Hales leads Trent Rockets to thrilling victory

On Jul 27, 2021

Alex Hales capitalised on a Ben Stokes dropped catch to lead Trent Rockets to a thrilling, unlikely two-wicket victory over Northern Superchargers in the Men’s ‘Hundred’ encounter at Trent Bridge on Monday.

Chasing 133, the Rockets needed 42 from 24 balls with three wickets left when Stokes dropped Hales on the boundary edge – the ball also going for six.

Until then, Hales, who finished 40 not out from 34 balls, had struggled to lay bat on ball but thumped David Willey for a towering six to seal the win with six balls to spare, sending a large Trent Bridge crowd wild.

The Rockets had earlier been given just a two percent chance of winning by the win predictor, after Adil Rashid and the Superchargers’ spinners reduced them to 85 for seven.

Chief scores

Northern Superchargers: 132 in 99 balls (Simpson 42, De Lange 3/22)

Trent Rockets 134/8 in 94 balls (Hales 40 n.o, Parkinson 2/19). (BBC)