Southern Courageous secured their place in The Hundred males’s eliminator on the Kia Oval on Saturday after rain intervened at Utilita Bowl in opposition to Welsh Fireplace.
Courageous got here into the match realizing {that a} level would assure their presence in Saturday’s showdown however on the midway stage, with 181 posted by already-eliminated Fireplace, they’d have feared dropping management of their future.
Two fast wickets – Alex Davies for a duck after which James Vince for 19 – additional set Courageous again. However following Vince’s dismissal, with rain falling steadily, the umpires took the gamers off.
The rain by no means abated and with simply 16 balls having been bowled of Courageous’s innings – a minimal of 25 balls are required to ship a consequence – the sport was duly deserted.
It was a bitter tablet for Fireplace to swallow. With the bat they have been irrepressible, with Luke Wells and Glenn Phillips particularly harmful, sharing a 76-run partnership from simply 30 balls to propel Fireplace to their highest-ever rating within the match.
Wells registered simply his second fifty within the competitors whereas Phillips clubbed 5 sixes – together with one hit over square-leg in opposition to Jofra Archer that sailed 102 metres – to make 48 from simply 19 balls.
For Courageous, solely Akeal Hosein escaped punishment, the West Indian left-armer conceding simply 21 from his 20-ball quota.
Finally, it was immaterial. Courageous are via to face both Oval Invincibles, Northern Superchargers or Birmingham Phoenix, with the latter’s recreation in opposition to Manchester Originals on Thursday figuring out the ultimate placings on the prime.
Participant of the match- James Vince
“Bowling first, things probably got away from us a bit. We were sloppy. Some good players got going and we weren’t able to shut them down, so it was always going to be a tough ask to chase that down,” stated Vince.
“We had a few messages saying the weather might be on its way so we had a few discussions about how to approach those first 25 balls; thankfully the rain came just in time.
“On the entire, throughout the match, the bowling group will get lots of credit score. They’re high quality, skilled bowlers. Our batting goes below the radar a bit. We would like a number of extra guys in type, however on the entire we have been fairly constant.”
Comfort residence win for Rockets
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The Oval Invincibles encountered quite a few errors which will have value them in opposition to the Trent Rockets
Trent Rockets claimed a comfort residence win over Oval Invincibles because of a spectacular show of hitting from Rovman Powell.
Coming to the crease with 95 wanted from 52 balls and the Rockets three wickets down, Powell joined Tom Alsop in an 80-run stand to take the Rockets in the direction of the Invincibles’ complete of 150.
Powell hit 4 sixes, with one off Sam Curran going 101 metres, earlier than the England man induced Powell to miscue a lofted drive to long-on.
The Jamaican’s dismissal left the Rockets needing 15 from 10 balls, however Alsop and Chris Inexperienced took the house facet to victory with six balls to spare.
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Rovman Powell hits 4 monumental sixes throughout his innings
Selecting to bat first on a pitch taking flip, Invincibles opener Dawid Malan made a composed half-century, batting via the innings for an unbeaten 53 (43) to permit the hitters to open up round him.
Will Jacks’ quickfire 30 got here from 17 balls, earlier than Jordan Cox smashed a 30-ball 39 in a 71-run partnership with Malan.
Cox succumbed to Sam Cook dinner, whose figures of 2-23 have been probably the most economical of the Rockets’ bowlers, however Donovan Ferreira’s unbeaten 27 from simply 10 balls featured three successive sixes and hauled the Invincibles as much as 150-3.
Saqib Mahmood, bowling 15 of the primary 20 balls of the Rockets innings, was quick and hostile, often touching 88mph and accounting for the wicket of Tom Banton in his opening spell.
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Donovan Ferreira smashes three sixes in three balls in opposition to the Trent Rockets
Alex Hales, on 35, misjudged a pull to provide Jacks his first wicket, and Joe Root lofted a Nathan Sowter leg-break to long-on for 12 to depart Trent 56-3 after 48 balls.
However Powell and Alsop then took cost because the hosts received with six deliveries to spare.
Invincibles will now await the results of the ultimate group recreation on Thursday to find whether or not they are going to contest the Eliminator on the Oval or go straight via to Sunday’s last at Lord’s.
What’s subsequent?
The Hundred continues on Thursday August 15 with a conflict between Birmingham Phoenix and Manchester Originals.
You possibly can watch the ladies’s match on Sky Sports activities Important Occasion and Sky Sports activities Cricket from 2.30pm, first ball at 3pm, and the lads’s match on Sky Sports activities Important Occasion and Sky Sports activities Cricket from 6pm.
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