Southern Brave’s Narrow Win Over Trent Rockets
Southern Braves vs Trent Rockets on August 10 in The Hundred. Southern Brave won this match by 2 wickets. Trent Rockets challenged Southern Brave to 127 runs in 100 balls for victory. Southern Brave completed this challenge by keeping 1 ball. Southern Brave completed this challenge in 99 balls by losing 8 wickets. All-rounder Kieron Pollard was the hero of Southern Brave’s win. Pollard scored an explosive 23-ball 45 at a strike rate of 195.65 with 2 fours and 5 sixes. Interestingly, Kieron Pollard hit 5 consecutive sixes in this inning. Pollard did this feat off the bowling of Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan.
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Kieron Pollard’s Five Sixes in Five Balls
Kieron Pollard against yellow teams. 🥶
– Rashid Khan taken to the cleaners, 5 sixes in a row. 🤯pic.twitter.com/CjrB63JwWD
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 11, 2024
Kieron Pollard hit 5 consecutive sixes off the 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th and 85th balls. Rashid Khan has bowled over many with his bowling. It was Rashid who led Afghanistan to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024 on the strength of his brilliant bowling. Rashid often achieved impossible victories with the power of bowling. But Rashid’s magic did not work against Pollard. Pollard hit Rashid for 5 sixes in 5 consecutive balls. Pollard’s innings allowed Southern Braves to win with 1 ball to spare. The video of Pollard’s hitting has gone viral on social media
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Teams’ Playing XI
- Southern Brave: James Vince (captain), Alex Davies (wicketkeeper), Andre Fletcher, Leus du Plooy, Laurie Evans, Kieron Pollard, Chris Jordan, Akeal Hosein, Danny Briggs, Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills.
- Trent Rockets: Lewis Gregory (captain), Tom Banton (wicketkeeper), Adam Lyth, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Rovman Powell, Imad Wasim, Rashid Khan, John Turner, Luke Wood, Sam Cook.
Kieron Pollard’s explosive innings ensured Southern Brave secured the win with just one ball to spare, keeping their momentum strong in the tournament.
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