Trent Rockets vs Northern Superchargers, Eliminator - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

The Rockets make it to the grand finale as they finished above the Superchargers in the points table. The Superchargers will feel hard done by but that is how it is. The Rockets make it to their second final. The Invincibles, the defending champions, will host the Rockets at Lord's tomorrow in less than 24 hours. But prior to that tomorrow afternoon, there's another cracker of a game coming up as the Brave will face the Superchargers in the Women's Hundred final. The good news is that the weather forecast in London is much better for tomorrow. We hope blue skies welcome us. Join us for all the thrill and excitement! Until next time, goodbye and cheers!

21:52 Local Time, 20:52 GMT, 02:22 IST: The umpires shake hands with the captains and the match has been called off. The rain has had the final say. The umpires tried their best to constitute a match but the regular bouts of rain swept away the inkling of hope we had.

21:47 Local Time, 20:47 GMT, 02:17 IST: The rain has intensified! The prospect of any further play taking place looks grim. The Rockets won't be complaining though as a wash out will mean that they progress to the finals. And now, more covers are being rolled in.

21:43 Local Time, 20:43 GMT, 02:13 IST: Oh, no! The rain has returned and the groundsmen rush in with the covers. Another large round of boo from the crowd - it has been that kind of start stop night. We still need 20 more balls to constitute a match but time is running out. The cut-off time for the game to resume is 9.58pm local and that's only around 14 minutes away.

Jacob Duffy to Tom Banton, 1 run, Tom Banton punches this one towards wide mid-off for a single

Jacob Duffy to Root, 1 run, shortish delivery outside off, Root plays a controlled pull shot to deep square leg to get off the mark. Pepper who is keeping wickets is not sure where the stumps are and lands over them while trying to collect the throw. A comical moment there

Jacob Duffy to Tom Banton, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Tom Banton taps it through point

Jacob Duffy to Tom Banton, leg byes, FOUR, Tom Banton shuffles across his stumps eyeing the scoop but it deflects off his pads and goes behind. The keeper dives to his left but it flies past him and runs through to the fence behind

Jacob Duffy to Tom Banton, FOUR, Tom Banton is up and running! On a length outside off, Tom Banton tries to hit it on the up but it flies off the outer half over the slip fielder for a boundary

21:33 Local Time, 20:33 GMT, 02:03 IST: Seems like the rain has stopped and the covers are coming off. We have news - the adjusted DLS target is 105 off 55 balls. One bowler can bowl 15 balls while four bowlers can bowl 10 balls each. It will be a 14 ball powerplay. Let's roll...

21:25 Local Time, 20:25 GMT, 01:55 IST: Uh-oh. The rain is back. We are off again. This is such a disappointment. On come the covers. The crowd again boo. One has to feel for them. They have patiently waited and after just one wide, we are off again. Understandably the Superchargers are not keen to walk off. Few of them lurk around.

Jacob Duffy to Tom Banton, wide, full and down leg, Tom Banton flicks and misses, a wide to start

Tom Banton and Root are at the crease. Tom Banton is on strike. Jacob Duffy will open the attack

Welcome back. We are set for the chase. Powerplay is for just 19 balls and each bowler can bowl a max of 15 balls. Should be a fun chase this. Hopefully we won't get any more interruptions. Duffy to start. A very wide slip in. Almost at a fourth slip.

21:09 Local Time, 20:09 GMT, 01:39 IST: The Superchargers have posted a decent total on the board but mind you, the surface is a belter and with the damp outfield, gripping the ball won’t be easy in the second half. Willey nipped out Crawley for a duck. But Malan and Lawrence got together and got things moving with a calculative 56-run stand. Malan fell against the run of play and the in-form Brook was knocked over by Stoinis soon after. Then, the rain set in causing a delay of almost 55 minutes. Rehan Ahmed got the better of Clark on the first ball after the rain break. But Miller came in and provided a good impetus by hitting three sixes off Rehan’s second set. Miller’s 10-ball 28-run cameo helped his side’s cause before he departed. Another bout of rain swept across the Oval leading to a premature end to the innings.

21:08 Local Time, 20:08 GMT, 01:38 IST: We have news. The Superchargers innings is over. We have a target for the Rockets - 134 from 75 balls. Game to restart by 9:25pm.

21:00 Local Time, 20:00 GMT, 01:30 IST: Still raining. The cut-off for a 25-ball chase is 9:58pm. And the target then would be 54 adjusted to DLS. But for that the rain has to stop. Still waiting for now.

20:31 Local Time, 19:31 GMT, 01:01 IST: Bad news. The rain is getting heavier. More covers being brought on. Remember we should have a minimum of 25 balls in the 2nd innings for this to be a game. Otherwise it will be a no-result and the Trent Rockets would go to the final as they finished above their opponents in the table.

20:22 Local Time, 19:22 GMT, 00:52 IST: According to the radar this is the last band of heavy rains. After that we should not have any. But by then we would start losing balls as we have exceeded the time left before we start losing balls. The covers on at the moment. Hope this blows away quickly.

20:19 Local Time, 19:19 GMT, 00:49 IST: Rain in the air again. The umps get together. They ask for the covers. The crowd boo. They don't like going off.