Overview

• Trent Rockets chased 151 to win with 152 for six off 99 balls in Cardiff, clinching a three-wicket victory over Welsh Fire.
• Root, reprieved early by a David Payne no-ball he had been caught from, hit the free hit for six and then launched the final set with six and four before Sam Hain struck the winning runs.
• Welsh Fire posted 150 for six as Stephen Eskinazi made 53 and Tom Abell 48, with Sam Cook taking two wickets after removing Jonny Bairstow and Steve Smith cheaply.
• The result secured the Rockets the final men’s knockout berth alongside Oval Invincibles and Northern Superchargers, eliminating Welsh Fire, Southern Brave, London Spirit, Manchester Originals and Birmingham Phoenix.
• In the women’s competition, Ellyse Perry’s unbeaten 55 lifted Birmingham Phoenix past Manchester Originals, and Trent Rockets beat Welsh Fire by 23 runs with 38s from Bryony Smith and Nat Sciver-Brunt and three for 17 from Alana King.