Trent Rockets 148 for 4 (Santner 52*, Gleeson 2-27) beat MI London 147 for 7 (Curran 72, Gregory 2-32) by six wickets
With the match within the steadiness, Santner (52* off 23) and David (32* off 24) shared an unbeaten fifth-wicket stand of 78 to take the guests house with 10 balls to spare.
Set 148 for victory, the Rockets made a stuttering begin when Tom Curran nicked off Finn Allen and a promising knock from Aneurin Donald (23 from 10) was ended by a sloppy piece of working. When Sam Billings was dismissed for a duck through a superb caught-and-bowled from Richard Gleeson, the guests had slipped to 46 for 3 from 30 balls.
Ben Duckett (27 from 26) struggled for rhythm earlier than edging behind off Gleeson however David and Santner mixed to supply the match-winning partnership – aided by some poor fielding from MI London, who shelled three catches within the house of 13 balls.
Given their spectacular file chasing it was no shock when Rockets selected to area however their bowlers had been beneath the pump as Will Jacks got here out all weapons blazing, taking 16 runs from Matt Henry’s first 5 deliveries.
Two excellent items of fielding pulled issues again, Tim David taking a shocking catch off Craig Overton to dismiss James Vince earlier than Duckett despatched again Nicholas Pooran two balls later with an outrageous direct hit from further cowl.
Extra distinctive work within the area, this time a one-handed caught-and-bowled by Calvin Harrison, led to the demise of Jacks (39 from 26) to go away the hosts 70 for 3 after 56 deliveries.
Sam Curran (72 off 46) took cost, dispatching three sixes within the house of 5 deliveries, however help was in brief provide. Ollie Pope was retired out after labouring to eight from 9 balls and MI London could have regretted their choice to carry again Sikandar Raza, who made 16 from 11, and Sherfane Rutherford, who fell for a golden duck to Lewis Gregory from the 96th supply.
Gregory struck once more to lastly take away Curran, whose career-best rating in The Hundred in the end proved in useless.
MI London will probably must beat bottom-placed Birmingham Phoenix on Wednesday at Edgbaston to keep up their hopes of qualifying for Friday’s Eliminator whereas Trent Rockets will safe their direct passage to the ultimate if they will overcome Southern Courageous on Monday.
Santner, the Meerkat Match Hero, mentioned: “Six wins out of seven however we’re not assured to complete high. We all know it is a huge sport on Monday, and we all know there are high quality groups all through this competitors, so it’ll be a good end.”
