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Best performances - Batsmen

DW Lawrence
DW Lawrence
93(49) 10x4 - 3x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 26 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
8 0 18 10 14 7 12 24
JE Root
JE Root
72(35) 10x4 - 2x6
Control %71%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 14 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
13 12 13 11 9 1 0 13

Best performances - Bowlers

DJ Worrall
O4
M1
R23
W2
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
IS Sodhi
IS Sodhi
O4
M0
R29
W2
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Alan Gardner

END OF OVER:
20 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | TR-M: 193/5 (3 runs required, RR: 9.65)

  • Lewis Gregory6 (3b)
  • Joe Root72 (35b)
  • Nathan Ellis3.5-0-43-1
  • Chris Wood3.5-0-47-0

5.25pm: All smiles for Lawrence now, though he went through the wringer in the latter stages. A match aggregate of 388 runs, two fine individual performances from Joe Root and Lawrence himself, but it's London Spirit who take the spoils - a first win for them after two washouts

Dan Lawrence is Match Hero for his 93 off 49: "With a boundary that's only 40m in it's so hard to control when a batter gets going. I thought our lads held their nerve really well in the last ten balls to get over the line. The game's so fast-paced, when they come in with right and left it's hard to get the people in the right place. You've just got to accept that some balls are going to go for six. [Root innings[ We tried to keep him off strike the last few balls. He's brilliant, played some amazing shots. [Crawley] Great to have Zak back, been in amazing form. Just assessed the situation, with the short side you can get going quite quickly. [Captaincy] Been fun, quick-paced game and need to make decisions quickly. But good fun when you win. Lovely to play in front of a packed house, good atmosphere and very happy we've got a win."

Right, that's a wrap from Lord's. There's a thrilling finish in progress in the women's game in Cardiff, and that will be followed by Welsh Fire against Southern Brave in the men's comp. Thanks for your comments. Cheerio!

19.5
2
Ellis to Gregory, 2 runs, Ellis holds his nerve, full on off stump and swung leg side but he's got protection there! Spirit win by two runs, despite Root's efforts, as Rockets fall narrowly shy of the highest successful chase in the Hundred

Five required. Six to win, four for a tie

19.4
2
Ellis to Gregory, 2 runs, short ball outside off, bottom-edged behind square on the pull. They'll get back for two

Seven off two

19.3
2
Ellis to Gregory, 2 runs, low full toss, Gregory swishes it away into the leg side. The sweeper has to come in a long way, Crawley the misfields and they get two

Lewis Gregory, the skipper, walks in

19.2
W
Ellis to Sams, OUT, full and straight, 88mph, pins him in front! Sams misses with a heave across the line and looks gone... but he reviews, perhaps in desperation. Struck on the knee roll and ball-tracking has it smashing into middle. Up goes the finger again. Ellis makes a crucial breakthrough at the vital juncture!

DR Sams lbw b Ellis 32 (14m 11b 4x4 2x6) SR: 290.90

Nine off four now. Lawrence goes for a chat with his bowler

19.1
4
Ellis to Sams, FOUR, low full toss, whipped away! Sams gets enough on a meaty blow that beats the man on the 45 and races fine

Pressure on Ellis with 13 to defend

END OF OVER:
19 | 15 Runs | TR-M: 183/4 (13 runs required from 5 balls, RR: 9.63, RRR: 13.00)

  • Daniel Sams28 (9b)
  • Joe Root72 (35b)
  • Chris Wood3.5-0-47-0
  • Nathan Ellis2.5-0-33-0

Can Rockets keep this up? They're clinging to the asking rate as we go into the final set

18.5
4
Wood to Sams, FOUR, full down leg, helped away! Sams gets plenty on his flick to fine leg

Rockets 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st3DJ MalanAD Hales
2nd15AD HalesT Kohler-Cadmore
3rd57JE RootT Kohler-Cadmore
4th69C MunroJE Root
5th43JE RootDR Sams
6th6JE RootL Gregory