Summary

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  • Rockets win opening game of men's competition by six runs

  • Brave collapse from 41-0 to 73-5 and 127 all out

  • Captain Gregory takes 3-19 and Sams 3-26

  • Rockets 133-8: Hain 63, Wasim 26; Jordan 3-18

  • Rockets are defending champions; Brave won competition in 2021

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Live Reporting

Timothy Abraham

  1. Brave 125-7

    Target 134

    Daniel Sams will bowl it.

    Chris Jordan scrambles two with a punch down the ground.

  2. Brave 123-7

    Some tight bowling from Sam Cook - including two priceless dots - leaves Southern Brave needing 11 runs for victory

  3. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    Chris Jordan is playing a gem of an innings here. Rockets have just got to get him off strike.

  4. Brave 122-7

    Target 134

    Chris Jordan swings at a short one from Sam Cook and the ball goes over the head of the wicketkeeper and beats the chase of the fielder to go for four.

  5. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    Oh, that would have been a screamer. But what an effort.

    It was in his hand for split second and pops out as he hits the ground. But still, he's saved three runs there.

  6. Brave 117-7

    Chris Jordan slices at a wide one from Luke Wood and it's almost an incredible catch from substitute Josh Turner at short third.

    He dives full length, one-handed, to his right but the ball pops out on landing.

  7. 6 runs

    Brave 116-7

    Luke Wood is short and Chris Jordan swivels on his heels and heaves it into the stands for six.

  8. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    Trent Rockets will be relieved at that wicket because the partnership was just starting to fly.

    The scoop was a good option for Du Plooy because the gaps were behind the keeper, he just hasn't executed it.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    du Plooy c Kohler-Cadmore b Wood 29

    Leus du Plooy attempts to paddle Luke Wood over the wicketkeeper's head, but can only toe-end it into the night sky.

    Bread-and-butter catch for Tom Kohler-Cadmore.

  10. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    Southern Brave are still right in this.

  11. Brave 107-6

    Target 134

    Brilliant timing from the left-handed Leus du Plooy who flashes Daniel Sams through backward point for four.

  12. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    Well, that's a way to put the pressure back on.

    That is huge!

  13. 6 runs

    Brave 100-6

    Boom! A big one from Chris Jordan who hauls Daniel Sams down the ground and into the second tier of the stands.

  14. Saqib Mahmood
    England bowler on BBC Two

    Whoever is going to be bowling at the death I feel for them because it looks like Rockets are really tight to the cut-off and they might end up having to bring a fielder in.

  15. Brave 94-6

    Chris Jordan is the new batter for Southern Brave and he nudges a single to get Leus du Plooy back on strike.

    The South African - with Hungarian heritage - cracks Lewis Gregory high down the ground for four. He didn't middle that but it has enough on it to dribble over the boundary.

  16. Here's how George Garton was dismissed a little while ago.

  17. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    Lewis Gregory is a high-class cricketer and a very smart leader.

    He is leading from the front here.

  18. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Two

    Lewis Gregory is a very smart operator with the ball. He has bowled beautifully so far.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Fuller c Kohler-Cadmore b Gregory 8 (Brave 89-6)

    UltraEdge shows us there is some glove on it. James Fuller is on his way back to the dugout.

    Lewis Gregory has 3-14.

  20. Rockets review

    James Fuller, down on one knee, spoons an attempted flick off Lewis Gregory down leg side into the gloves of Tom Kohler-Cadmore.

    It's given not out on the field, but Gregory reviews it.