Elyse Villani half-century steers Rockets to victory that keeps play-off hopes alive
Home attack keeps shackles on as Welsh Fire limp to 100 for 8 from their 100 balls
29/08Result
21st Match, The Hundred Women's Competition at Nottingham, Aug 29 2022
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![Welsh Fire (Women)]( "Welsh Fire (Women)")
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![Trent Rockets (Women)]( "Trent Rockets (Women)")
102/2 (16.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
29/08Result
21st Match, The Hundred Women's Competition at Nottingham, Aug 29 2022
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![Welsh Fire (Women)]( "Welsh Fire (Women)")
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![Trent Rockets (Women)]( "Trent Rockets (Women)")
102/2 (16.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
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Match Details
Toss
Welsh Fire (Women) , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
29 August 2022 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Trent Rockets (Women) 2, Welsh Fire (Women) 0
Balls per over
5
Scorecard Summary
WELSH FIRE (WOMEN) 100/8 (20 OVERS)
- Nicola Carey27 (29)
- Sarah Bryce23 (26)
- Katherine Sciver-Brunt2/14 (4)
- Bryony Smith2/14 (3)
TRENT ROCKETS (WOMEN) 102/2 (16.2 OVERS)
- Mignon du Preez*32 (20)
- Elyse Villani*55 (40)
- Alex Hartley1/27 (4)
- Lauren Filer1/13 (4)
Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Hemant Brar
That's all from our side from this game. See you soon.
Elyse Villani is the Match Hero: Our bowlers with the wickets in the powerplay set it up for us. We had a couple of great partnerships, which always helps. We were focusing on winning the game first, we wanted to play positive and then focus on what we needed to do mathematically. Mignon is a great player but it's a fickle game. We always backed her 100% because she a clean striker and fantastic batter. I was happy to step in for Nat as I have done this a lot back home. We made things hard for ourselves but we still have a mathematical chance.
5.46pm A comfortable win in the end for Rockets, who are now third on the points table with six points and a net run rate of 0.101. Now they wait and hope. Today's win was set up by the bowlers, who restricted Fire to 100. Villani then led the chase with an unbeaten on 55 off 40. Du Preez played a good hand too towards the end, hitting 32* off just 20 balls to wrap it up with 18 balls to go.
16.2
4
Sutherland to du Preez, FOUR, du Preez finishes it off with back-to-back fours. Full on the stumps, du Preez smashes it over mid-on this time to wrap up the game
16.1
4
Sutherland to du Preez, FOUR, short outside off, du Preez stays back and slaps it over the bowler's head. Both mid-on and mid-off are inside the circle and have no chance to stop this
END OF OVER:16 | 9 Runs | TR-W: 94/2 (7 runs required from 20 balls, RR: 5.87, RRR: 1.75)
- Mignon du Preez24 (18b)
- Elyse Villani55 (40b)
- Nicola Carey2.5-0-29-0
- Annabel Sutherland2.5-0-12-0
15.5
1
Carey to du Preez, 1 run, full on the stumps, flicked towards deep square leg
15.4
4
Carey to du Preez, FOUR, full outside off, hits it to the left of Sutherland at mid-on. She dives across but cannot stop it
15.3
1
Carey to Villani, 1 run, length ball around off, pushed towards mid-on off the back foot
15.2
2
Carey to Villani, 2 runs, full on the stumps, tucked away towards square leg for a quick single. A direct hit at the bowler's end results in an overthrow
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All Match NewsElyse Villani half-century steers Rockets to victory that keeps play-off hopes alive
Home attack keeps shackles on as Welsh Fire limp to 100 for 8 from their 100 balls
