Ahmed Impresses Again As Rockets Seal Second Place

The Hundred men's competition, Trent Bridge

Birmingham Phoenix 111-9 (100 balls): Mousley 26 (25); Ahmed 3-15

Trent Rockets 113-7 (99 balls): Ahmed 37 (23); Bethell 2-22

Rockets won by 3 wickets

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Rehan Ahmed continued his good shape earlier Trent Rockets made difficult activity of a three-wicket triumph complete Birmingham Phoenix astatine Trent Bridge.

Leg-spinner Ahmed took an immaculate 3-15 arsenic Phoenix were restricted to 111-9 connected a slow transportation and past deed 37 from 23 balls astatine number 3 to break nan backmost of nan chase.

He was caught astatine heavy quadrate limb to commencement a illness of 4-11 and, erstwhile Marcus Stoinis and Sam Hain followed, England's Jacob Bethell was near pinch six runs to take sides from nan past 5 balls.

Left-arm spinner Bethell conceded only 1 from nan adjacent 2 balls, but Ben Cox swept nan penultimate shot for 4 to seal victory.

Rockets were already guaranteed a spot successful Saturday's eliminator and had to only debar a dense conclusion to unafraid 2nd successful nan table.

While nan stodgy transportation and edgy batting capacity intends Rockets built small momentum earlier their gathering pinch Northern Superchargers, nan showing of 21-year-old Ahmed continues to connection awesome encouragement for franchise and country.

After an awesome summertime for Leicestershire, Ahmed now has 10 wickets successful The Hundred astatine an system pinch 6.76 - nan 2nd champion of immoderate bowler to person played much than 4 matches down Jofra Archer.

Here he had opener Will Smeed bowled pinch a googly via an wrong separator for 23, Bethell caught reverse sweeping to backward constituent for a three-ball duck and Benny Howell slog-sweeping to heavy mid-wicket for 3 arsenic Phoenix's scoring crushed to a halt aft reaching 42-1 aft 28 balls.

With nan bat he dazzled pinch 5 fours and 1 six - nan only clip a Rockets batter cleared nan bound successful nan pursuit - and put connected 64 for nan 2nd wicket pinch Joe Root, who made a run-a-ball 25.

After nan eliminator, and perchance Sunday's final, Ahmed will nexus up pinch England for their white-ball bid against South Africa, having already secured an world recall.

The group stages reason connected Thursday, pinch unbeaten Southern Brave taking connected struggling Welsh Fire successful nan women's title astatine 15:00 BST.

The men's crippled follows astatine 18:30 BST.

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