Recent Match Report – Invincibles vs Rockets 22nd Game 2021

Invincible Oval 125 for 6 (Roy 56 *, Patel 2-21) beat Trent rockets for 116 for 8 (Narine 3-11) by nine strokes

It was nearly seven hours after the initial tee time when Tom Curran caught Rashid Khan halfway through to put the finishing touches on the victory. A crowd of 19,382 remained standing after two short bursts of rain were enough to wipe out the women’s game and 70 men’s balls, and although many families had long since left for the house, those who remained had entitled to a high octane number. game with a tense finale.

The Invincibles’ total of 125 – four more than Welsh Fire had managed on the same field earlier this week, despite the 100 full balls – owed a lot to Roy, whose 56 was the game’s only significant contribution by a batter and represented more than half. of the Invincibles runs straight away. He was destructive against spin and pace, crushing four sixes in the stands and beat the innings to keep things together.

Narine was the key man in the pursuit, taking out three of the Rockets’ top four and returning a remarkable 3 for 11. The only surprise was that Invincibles captain Sam Billings chose not to give him his full allowance. of 15 balls. Five hitters made double digits, but Lewis Gregory’s unrestricted 28 was the highest score.

Roy’s lonely hand
Most teams around the world agree that the way to go against Roy at the start of an inning is to throw the ball to a spinner whose original ball is turning away from its outer edge, and Gregory has gave the first two sets of five to Samit Patel and Rashid Khan. , defending a long limit on the leg side. But Roy wasn’t in the mood to nudge and nurdle: Rashid gave his first ball some steal, so he swung viciously to munch the first six innings over a long stretch.

He was briefly calmed down in the middle of the innings, after Powerplay, and received a life on the 18th when Rashid dropped a single chance in the deep midwicket, but was brutal against Matt Carter (whom he hit for 20 points with seven balls) and Timm van der Gugten (19 of 6) while beating through the innings for 56 of 29.

The Invincibles have struggled for partnerships – the highest was the first stand of 39 Roy shared with Will Jacks, the only other hitter to hit double the numbers – but their middle order maintained their intention to attack, with the pinch. Nostril the only one. of their eight batters from not hitting a limit.

Samit Patel (2 for 21 of 15 balls) and newbie Sam Cook (1 for 10 of 10) were the Rockets’ attacking pick, but Rashid (1 for 28 of 15) struggled to make an impact . They were sloppy on the pitch at times, with van der Gugten dropping a cart in the middle of Jacks’ wicket early on – though Gregory took a blink of an eye at an extra short blanket to take out Colin Ingram.

Every bullet counts
The ubiquitous The Hundred slogan took on new meaning in Reece Topley’s first series of five. Alex Hales, the key man in the Rockets chase, had hit the first two deliveries for four and two, stepping back to open the offside with the two border runners defending the shorter leg side, but his night took a turn for the worst times later.

Topley hit the ball a hard length, cramped it for room, and sent it tumbling down with a cry of “oh no!” picked up by the strain’s microphone. Hales lay down for several minutes, with Ebony Rainford-Brent explaining on Sky Sports for those who doubted he had been “nailed in goolie woolens”.