs b Hartley 13 (Rockets 106-7)
Another twist!
Daniel Sams tries to go again but doesn't get the distance on it and Tristan Stubbs takes the catch about 10 yards in off the rope down the ground.
Sams pulled away initially because of more chat from Phil Salt. Did he get in his head?
Post update
James Anderson
England bowler on BBC Two
A big blow for the Originals! That could be the shot.
Rockets 106-6
Need 15 from 13 balls
BIG moment!
Daniel Sams pulls away and Tom Lammonby catches it, but he can't stop his momentum from making him tramp on the ropes.
It is like Trent Boult for New Zealand in the World Cup final. We all know that ended up with an England win.
Will Rockets go on and win this?