The Trent Rockets guaranteed themselves a qualifying spot after a comfortable win against Welsh Fire at Trent Bridge
The Trent Rockets guaranteed a qualification spot after a comfortable 29-run victory against Welsh Fire at Trent Bridge. Batting first, the home team scored 172 runs thanks to an 89-run opening partnership between Alex Hales and David Malan, who scored 58 off 37 balls cameos from Daniel Sams and Colin Munro.
Coming to bat, the Rockets got off to a good start, in-form Malan hit two boundaries to open the innings
Coming to bat, Rockets got off to a fine start, with in-form Malan hitting two boundaries to open the innings.
The opening partnership continued to find boundaries and at half-time took the Rockets to 78 for 0. David Payne would eventually find a breakthrough from the 58th ball as Hales found an off-side sweeper to dismiss for 38. The Nottinghamshire opener scored over 250 runs in the group stages and put his name back in talks for the England call-up.
Someone sure to fly to Australia for the T20 World Cup is Malan, whose 58 took his group-stage tally to 358 runs. He was eventually dismissed on the 79th ball by Matt Critchley.
Innings were not allowed to stall till the end, thanks to an amusing cameo from the promoted Sams. His and Munro’s innings scored 172 runs for four wickets.
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Scored the only score this season:-
One underperforming star is Tom Banton, who scored a lone score this season. For some time the England opener got off to a good start, hitting one four after another before Cook cut him lbw with a full toss to end a poor campaign.
Critchley (55 off 35 balls) and Duckett began rebuilding the innings and scored 71 for 2 after 50 balls. But the Rockets’ spinners exploded once again. Shamsi took the crucial wicket of a duck after taking a good catch from Munro at mid-off. Four balls later, Shamsi dismissed fellow South African David Miller.
With the spinners taking four wickets, the fire’s innings extinguished the spark the Rockets could start planning for the Eliminators.
