‘Delight for the Rockets’ – Twitter thrilled as Trent Rockets register dominating win against Oval Invincibles
The 17th Match of the Hundred kicked off between the Trent Rockets and Oval Invincibles. The match was played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. The Oval Invincibles called the coin right and opted to field first. The attacking duo of Alex Hales and Dawid Malan opened the batting for the Trent Rockets.
The right-hand left-hand combination got Trent Rockets off to a fast start. Alex Hales scored a cracking 59 off just 29 balls, which consisted of 6 fours and 4 sixes. Dawid Malan scored a good 38 of 29 deliveries which contained 2 fours and 2 sixes.
The New Zealand import Colin Munro got a handy 23 in just 13 balls. The Skipper Lewis Gregory scored a quickfire 24 of just 12 balls, which had 2 fours and 1 maximum. This allowed the Trent Rockets to get to a superb score of 181-4 in their allotted 100 balls.
Mohammed Hasnain was the best of the bowlers as he conceded 28 in 15 balls. Sunil Narine was good with the ball as well, picking up the prized scalp of Malan and conceding 24 runs in his 20-ball spell. Sam Curran had a horrible outing with the ball as he was carted all over the park, going for 41 runs in his 20 balls, He just picked up 1 wicket in his allotted 20 balls bowled.
Tom Curran was expensive as well as he gave away 36 runs in his 20-ball spell and failed to pick up a wicket while bowling. In the second innings, the chase was going to be tough for the Oval Invincibles as no one got going except for Jordan Cox who scored a magnificent 61 off 33 balls, which included 4 boundaries and 3 sixes. Narine and Hales got to the 20s and there was nothing else to see on the batting front.
Tabraiz Shamsi starred with the ball as he scalped 2 wickets and gave away only 21 runs in his 20 balls bowled. Samit Patel, Luke Wood, and Sam Cook picked up a wicket each in their 20-ball spells. In the end, The Trent Rockets registered a comfortable win of 25 runs over the Oval Invincibles.
Twitter was abuzz as usual, Let us take a look at some of the reactions here-
REPORT | A rapid half-century from Alex Hales set the foundation for Trent Rockets to secure a comprehensive 25-run victory over Oval Invincibles at Trent Bridge, keeping pace with the group stage leaders as a result. #TheHundred
— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) August 17, 2022
TRENT ROCKETS WIN!
Despite dropping a few catches, it's a solid win by 25 runs as Oval Invincibles are beaten at Trent Bridge!
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Another entertaining night of action in the Men’s Hundred. Trent Rockets look like genuine contenders. Jordan Cox batted fantastically too and unlucky to be on the losing side. #TheHundred
— Harrison Burridge (@hburridge2) August 17, 2022
Mohammad Hasnain picks two crucial wickets for Oval Invincibles against Trent Rockets in The Hundred match at Nottingham.#Cricket | #Pakistan | #MohammadHasnain | #OvalInvincibles | #TheHundred | #Nottingham pic.twitter.com/G2CI9OX0hm
— Khel Shel (@khelshel) August 17, 2022
If someone from the Trent Rockets doesn’t get this kid on the field at some point for a catch it will be a travesty! #TheHundred https://t.co/6X6t171688
— Jack Rule (@JackRuleLD) August 17, 2022
Alex Hales leads the charge as Trent Rockets make 181-4 #TheHundred
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) August 17, 2022
Well played great win Trent Rockets🚀🔥👏!@AlexHales1 Man of the match superb knock💯!
Don't tell bitter Morgan that tho😏!#Halesstorm #TheHundred— 🌳 (@NFFCRED) August 17, 2022
https://twitter.com/KALYAMPUDI1/status/1560119497574346753?s=20&t=lZqXre0aMO6gD0RRTs5_kQ
Alex Hales doesn't even need to look to smash it around the park 😜
What a start for Trent Rockets!#BBCCricket #TheHundred pic.twitter.com/4cCHS1TH5b
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 17, 2022
Trent Rockets men have their fourth win of #TheHundred! 🚀 pic.twitter.com/jx2SYOFNBG
— The Hundred (@thehundred) August 17, 2022
