By Sports Desk | Cricket Correspondent
Five wins from five. Trent Rockets have stopped merely leading The Hundred — they are now setting the pace, and the rest of the field is scrambling to keep up. The latest step came in a contest far tenser than the scoreboard suggested, with Sam Billings dragging his side through a scrappy chase after Birmingham Phoenix had been held to 111 for 6.
Billings the finisher as Rockets make it five in a row
Chasing a modest target, the Rockets made heavy weather of the run chase before Billings — a player known for a cool head in tight finishes — got his team over the line. It was not a chase for the faint-hearted, but at this stage of a short tournament, the result outweighs
