The Hundred has been dishing out some outstanding games ever since its beginning. The concept is ultra-cool. It’s very real and every game is going down to the wire. Adding to this flavour would be the Trent Rockets once again when they welcome the Superchargers from up north.
The Rockets won their last game courtesy of some extraordinary bowling from the merchant of pace Marchant de Lange. The South African registered his name in the record books for being the first person in the history of The Hundred to pick a five-wicket haul. Their batsmen were equally up to the mark and saw off an easy challenge from Southern Brave very easily.
The men from Headingley though would be disappointed with the result in their first game at home. Requiring 11 from the last five balls, a settled pair of Brydon Carse and Matthew Pots weren’t able to get them to the finish line.
However, this match is going to be different and although ‘the North remembers’, here, Ben Stokes’ men would like to forget the last one and try and not give the Rockets a perfect landing neither a perfect take-off. The Rockets on their part would go for the kill having conquered South, North shan’t remain so far from them.
Match Number- 07
Date and Time: Jul 26, 2021, 11:00:00 pm IST, 06:30 pm Local
Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Live Stream: Fancode
The wicket offered nice bounce and carry and there was juice in it for the bowlers and was utilised to its core by De Lange. At the same time, the batters from the Rockets showed that if there is a proper application of skills, scoring runs isn’t that hard on that wicket either.
The Hundred has already witnessed a whitewash of the Men’s game between London Spirit and Oval Invincibles at Lord’s and hence the weather forecast becomes very important. However, this game has nothing to worry about as the chances of precipitation remain below five and the temperatures would be in the mid and low 20s giving a perfect game of cricket at Trent Bridge.
Alex Hales, D Arcy Short, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Tom Moores (wk), Lewis Gregory (c), Steven Mullaney, Samit Patel, Rashid Khan, Luke Wood, Marchant de Lange
Adam Lyth, Chris Lynn, Ben Stokes (c), Harry Brook, David Willey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, John Simpson (wk), Brydon Carse, Matty Potts, Adil Rashid, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Lewis Gregory, Rashid Khan, Adil Rashid, Brydon Carse, Marchant de Lange
Captain Ben Stokes
Vice-Captain Rashid Khan