Summary

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  • Rockets hold on to win by three runs

  • Victory keeps their knockout hopes alive

  • Rockets post 134-6 with Smith hitting 64 off 40 balls

  • Arlott takes 3-15 and Levick 2-30

  • Already-eliminated Phoenix make 131-4

  • A Jones finishes 46 not out from 30 balls

  1. Rockets 126-4published at 90 balls

    That will come as a relief to Rockets. They had gone 19 balls without a boundary but Fran Wilson lofts a full ball from Hannah Baker over cover for four.

  2. Rockets 119-4published at 85 balls

    Jo Gardner comes out to join Fran Wilson, who is looking in decent touch and will likely need to hang around for the rest of the innings of Rockets are to maintain their momentum.

    There is a brief concussion check as Wilson is struck on the helmet trying to pull a short ball from Sophie Devine. She is fine to continue though.

  3. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 79 balls

    Smith st Jones b Levick 64 (Rockets 114-4)

    They have got her out!

    Bryony Smith scampers down the track and attempts the big heave but get nothing on it, with Amy Jones showing quick glovework behind the stumps to whip off the bails.

    Huge wicket for Phoenix.

    Media caption,

    Quick-witted Amy Jones stumps Bryony Smith

  4. Postpublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 19 August 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Welsh Fire bowler on BBC Radio

    Rockets are in a position to target 150 here. They have slowed down but with Bryony Smith there they can get going again.

    Phoenix have to work out how to get her out, or at least keep her quiet.

  5. Postpublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 19 August 2023

    Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That was a shocking sequence of cricket.

  6. Rockets 112-3published at 75 balls

    Village!

    Fran Wilson ends up on the deck after missing a huge sweep. Bryony Smith goes for the single anyway so Wilson has to get up and scamper to the other end to beat the throw. She doesn't, but Baker fumbles the ball and Wilson is able to scramble into her ground.

  7. dropped catch

    Smith dropped on 62published at 71 balls

    Bryony Smith dropped in the deep!

    Oh my, that is a dolly from Sophie Devine at long-on. It looped up to her just short of the rope but it somehow spilled out of her hands.

  8. Postpublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 19 August 2023

    This is the second wicket to fall as the dangerous Nat Sciver-Brunt is bowled just as she was getting going.

  9. Not outpublished at 68 balls

    Bryony Smith did get a bit of glove on it. Not out and Phoenix lose a review.

  10. Phoenix reviewpublished at 68 balls

    Birmingham Phoenix go for a review at the very last second as Bryony Smith gets in a bit of a tangle attempting the ramp shot.

    If she didn't get any bat or glove on it Smith could be in trouble, as she was bang in front.

  11. Rockets 103-3published at 65 balls

    Bryony Smith is seeing it like the veritable beach ball at the moment as she smashes Chloe Brewer for back-to-back boundaries, the first over mid-on before carving her through point for next ball.

  12. Postpublished at 11:43 British Summer Time 19 August 2023

    This was the first wicket of the day to fall and it was an important one too, with the dangerous Lizelle Lee departing for just three.

  13. Rockets 87-3published at 60 balls

    The Rockets innings is stuttering a bit as Fran Wilson comes out to join Bryony Smith, who has looked serene amid the chaos at the other end.

    She is 52 from just 30 balls.

  14. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 57 balls

    Harmanpreet lbw b Arlott 5 (Rockets 87-3)

    Wow. I thought that was going down leg but the Hawk-Eye replay showed the ball was going to clip the top of leg stump and Harmanpreet Kaur has to go!

    Shows how much I know.

  15. Phoenix reviewpublished at 57 balls

    There's a huge appeal from Emily Arlott as her delivery smacks into Harmanpreet Kaur's pads.

    The umpire says no but Phoenix send it upstairs.

  16. Rockets 85-2published at 55 balls

    It is time for some leg spin as Hannah Baker, who you can read all about here, comes into the attack.

    Just the five runs come off it, the first set without a boundary since the second of the match.

    Some relief for Phoenix, who have taken a bit of a pasting in the field so far.

  17. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 47 balls

    N Sciver-Brunt b Arlott 18 (Rockets 80-2)

    Sciver-Brunt goes next ball! She backs away to try and give herself some room but Emily Arlott responds with a slower ball that smashes into the stumps.

    A big wicket for Phoenix as Sciver-Brunt was just starting to get going.

  18. Rockets 80-1published at 46 balls

    Now Nat Sciver-Brunt is warming up. She hits the final ball of the previous set for a one-bounce four before scooping the first ball of the next set from Emily Arlott over short fine leg and to the rope.

  19. 50 runs

    50 for Bryony Smithpublished at 43 balls

    And there's the half-century! Bryony Smith pushes the ball down to long-on for a single to bring up her 50 from just 28 balls.

    She is looking in fine touch so far.

  20. Rockets 71-1published at 40 balls

    Trent Rockets have to win this game and they are playing like it, with Bryony Smith and Nat Sciver-Brunt helping themselves to another boundary each.

    Another single for Smith moves her to 49.