Rockets vs Fire, 29th Match at Nottingham, Men's Hundred, Aug 29 2022 - Match Result

RESULT
29th Match (N), Nottingham, August 29, 2022, The Hundred Men's Competition
(100 balls, T:173) 143/6

Rockets won by 29 runs

Player Of The Match
58 (37)
dawid-malan
Match centre 
Scores: Binoy George | Comms: Alan Gardner
Scorecard summary
Trent Rockets (Men) 172/4(100 balls)
58 (37)
1/25 (20)
38 (29)
1/31 (20)
Welsh Fire (Men) 143/6(100 balls)
2/12 (20)
25 (21)
2/23 (20)

9.54pm: Trent Rockets become the first men's team to ensure their progression, getting above par with the bat and then doing the needful with the ball. Matt Critchley played a decent hand in reply, scoring only the second fifty by a Fire batter this year, but he had little support and there was rarely any sense that they could go at the required rate to put pressure on Rockets' attack. Anyway, you can check out the table ahead of two big games - London Spirit against Birmingham Phoenix, and Manchester Originals versus Oval Invincibles, both effectively quarter-finals with Rockets now through. We'll be back to bring you every ball (because they all count). Cheerio!

Dawid Malan is the Match Hero: "Got a couple away early and then it slowed up and became harder to bat on. That's the point of the group stages, hopefully we can get to the final. Fantastic to qualify, be nice to go straight through and get a game off. We've got a good bunch of guys, it's going really well and we've created a good environment. When you're in the runs you want to contribute to winning games."

100
1
Cook to Critchley, 1 run

full on the stumps, clipped down to long-on. Rockets wrap up a 29-run win and confirm their place in the play-offs. Welsh Fire, meanwhile, become the first team in either the men's or women's competitions to lose all eight games in a season

99
1
Cook to Sodhi, 1 run

pitched up and thrashed through backward square leg via a thick inside edge

98
Cook to Sodhi, no run

fired full outside off, Sodhi swings and misses

Ish Sodhi comes out

97
W
Cook to Cobb, OUT

swatted to mid-on! Maybe pace off and Cobb can't generate any power, backing away and plinked into the leg side. Well held by Munro

Josh Cobb c Munro b Cook 17 (17b 1x4 1x6 24m) SR: 100

Fire have now scored their highest total this year, which is something

96
6
Cook to Cobb, SIX runs

slot ball, battered over long-off! Full and in the arc, Cobb hits it cleanly down the ground

Sam Cook to finish off... 38 needed from five, which is going to be... tough

after 95 balls14 runs
WF-M: 135/5Need 38 from 5 balls
Matt Critchley54 (34b 5x4 2x6)
Josh Cobb11 (15b 1x4)
Daniel Sams 0/35 (17)
95
1
Sams to Critchley, 1 run

pace on, out towards the tramlines and Critchley thick-edges to short third

94
Sams to Critchley, no run

round the wicket, full and wide and through to the keeper

Sams called on for the last two of this set

94
6nb
Wood to Critchley, (no ball) FOUR runs

another high full toss, deflected to deep third! Critchley goes to fifty and Wood is going to be removed from the attack for bowling two dangerous deliveries!

93
4
Wood to Critchley, FOUR runs

pitched up and steered through backward point, beats the dive on the rope! Aiming for wide (block)hole but Critchley gets it away

92
1
Wood to Cobb, 1 run

half-volley on leg stump, Cobb can only clip it out to deep midwicket

91
Wood to Cobb, no run

pitched up outside off, 79mph and crashed into the covers

91
2nb
Wood to Cobb, (no ball)

high full toss in the channel, Wood gets it wrong. No-ball and free hit coming

Wood to finish his allocation

CHANGE OF END
after 90 balls11 runs
WF-M: 121/5Need 52 from 10 balls
Matt Critchley45 (30b 3x4 2x6)
Josh Cobb10 (12b 1x4)
Daniel Sams 0/34 (15)

The strategic timeout is signalled. Though quite what elaborate strategy Rockets need to concoct defending 52 from the last ten, I don't know...

90
2
Sams to Critchley, 2 runs

short outside off, pulled into a gap for two. Came off the toe of the bat but between two leg-side boundary riders

90
1w
Sams to Critchley, 1 wide

fired down the leg side

89
4
Sams to Critchley, FOUR runs

carved over backward point, Sams sprays it wide and Critchley cashes in on the drop

88
1
Sams to Cobb, 1 run

dropped on the boundary! Slower ball hoicked into the leg side, but without the power required... only for Wood to misjudge it slightly, then put the chance down as he seemed to slip on the turf

87
1
Sams to Critchley, 1 run

full and wide of the stumps with pace off, Critchley swipes and thick-edges past his stumps

86
2
Sams to Critchley, 2 runs

round the wicket, slower ball dinked back over the bowler's head

Sams back on, 63 needed from 15 if Fire aren't to end the season winless

after 85 balls7 runs
WF-M: 110/5Need 63 from 15 balls
Matt Critchley36 (26b 2x4 2x6)
Josh Cobb9 (11b 1x4)
Luke Wood 0/13 (15)
85
Wood to Critchley, no run

wide full toss and Critchley swings at it, edged through to the keeper on the bounce

84
1
Wood to Cobb, 1 run

flung full and wide, Cobb is stretching and gets it off the toe into the covers, with Wood giving chase

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
DJ Malan
58 runs (37)
3 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
cover drive
12 runs
1 four0 six
Control
70%
MJJ Critchley
55 runs (35)
5 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
slog shot
16 runs
1 four2 sixes
Control
66%
Best performances - bowlers
T Shamsi
B
20
0s
11
R
12
W
2
RPB
0.60
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
LEGOFF
LHB
2W
SR Patel
B
20
0s
8
R
23
W
2
RPB
1.15
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
TossWelsh Fire (Men), elected to field first
Series
Season2022
Player Of The Match
Match days29 August 2022 - night (100-ball match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Language
English
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