Dunkley, Gardner end Super Giants' perfect start
Sophie Luff makes first Hundred fifty as Rockets overcome Sciver-Brunt's absence
Sophie Luff makes first Hundred fifty as Rockets overcome Sciver-Brunt's absence
Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Ashish Pant
Righto, that's it as far as the Women's Hundred goes, but Super Giants men are all set to take on Rockets at the Men's Hundred. Join Alan Gardner on comms there. It's goodnight from us here. Thanks for tuning in. On behalf of Hemant, Thilak and Sudeep, this is me, Ashish, signing off.
Ash Gardner, Trent Rockets captain: [Re-ordering of the batting] Credit to Luffy as well. She has been amazing batting at No. 3. I haven't played a lot against her, but I guess from the domestic levels, everyone's saying she's hitting the ball as best as she ever has. So, I guess to be able to reward that, is really pleasing. Hopefully Nat comes in the next game. [Match-ups at the top of the order] So matchups are always key. You would expect me to bowl to Mandhana but she wouldn't have faced Batesy at all. So just a little bit different. Batesy has the skills. You obviously have so much stats and vision that you go to, but I think for us, yeah, having someone a little bit different, is great. So she's getting her reward now and it's super pleasing to see. [Are you a stats based captain] Match ups and stuff like that, but sometimes it's condition-based. [On Phillips] Thankfully for us, we have the Blaze bowling coach. Slightly biased, was always trying to get her in there, but I think the chances that she's had, she's really grabbed them with both hands,
Sophia Dunkley is the player of the match: It was nice to get the win. I was not as fluent but great to get the win. I was just trying to use the conditions and use the angles. Luffy was outstanding. [Were they short?] Yeah, I guess . You always want to get more from that platform, but a great performance with the ball. [On her fifty] Once I got in, I opened up the behind square shots. [On Gardner] She was great, and there were some great catches too. Two more games at home and we want to make that a fortress.
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5.39pm A ruthless performance from Rockets, who have bowled out Super Giants for just 122 and with that, they pip Super Giants on the points table and move to second place. This is the first loss for Super Giants this season, who are on ten points and third on the table. The win was set-up by Dunkley and Luff's fifties as Rockets scored 153. In reply, Rockets were exemplary. Samantha Bates and Charley Phillips picked up two wickets apiece, while Ash Gardner picked up four as Super Giants were bowled out for 122.
G Ballinger b Gardner 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
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R MacDonald-Gay c Dunkley b Gardner 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Super Giants need 32 runs in 10 balls. The game has gotten away from them, surely. Here's Gardner from over the wicket
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M Brown run out 16 (13m 7b 0x4 2x6) SR: 228.57
Super Giants need 36 runs in 12 balls.
Sophie Luff makes first Hundred fifty as Rockets overcome Sciver-Brunt's absence