TR vs SB Review | Tom Moores and Tom Banton’s match-winning partnership seals the game for Rockets against Brave

Trent Rockets’ skipper David Willey won the toss and asked the Southern Brave to bat first. The Rockets faced an early blow as they lost skipper James Vince (7) cheaply at the team score of 14 runs. He was trapped in a ‘bowled’ dismissal by his opposite number, Willey. Following this, Leus du Plooy and Jason Roy stitched a stabilising partnership of 53 runs for the second wicket. After rotating the strike for a few balls, du Plooy smashed some impactful boundaries. He went on to play a brilliant knock of 55 runs off 34 balls, with four fours and four sixes. He was accompanied by the steady knock played by Jason Roy (23 runs off 23 balls). This partnership was ended by Marcus Stoinis, who dismissed Roy on the 56th ball. After his departure, du Plooy and James Coles (23) added a 23-run partnership for the third wicket before the former fell prey to Callum Parkinson on the 69th ball. Furthermore, Coles and Bracewell stitched a much-needed 39-run partnership for the fourth wicket, which involved the blistering knock of 28 runs off just 16 balls, played by Bracewell. Star all-rounder Marcus Stoinis picked two wickets for 18 runs in his 15 balls, alongside a wicket each picked by Willey and Parkinson.