END OF OVER:
20 | 14 Runs 2 Wkts | TR-W: 136/7 (4 runs required, RR: 6.80)

  • Heather Graham30 (12b)
  • Josie Groves0 (0b)
  • Emily Arlott3.5-0-33-0
  • Katie Levick3.5-0-26-2

5.35pm That'll do for part one of Day Nine! Over to the men to follow that. From Miller and Chandan, goodbye!

Hypocaust: "Quite an innings by Graham at the death, but great for Birmingham Phoenix to cling on and put their losing run to bed. Also a good result for the competition, which ideally needs all sides to be somewhat competitive."

The Meerkat Match Hero is Ellyse Perry: "Chuffed for the girls, played with a lot of spirit, positively, and nice to get over the line at last. Took us a while to get going, once you were in, there was a breeze so easy to find the pockets and pick off boundaries. It felt defendable, but they chased well, to hold our nerve at the end was awesome. I'm stoked for the girls. You can't worry about last season, different squad, but it has been spoken about by other people. Hopefully people stop talking about [12 in a row] now."

5.31pm Well, that was tense! Phoenix prevail, but not before an almighty scare courtesy of Heather Graham. Nat Sciver-Brunt made a 33-ball fifty too, but in the end it was Ellyse Perry's own onslaught with the bat that made the difference. Her and Sterre Kalis combined for a century stand that left 140 just out of Rockets' reach

DaWolf: "Feel like Rockets lost this by also slow batting the first 50. Sure, they scored 55 rather than 45. But they knew the finish they'd have to match and needed to be 65-70 at the halfway stage. Second game in a row they've failed to chase by using the same tactic."

19.5
2
Arlott to Graham, 2 runs, wide line, full length, yanked up and over point, but it's not enough! "C'mon!" is the cry, as Phoenix win for the first time in 13 matches!

Well, this has got lively all of a sudden! Graham has the bit between her teeth, Arlott has to nail this ball...

19.4
W
Arlott to Graham, 1 run, OUT, full length, dragged into the leg-side, couldn't quite reach it as it dipped, scuffed out to midwicket, a despairing dive for the second, but the run-out means its six or bust!

NAJ Wraith run out 0 (3m 0b 0x4 0x6) SR: -

19.3
6
Arlott to Graham, SIX, Well, that changes things! In the slot, smoked over wide long-on! Humungous strike! Graham has given her side a genuine shot here!

Rockets 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st27BF SmithGE Scrivens
2nd31Nat Sciver-BruntBF Smith
3rd45Nat Sciver-BruntA Gardner
4th3Nat Sciver-BruntH Graham
5th7H GrahamKL George
6th14H GrahamAM King
7th7H GrahamNAJ Wraith
8th2H GrahamJP Groves