Trent Rockets are by means of to The Hundred last after the lads’s Eliminator towards Northern Superchargers was deserted due to rain.
The Rockets advance to Lord’s having completed second within the group stage, a spot above the Superchargers.
After a delayed begin, Superchargers posted 119-5 in 75 balls that had been interrupted twice by rain.
The second prolonged stoppage noticed balls begin to be misplaced and, though the Rockets twice got here out to begin their chase, solely 5 authorized deliveries had been doable earlier than one final heavy downpour led to the abandonment at 21:52 BST.
Rain had been forecast for Saturday, with the outlook for the night notably bleak at The Oval, however laws meant it was not doable to maneuver each the lads’s and ladies’s Eliminators earlier to have a greater probability of finishing the 2 matches.
Neither is it doable to pre-emptively shorten the match earlier than it begins.
Consequently, regardless of each effort being made it was not doable to play the minimal of 25 balls per facet wanted to represent a match.
Whereas a late end means the Rockets have a fast turnaround earlier than the ultimate towards defending champions Oval Invincibles on Sunday, Superchargers will rue a loss to the already-eliminated Manchester Originals of their final group match.
Victory would have seen them end stage on factors with the Rockets and an enormous win may have seen them end second as a substitute on web run-rate.
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