Summary

  • Fire, chasing 153, can only reach 148-6

  • Clarke run out for 54 off 34

  • Rockets recover from 40-4 to post 152-6

  • Munro hits unbeaten 66 off 35 balls, including four sixes

  • Willey, Ball & Van der Merwe take two wickets each

  1. Fire 127-4published at 9 balls left

    Daniel Sams starts the final 10 with a dot ball to new batter Glenn Phillips.

    That was a good slower ball, I reckon.

  2. Postpublished at 21:10 British Summer Time 14 August 2023

    How big a swing could that one delivery be?

    Clarke was out. Then he wasn't and then he hit a six!

  3. 6 runs

    Fire 127-4published at 10 balls left

    Need 26 runs from 10 balls

    Drama!

    Joe Clarke is given out caught behind but reviews right away. In the meantime it is judged Turner had overstepped.

    And Clarke hammers the free hit for six!

  4. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 11 balls left

    Abell run out Turner 32 (Fire 119-4)

    Sensational from young John Turner.

    He collects the ball in his follow-through and then throws down the stumps at the non-striker's end.

    He's yet to concede a run in this set.

  5. Fire 119-3published at 12 balls left

    This is superb from John Turner! Three dots in a row.

  6. Fire 119-3published at 13 balls left

    Another swing and a miss by Joe Clarke attempting a ramp.

    Just stand and whack it!

  7. Fire 119-3published at 14 balls left

    Need 34 runs from 14 balls

    Dot ball!

  8. Postpublished at 21:05 British Summer Time 14 August 2023

    Another of these would really change things...

  9. Fire 119-3published at 15 balls left

    Need 34 runs from 15 balls

    Absolute filth but kinda effective from Lewis Gregory with the slowest of slower balls.

    The Fire then sneak an overthrow a ball later. This crowd of 6,000 is getting into it.

  10. 6 runs

    Fire 114-3published at 18 balls left

    It's captain v captain as Lewis Gregory runs in to Tom Abell...

    Oh that's a good shot... can Alex Hales get there on the rope? Yes! But he carries the ball over the rope as he slide.

    Abell follows with a four too. Game on.

  11. Fire 104-3published at 20 balls left

    Need 49 runs to win

    Joe Clarke is furiously berating himself after skewing a length ball in the air. I think he reckons that should have gone the distance.

    That's Sams' set done. Skipper Lewis Gregory is going to bowl the next five.

  12. Postpublished at 20:59 British Summer Time 14 August 2023

    Shot of the match?

  13. Fire 102-3published at 22 balls left

    That one is thrashed away too but right to the fielder in the deep.

  14. Fire 101-3published at 23 balls left

    Tom Abell swats the ball into the leg side. Joe Root is racing after it but cannot prevent four.

  15. Postpublished at 20:57 British Summer Time 14 August 2023

    Here we go then for the finale of this game.

    Daniel Sams to bowl...

  16. Fire 96-3published at 25 balls left

    Need 57 from 25 balls

    The umpires signal for a timeout with 25 balls to go.

    One last chance for the captains to get their message across.

  17. 6 runs

    Fire 93-3published at 27 balls left

    Tom Abell keeps his side in the hunt with a big six over mid-wicket.

    60 from 27 needed.

  18. Fire 87-3published at 30 balls left

    Need 66 runs from 30 balls

    Job done from Lewis Gregory's perspective. The Fire's task has just got that bit harder.

  19. Fire 84-3published at 33 balls left

    Good from Lewis Gregory. He starts with three slower balls which Somerset team-mate Tom Abell cannot get away.