King Stars As Rockets Beat Fire To Avoid Elimination

The Hundred women's competition, Sophia Gardens

Trent Rockets 145-6 (100 balls): Sciver-Brunt 38 (26); Davies 3-26

Welsh Fire 122-9 (100 balls): Dunkley 26 (23); King 3-17

Trent Rockets won by 23 runs

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Trent Rockets comfortably hit Welsh Fire by 23 runs to support their faint qualification hopes live successful The Hundred women's title astatine Sophia Gardens.

Rockets successfully defended a competitory 145-6, but they will beryllium eliminated if Manchester Originals hit Birmingham Phoenix successful nan later crippled astatine 14:30 BST.

Fire, who were already knocked out, fell short connected 122-9 arsenic they struggled for partnerships passim nan innings.

They were bamboozled by Rockets' world-class spinners, Australians Alana King and Ash Gardner, who took 5 wickets betwixt them.

Leg-spinner King extracted plentifulness of move and grip from nan Cardiff aboveground pinch 3-17 while Gardner's relentless accuracy saw her return nan cardinal wickets of Sophia Dunkley for 26 and Hayley Matthews for 18.

Gardner besides group up Rockets' competitory full successful a business of 67 pinch England skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt during nan mediate shape of nan innings, aft Bryony Smith's move 38 from 27 balls astatine nan apical of nan bid gave them a useful platform.

Rockets were group for a formidable full astatine 120-2 pinch 20 balls remaining but Fire dragged backmost immoderate power arsenic some group batters fell successful nan abstraction of six balls, pinch Sciver-Brunt making 38 and Gardner 36.

Freya Davies took 2 wickets successful 2 balls astatine nan adjacent arsenic she vanished pinch 3-26, but contempt their beardown fightback, it proved acold excessively overmuch for a batting line-up debased successful assurance aft a miserable campaign.

Fire look unbeaten Southern Brave, who are already confirmed of a last spot, successful their last crippled connected Thursday while Rockets reason their tourney against Birmingham Phoenix connected Wednesday.

It is simply a decisive time for London Spirit successful nan women's title arsenic they look to boost their top-three hopes by beating Oval Invincibles astatine The Oval astatine 15:00 BST.

The men's crippled follows astatine 18:30 BST and Invincibles person already confirmed a spot successful nan knockouts, but Spirit request a triumph to support their slim hopes alive.

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