Rain Abandons Clash, Rockets Progress
The Trent Rockets secured their spot in the Men’s Hundred final after their Eliminator match against the Northern Superchargers was washed out at The Oval. Despite multiple attempts to restart, heavy showers forced the game to be abandoned, and Rockets advanced thanks to their higher finish in the group stage.
The contest, originally scheduled for a 6pm start, was delayed, interrupted twice for more than an hour, and eventually called off at 9:52 pm. Rockets had twice been given revised targets — 134 off 75 balls and then 105 off 55 — but persistent rain meant neither chase could be completed.
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒂𝒚… 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓. “𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆.”
Rockets Advance, Superchargers Left Frustrated
This outcome was a harsh blow for Brook’s Superchargers, who had been level on points with Rockets until the final week of the group stage. Their loss earlier in the week handed second place to Rockets, and with no reserve day for the Eliminator, they were knocked out.
“𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏,” 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. “𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒙 𝒐’𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕.”
Dan Lawrence’s unbeaten 44 helped Superchargers reach 119 for 5 in their 75-ball innings, while David Willey gave Rockets a strong start by dismissing Zak Crawley early. However, the weather dictated the outcome, leaving fans and players frustrated.
The Rockets will now face Oval Invincibles in Sunday’s final at Lord’s, with just under 20 hours to regroup for the title clash.
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