Rockets 104-4published at 18 balls left
Harmanpreet Kaur is still there, of course. I reckon if the India superstar is there at the end the Rockets will win.
Jo Gardner is the new batter at the other end.
Summary
Superchargers win and go third after dramatic Rockets collapse
Rockets fall from 102-2 to 107-7 - Bryony Smith top-scores with 70
Higham takes 3-29, with Linsey Smith & Wareham taking two wickets each
Litchfield (38) & Rodrigues (33) help Superchargers to 134-4
Rockets 104-4published at 18 balls left
Postpublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 9 August 2023
The Rockets need 33 runs from 20 balls.
It has all changed around since Bryony Smith got out...
WICKETpublished at 20 balls left
Wilson b Higham 0 (Rockets 102-4)
Gone! Two in three balls.
This has spun from Lucy Higham, the ball turning and beating the ball of new batter Fran Wilson before going onto the stumps.
Anyone's game now...
WICKETpublished at 22 balls left
N Sciver-Brunt b Higham 4 (Rockets 102-3)
Is there a twist?
The great Nat Sciver-Brunt tries to sweep spinner Lucy Higham, misses and the ball flicks her pad and deflects onto the stumps.
The Superchargers suddenly look like they believe again.
Rockets 100-2published at 25 balls left
Target 135
On we go. The Rockets need 35 from 25 balls as spinner Lucy Higham comes into the attack again.
Rockets 100-2published at 27 balls left
Ah that's lovely from India skipper Kaur. She just waits for a ball from Alice Davidson-Richards to arrive and guides it gracefully to the fence.
They're admiring the shot on the Rockets bench.
Rockets 95-2published at 30 balls left
40 runs needed from 30 balls
Nat Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet Kaur look very relaxed as they come together for a chat. The Rockets big name duo should be able to manage this chase from here.
Postpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 9 August 2023
This wasn't the fan in the crowd's finest hour...
How's stat?!published at 13:36 British Summer Time 9 August 2023
Bryony Smith's 70 runs today, her total for the Hundred in 2023 so far, makes her the sixth-highest scoring batter in the women's competition. She needed just 10 more to match Northern Superchargers' Phoebe Litchfield (80) in fourth.
Postpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 9 August 2023
The Superchargers now only have the small matter of Harmanpreet Kaur to deal with.
43 from 35 needed.
WICKETpublished at 35 balls left
B Smith c Higham b Wareham 70 (Rockets 92-2)
Bryony Smith's fun is over! Having already struck two fours, she goes again but picks out the safe hands of Lucy Higham on the boundary.
Smith goes for a superb 70 from 44 balls.
Rockets 88-1published at 37 balls left
Again Bryony Smith finds the boundary!
She's just standing there like a baseball player with her bat high and whacking everything in sight.
How's stat?!published at 13:32 British Summer Time 9 August 2023
In T20s in 2023, Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver-Brunt have scored the most runs playing the sweep shot against spinners. Harmanpreet has scored 158 runs at an average of 53 with a strike rate of 193 whereas Nat Sciver-Brunt has scored 135 runs at an average of 67.5 and a strike rate of 196.
Rockets 84-1published at 40 balls left
Target 135
Smith jogs a single which means it's England regular v England regular in the form of Cross v Sciver-Brunt. NSB tries to crash another boundary but doesn't quite get hold of it.
This would be the Rockets first victory of the tournament if they pull this off.
Rockets 83-1published at 43 balls left
Just over mid-off!
This was a bit of a mis-hit from the imperious Bryony Smith but it still gets her four.
Postpublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 9 August 2023
Kate Cross is back with the Superchargers in desperate need for a wicket.
Rockets 79-1published at 45 balls left
Need 56 to win from 45 balls
How costly was this drop?
Smith should have been out for 21. Now she's powering the Rockets towards victory.
Rockets 77-1published at 48 balls left
And another!
Bryony Smith can do no wrong right now.
Postpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 9 August 2023
Bryony Smith has looked in some form...
50 for Bryony Smithpublished at 50 balls left
Bryony Smith eases away a single to finish this block of five balls from Lucy Higham. It takes her to 50 from 32 balls.
Excellent stuff.
Smith gets a polite round of applause and a handshake from her batting partner Sciver-Brunt.