Billings leads Invincibles into final with ruthless 76*
Hosts overcome brief wobble in run chase at The Oval after bowlers keep Rockets grounded
21/08Result
29th Match (N), The Hundred Men's Competition at London, Aug 21 2023
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![Trent Rockets (Men)]( "Trent Rockets (Men)")
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![Oval Invincibles (Men)]( "Oval Invincibles (Men)")
151/5 (18.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
21/08Result
29th Match (N), The Hundred Men's Competition at London, Aug 21 2023
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![Trent Rockets (Men)]( "Trent Rockets (Men)")
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![Oval Invincibles (Men)]( "Oval Invincibles (Men)")
151/5 (18.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
SW Billings
76(40) 5x4 - 5x6
Control %77%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 26 runs
- 3x4 - 1x6
C Munro
36(25) 1x4 - 3x6
Control %72%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 17 runs
- 0x4 - 2x6
Best performances - Bowlers
A Zampa
- O4
- M0
- R20
- W2
- Eco5.00
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
TK Curran
- O4
- M0
- R31
- W2
- Eco7.75
| 2W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
Trent Rockets (Men) , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
21 August 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Oval Invincibles (Men) 2, Trent Rockets (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Scorecard Summary
TRENT ROCKETS (MEN) 148/7 (20 OVERS)
- Colin Munro36 (25)
- Lewis Gregory35 (24)
- Adam Zampa2/20 (4)
- Tom Curran2/31 (4)
OVAL INVINCIBLES (MEN) 151/5 (18.2 OVERS)
- Sam Billings*76 (40)
- Will Jacks31 (22)
- Luke Wood1/20 (3)
- Daniel Sams2/38 (4)
Commentator: Vithushan Ehantharajah
9:16pm: That's all from us tonight. Catch you all tomorrow!
9:10pm Trent Rockets - 7 points - remain third and now have to hope Welsh Fire lose to Northern Superchargers tomorrow and Southern Brave lose to Manchester Originals on Thursday. If either of them win, Rockets are done.
9:05pm: Your match hero is, of course, Sam Billings.
Simon Doull asks Billings when was the last time he hit the ball that well: "Quite a while mate!
"It was nice to see some work behind the scenes to actually come off. It's always there (form). It doesn't feel like that sometimes. I tried too hard, tried to put a bit too much pressure on myself."
18.2
6
Sodhi to Billings, SIX, Billings finishes it in style! What an innings from Sam Billings, the skipper clearing midwicket on the charge to take his Oval Invincibles through to an automatic spot in Sunday's men's final! He came in at 21 for 3 and sees them home with 5 wickets and 8 balls to spare!
18.1
1
Sodhi to TK Curran, 1 run, Turn off the pitch from a decent length, Curran cuts hard on the top of off stump but straight to the deep cover fielder
5 needed off 10...and finally, Ish Sodhi comes into the attack
END OF OVER:18 | 9 Runs | OI-M: 144/5 (5 runs required from 10 balls, RR: 8.00, RRR: 2.50)
- Sam Billings70 (39b)
- Tom Curran17 (9b)
- Daniel Sams3.5-0-38-2
- Lewis Gregory2.5-0-21-0
17.5
0
Sams to Billings, no run, Slower ball, scuffed under edge through to the keeper. But that, surely is all she wrote for this one...
Vishal Poojary: "Ish Sodhi should have had a go at Tom Curran." Really not sure why he hasn't gone to him. Too late, we fear
17.4
2
Sams to Billings, 2 runs, Short, pulled hard but brilliant saved by Sam Cook this time as Curran races back for that second run.
17.3
2
Sams to Billings, 2 runs, Pulled hard across to square leg, Luke Wood skids out in the deep and manages to save two
17.2
4
Sams to Billings, FOUR, Billings taking this home! Wide and full, slapped gorgeously through extra cover, to the left of the boundary rider at long on
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Hosts overcome brief wobble in run chase at The Oval after bowlers keep Rockets grounded
