Cricket Highlights, 29 Aug: The Hundred 2022 (Match 29) – Trent Rockets vs Welsh Fire

Trent Rockets vs Welsh Fire (Match 29) – Highlights

Trent Rockets have recorded an impressive 29-run win over Welsh Fire at Trent Bridge, Nottingham in the 29th match of The Hundred 2022. Opening batsman David Malan was selected as the player of the match after playing a devastating innings of 58 runs off 37 balls.

Welsh Fire captain Josh Cobb won the toss and elected to field first sending Trent Rockets to bat. Trent Rockets collected a huge score of 172 runs after losing 4 wickets from the stipulated 100 balls.

Openers Malan and Alex Hales got the team off to a flying start.  These two put on 89 runs off 58 balls in the opening pair.  They scored 42 runs off 25 balls of the power play.  Trent Rockets crossed 50 runs in 32 balls and 100 runs in 67 balls.

But before that Trent Rockets lost the first wicket for the team’s 89 runs.  Hales, the opener, returned to the dressing room after scoring 38 runs off 29 balls.  After his departure, Tom Kohler-Cadmore did not use the wicket much. He scored only 10 runs in 7 balls.

On the other hand, Malan played an amazing innings of 58 runs off 37 balls.  He had an equal number of 3 fours and sixes in this innings.  In the end, Trent Rockets got a big score of 172 runs courtesy of stormy batting by Daniel Sams and Colin Munro.

Sams scored 31 runs off 14 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes.  On the other hand, Munro left the field after playing an unbeaten innings of 22 runs off 11 balls with 2 fours and 1 six.  Along with him, captain Lewis Gregory remained unbeaten on 2 runs.  Jake Ball, Matthew Critchley, David Payne, and George Scrimshaw took 1 wicket each for the Welsh Fire.

Chasing a challenging target of 173 runs in reply, the Welsh Fire was put under pressure from the start by the controlled bowling of the Trent Rockets bowlers.  As a result, they lost 2 wickets while scoring 38 runs in the power play.

Opener Tom Banton (9) returned to the dressing room being lbw by Sam Cook for the team’s 11 runs.  Wicket-keeper batsman Joe Clarke scored 15 runs off 14 balls.  Ben Duckett and Matthew Critchley then tried to catch the responsibility of the team.  These two made a partnership of 34 runs off 28 balls.

But then Tabraiz Shamsi’s double hunt again put the Welsh fire in danger.  Duckett (25 from 21 balls) departed for the team’s 72 runs and David Miller (5 from 3 balls) returned to the dressing room with 78 runs for the team. The Welsh Fire was knocked out of this match 3 runs later as Leus du Plooy (2) was bowled by Samit Patel and got back to the pavilion.

Critchley tried to single-handedly lead the team on one side of the wicket but was ultimately unsuccessful due to a lack of a suitable partner.  As a result, the innings of Welsh Fire stopped at 143 runs after losing 6 wickets from the scheduled 100 balls.

Critchley remained unbeaten smashing 5 fours and 2 sixes, he played the highest innings of 55 runs off 35 balls for the team.  Besides, Josh Cobb scored 17 runs.  Tabraiz Shamsi, Samit Patel, and Sam Cook took 2 wickets each for Trent Rockets.

Trent Rockets have climbed to the top of the points table by winning this match.  On the other hand, Welsh Fire is currently at the bottom of the points table after losing eight matches in a row.

Trent Rockets vs Welsh Fire Scoreboard

Trent Rockets – 172/4 (100)

Welsh Fire – 143/6 (100)

Result – Trent Rockets won by 29 runs

Player of the match – Dawid Malan

Trent Rockets vs Welsh Fire Playing XIs