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Akeal Hosein (Player of the Match): "Grateful for that start and thankful to be able to put my team on the winning track early on. Both ends played differently. One was sticky, from the other, it stayed low and skidded on. We have got a great bunch. I had no pads on. I had the confidence on the boys. It got closer than what we would have liked, but happy to get the win."
8:42 PM local time, 1:12 AM IST:Trent Rockets (128 for 5) defeat Northern Superchargers (124 for 9) by 5 wickets
Tom Banton - 37 (25) | Imad Wasim - 3/19 Rehan Ahmed - 31 (26) | Adil Rashid - 2/18
Rockets huff and puff towards this win. It was simply a case of not enough runs on the board. A lot of the pre-match chatter for this encounter was how this was going to be the clash between 2 batting mainstays - Harry Brook and Joe Root. The Superchargers skipper stamped his presence with a middling score earlier. Joe Root was staring at a great opportunity to anchor this chase and dictate the progress of his side.
Tom Banton had always been a boundary-hitter. The attacking opener took calculated risks to keep the scoreboard ticking at a healthy rate. What this also opened up was the possibility for Root to just milk those singles here and there, consolidating his end. The opening pair not only survived the power play, but also flourished in it.
Tom Banton was in visible discomfort with his minor hip pain which will probably mean that he goes a bit heavy with the stroke making. By the time the first wicket fell, the equation read 68 runs needed from 61 balls. Root was unfortunate with an extremely soft dismissal. What followed was a squeeze from the Superchargers, a strangulation effort that dried up the runs. Rehan Ahmed got into a bit of a rut where he just could not break free. The 20 year old was 17 from 20 balls with only a solitary boundary to his name. The spin trio of Imad Wasim, Adil Rashid and Dan Lawrence ensured this wasn't a stroll for the Rockets. They earned the runs.
But just when it looked like the Superchargers had a sniff, Rehan found his timing to end with 31 off 26 balls. There was some drama at the end with wickets and boundaries - all happening simultaneously but Rockets prevailed. When they wake up tomorrow, they will probably look back at certain moments and hope that they finished the game earlier, without allowing their opponents the slightest of chances but they will grab this win with both hands for now.
19.1 Matthew Potts to Marcus Stoinis, DONE AND DUSTED! Trent Rockets win. Hard length ball outside off. The experienced Stoinis did not try to do anything fancy. Stood firm and deployed a conventional backfoot punch to send the ball to the backward point boundary.
19.0
18.5 Matthew Potts to Adam Hose, THEY STEAL A SINGLE! Good length ball angling into the body. Hose swished across, missed and sprinted through. Potts tackled the ball, turned around and hurled an off target throw at the non-striker's end. Direct hit would have fetched a wicket. Scores level.
18.4 Matthew Potts to Adam Hose, LOFTED OVER EXTRA COVER! FOUR! Once again, Potts failed to land the yorker. This one was aimed wider and hence, allowed Hose to smack it off side. 2 more to win now.
18.3 Matthew Potts to Adam Hose, BIG FULL TOSS! But Hose's premeditated charge brought him a lot closer to the ball than ideal. Warded off to square leg.
18.2 Matthew Potts to Marcus Stoinis, good length, down the leg side. Clipped towards fine leg for an easy single. 6 more to win off 8 balls.
18.1 Matthew Potts to Marcus Stoinis, runs in over the wicket and searcher for a yorker. It ends up being a full toss, but Stoinis brings out a measured bunt to long-off. Picks 2 runs. 7 left.
9 runs needed from 10 balls - 5 wickets remaining! This match is not over, yet. Potts comes back into the attack!
18.0
17.5 Imad Wasim to Adam Hose, flat and quick, on a good length, keeps low, slants in at the leg peg. Hose backed away, only to ward it off tentatively in the end.
Adam Hose batting at 7th position
Tom Alsop has been dismissed for 15 runs off 9 balls
17.4 Imad Wasim to Tom Alsop, BOWLED! How many times have we seen the stumps being disturbed today? Good length ball that Alsop wanted to swat away to the leg side. He ended up bottom edging it onto his back leg and then, the ball rolled onto the stumps.
17.3 Imad Wasim to Tom Alsop, skips out of the crease, Wasim shortens his length. In the end, it is dinked back to the bowler.
17.2 Imad Wasim to Tom Alsop, good length, at the off pole. Nudged back to the bowler.
17.1 Imad Wasim to Marcus Stoinis, DID THAT CARRY? Good length ball at the off peg from around the wicket. Stoinis muscled it towards Crawley at long-on, who dived forward to scoop it up on a half-volley. One run.
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