- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.2 King outwits her fellow Aussie! This seems to be zipped in a little quicker on a full length outside off. Voll looks for the slog-sweep but perhaps picks too full a ball for the stroke. Only manages an under-edge that crashes into off stump. King is delighted - this is just what the Rockets were after. Voll, meanwhile, trudges off disappointed! 37/111.3 holes out to deep mid wicket, and Lamb's party is over! Gardner holds the length back on middle and leg, and dares Lamb to drag this over cow corner. She takes up the challenge but comes up second-best. Lamb got a good chunk of it but not the elevation, with King making no mistake. Big wicket in the context of the game! 87/212.4 caught on the fence again, and the Phoenix lose their skipper too! This is slanted in full on the stumps. Perry fancies her chances of clearing the shorter leg-side boundary but does not have a whole lot of room to work with. She cannot free her arms fully and ends up picking out deep mid wicket to absolute perfection. The Rockets have two in quick succession - can they now capitalize? 93/315.3 straight to short fine leg, and Jones has to walk back! Zipped in full and wide. Jones telegraphs the line and shimmies across. The choice of shot is right, especially with fine leg up, but she does not muster the elevation she would have wanted. Arrowed straight to Scrivens, and the Rockets break another promising partnership! 111/513.3 in the air and taken superbly at square leg by Emma Jones! Slanted in very full just outside leg. Kalis thinks she can work this away into the on side but fails to keep it down. Shovels it towards square leg, where Jones tracks the trajectory wonderfully and then lunges forward to gobble up the catch inches off the turf. Brilliant work in the field, and the Rockets keep chipping away! 97/4Extras4 (b 1, w 3)TOTAL148/5 (20 Overs, RR: 7.4 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Georgia Voll, 5.2 ov), 2-87 (Emma Lamb, 11.3 ov), 3-93 (Ellyse Perry, 12.4 ov), 4-97 (Sterre Kalis, 13.3 ov), 5-111 (Amy Jones, 15.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB A Stonehouse 2 0 10 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 CM McCarthy 4 0 29 1 7.25 6 5 0 0 0 KL Gordon 3 0 28 0 9.33 2 4 0 1 0 AM King 4 0 30 2 7.5 4 4 0 0 0 A Gardner 4 0 32 1 8 8 6 0 1 0 H Graham 3 0 18 1 6 5 1 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.3 in the air, and taken at deep mid wicket! Phoenix go back-to-back! Length just outside off and Smith thinks she can swipe this over cow corner. The shot may have been on too, but she miscues it terribly. That brings Lister into play and she runs in off the fence to complete the catch. Smith has to depart after a brisk cameo, and the Rockets in a slight spot of bother now! 38/24.4 exceptional catch at extra cover, and Scrivens is on her way! Dug into the track outside off and Scrivens' eyes light up. She throws her hands at it but cannot keep her stroke down. Hits it uppishly towards Lister, who lunges forward and snares a very, very sharp chance. Just the moment of fielding brilliance the Phoenix needed, and Perry, like she almost always does, provides the breakthrough! 35/119.1 beautiful catch at short fine leg, and NSB throws her head back in disappointment! Zipped into the slot on middle and off. NSB shuffles across and picks her spot past short fine leg. She seems to have done enough too until...Taylor throws herself to her right and snaffles up an incredibly sharp chance. What a day Taylor has had today, and that might be the final nail in the Rockets' coffin today! 129/67.1 another sharp take, and that is a gigantic moment in this game! This is not the greatest ball of all time, and is a half-tracker outside leg. Gardner looks to smash the cover off it and swipes at it. Hits it flat but aerially, and Kelly snaps down low to her right to send the Rockets skipper back to the shed. The Birmingham Phoenix taking control now! 50/310.4 third catch for Lister, and Baker has another! Baker throws it up outside off, enticing the inside-out lofted shot. Graham chances her arm, but does not manage the connection she is after. The bat face also opened up upon contact, perhaps a result of not quite getting to the pitch of the ball, and Lister, running back from extra cover, took it nicely over her left shoulder! 70/415.5 Wraith perishes, and Taylor has her first! Tossed up on middle and leg, and Wraith has no option but to charge and swish at it. She is not to the pitch of the ball, though, and that means she has to drag it. No power in the shot in the end and Lamb, stationed well inside the deep mid wicket fence, does the rest! 96/5Extras9 (lb 2, nb 4, w 3)TOTAL137/6 (20 Overs, RR: 6.85 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Grace Scrivens, 4.4 ov), 2-38 (Bryony Smith, 5.3 ov), 3-50 (Ashleigh Gardner, 7.1 ov), 4-70 (Heather Graham, 10.4 ov), 5-96 (Natasha Wraith, 15.5 ov), 6-129 (Nat Sciver-Brunt, 19.1 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Birmingham Phoenix (Women) , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.05, Interval 16.05-16.20, Second Session 16.20-17.25
Match days
8 August 2025 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Birmingham Phoenix (Women) 4, Trent Rockets (Women) 0
Balls per over
5
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 0 wicket)
- Birmingham Phoenix (Women): 50 runs in 34 balls, Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Birmingham Phoenix (Women) - 77/1 in 48 balls (EL Lamb 48, EA Perry 7)
- EL Lamb: 50 off 28 balls (8 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (EL Lamb 40, EA Perry 10, Ex 0)
- Birmingham Phoenix (Women): 100 runs in 71 balls, Extras 3
- Balls 83: Review by Trent Rockets (Women) (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - G Bambury, Batter - M Kelly (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Birmingham Phoenix (Women) - 148/5 in 100 balls (A Lister 21, M Kelly 23)
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 1 wicket)
- Trent Rockets (Women): 50 runs in 36 balls, Extras 6
- Trent Rockets (Women): 100 runs in 82 balls, Extras 7
- Nat Sciver-Brunt: 50 off 32 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Balls 86: Review by Trent Rockets (Women) (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - G Bambury, Batter - Nat Sciver-Brunt (Struck down)
Match Coverage
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