Postpublished at 11:25 British Summer Time 19 August 2023
Bryony Smith is looking in mighty fine touch for Rockets this morning.
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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
Sam Drury
Bryony Smith is looking in mighty fine touch for Rockets this morning.
Now Nat Sciver-Brunt joins the party as she hits her first four of the innings, though it has courtesy of a poor misfield by Chloe Brewer.
It is tough enough for Phoenix out there without mistakes like that.
Trent Rockets bring up the 50 from just 29 balls as Bryony Smith clatters the ball to the rope for her seventh boundary of the innings already.
Rockets already looking set for a hefty score here.
Lee may have gone but Bryony Smith is looking in fantastic touch.
She smashes Sophie Devine away through the covers for four to move to 34 from 15 balls.
Oh and Nat Sciver-Brunt has joined Smith in the middle.
She can bat a bit too, apparently...
Lee c E Jones b Devine 3 (Rockets 36-1)
Relief for Phoenix as Lizelle Lee goes!
She attempts to heave the ball onto the on side but it catches a leading edge and flies straight to Eve Jones at cover for a routine catch.
Oof, a bruising set for Katie Levick as Bryony Smith tees off.
She hits Levick for back-to-back boundaries before carving the next ball over the rope for six.
It was tough but that has to go down as a chance, especially with a wicketkeeper of Amy Jones' quality.
Lizelle Lee goes for a wild swipe outside off stump that catches the outside edge, but a diving Jones can only get one glove on the ball.
Shot! Bryony Smith has absolutely nailed the ball over deep mid-wicket for a one-bounce four.
She attempts the same shot next delivery but doesn't quite connect, the ball falls short of the fielder running in from the boundary though and they can run a single.
Tess Flintoff bowls the next set but struggles with her line, bowling two wild wides including one that flies down to the boundary to give Rockets a helping hand.
There's plenty of cloud over Trent Bridge but thankfully no threat of rain, with the stands filling up nicely.
Phoenix opt for off spin to start with Erin Burns thrown the ball first up.
She struggles with a length a bit though and Bryony Smith pulls away a short delivery through square leg for the first boundary of the match.
Here come the teams amid the usual blaze of smoke and fireworks, including Rockets openers Lizelle Lee and Bryony Smith.
Lee blasted Rockets to an emphatic victory against Originals on Thursday. Any chance of a repeat?
The match-up between Lizelle Lee and Sophie Devine at the start of the Rockets innings could be key.
Devine has removed the opener eight times in 15 T20s.
Lee averages just 13 against the New Zealander.
Trent Rockets: Lizelle Lee (wk), Bryony Smith, Nat Sciver-Brunt (capt), Harmanpreet Kaur, Fran Wilson, Jo Gardner, Naomi Dattani, Alana King, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Alexa Stonehouse, Kirstie Gordon.
Birmingham Phoenix: Eve Jones (capt), Sophie Devine, Amy Jones (wk), Erin Burns, Tess Flintoff, Abbey Freeborn, Sterre Kalis, Emily Arlott, Hannah Baker, Katie Levick, Chloe Brewer.
Birmingham Phoenix captain Eve Jones: "We've played some half-decent cricket but haven't been able to get over the line. That is disappointing. We have nothing to lose now.
"There aren't that many games in the competition but it is about finding a winning formula and we haven't quite managed that yet."
Trent Rockets captain Nat Sciver-Brunt: "I haven't won many tosses so there was a bit of a celebration from the girls there!
"WinViz is never out of the game, is it? We'll see what happens. Hopefully we'll put a good show for our home fans today and see what Welsh Fire do.
"It is not how you start a competition, it is how you end, but we had a rain game at the start and lost momentum. We've had to be on our game at the end but that has played into our hands."
Rockets skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt wins the toss and decides to have a bat first.
Welcome to another bumper day of action in the Hundred, with four matches scheduled throughout the the day.
First up, it is Trent Rockets v Birmingham Phoenix in the women's competition from Trent Bridge.
Let's start with news of the toss...