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Southern Brave managed to bag crucial two points against Trent Rockets to remain in the race (Image Source: Twitter)
Southern Brave has not had a good season so far and they tried to win their third match against Trent Rockets in match 25 of The Hundred 2022. Trent Rockets, on the other hand, have had a good season as they lost only one of their first six matches and the seventh match proved to be vital to claiming the top position. The Brave skipper James Vince called it right at the toss and elected to field first as chasing has always helped the green team.
Alex Hales and David Malan were told to open first and one of them perished early while the latter sustained to produce stellar innings for the team. The former could not last beyond seven balls as Paul Stirling cozened him with a skilful ball, while Malan carried on with his foray and built the fort for his team intending to make it big. Tom Kohler-Cadmore joined him at the other end but failed to back him as he perished after contributing eight runs forcing Samit Patel to mark the crease earlier than expected.
The 38-year-old raced back to the pavilion after adding twenty-one runs to the board and all burden fell on skipper Lewis Gregory to take the team out of the tangle. His failure meant that the New Zealand batter Colin Munro had to toil it hard at the crease but in vain as he failed to contribute more than sixteen runs to the team. Trent Rockets ended up aggregating a total of 138 runs for the loss of six wickets in hundred balls making the chase easier for James Vince and co.
Paul Stirling, who produced a stellar inning the other day, bagged a duck to his name and so did the skipper James Vince. The duo walked back to the dressing room within a span of four balls making the meagre target look big for the rest of the batters. However, Alex Davies, the man for the Brave on that day, steadied up first and ensured he prevented the collapse as he and Ross Whiteley made it tough for Gregory's bowlers to pick up a scalp.
A fifty from the former and a vital thirty-odd runs from the latter paved way for the Brave to get out of the maze quite easily. The Singaporean star Tim David finished things off for the Vince-led team as Davies remained unbeaten on 51. The Hundred tournament's fans were quite disappointed with the Rockets' performance while a few heaped praise on Southern Brave for their thumping win.
Let's take a look at some of the tweets:
Southern Brave won by 6 Wickets.
β JaayShaan (VaidhyaJayaShankar) (@JaayShaan) August 26, 2022
Excellent spell @Hoges31 2/20. Excellent Knock Alex Davies 51*(43).#TheHundred
Southern Brave beat Trent Rockets by 6 wickets with 5 balls remaining to keep their hopes alive of making the top 3. #TheHundred #cricket
β Scott Rose (@srose93) August 25, 2022
π Alex Davies hauled Southern Brave to the finish line with a well-crafted half-century, earning him the Hero of the Match award π#CricketTwitter #TheHundred pic.twitter.com/KYEFLfKJTY
β CricWick (@CricWick) August 25, 2022
π« Alex Davies's unbeaten fifty, Tim Davidβs cameo drive Southern Brave home after a jittery start to their innings π#CricketTwitter #TheHundred pic.twitter.com/fAORMIxULu
β CricWick (@CricWick) August 25, 2022
That was close! π The table is really tightening up now that weβre at the business end of the tournament π¬ #TheHundred #SouthernBrave #TrentRockets https://t.co/mEc1SuLwgC
β Matt (@TheKitMatt) August 25, 2022
Southern brave back from the dead, the mens team have been pretty bad this season, mainly the top order batting, almost out of it again tonight before a big come back, weβll played!
β James Peter Smith (@MrJamesPSmith) August 25, 2022
The womens team are storming it again this season #TheHundred
What a great game! #SouthernBrave #TheHundred
β Roberts Codewars (@RCodewars) August 25, 2022
Go on the Brave ππ» #SouthernBrave #TheHundred
β Lizzie (@Lizzie89x) August 25, 2022
All is well thatβs end well but Braves literally approached the game aa terribly as possible but the dew helped them out big time in the end #TheHundred
β Cricket Tamizhan (@CricketTamizhan) August 25, 2022
Rockets lost that game through their batting, 130 odd allows a chasing side quite a few get outs... #TheHundred
β Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) August 25, 2022
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