[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-de-klerk-spirit-hundred-chase-trent-rockets":82,"category-counts-nav":97,"related-de-klerk-spirit-hundred-chase-trent-rockets":107},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. 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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":95,"_path":96},"De Klerk's Unbeaten 41 Seals Spirit's Record Chase Against Rockets","de-klerk-spirit-hundred-chase-trent-rockets","long-reads","Long Reads: Feature","Marcus Wright","Nadine de Klerk guides London Spirit to their highest successful run chase in franchise history with three balls to spare.","2026-07-26 17:52:50","2 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fde-klerk-spirit-hundred-chase-trent-rockets.webp",[93,94],"The Hundred","Women's Cricket","## Nadine de Klerk Delivers When Spirit Needed Her Most\n\n**Nadine de Klerk** walked to the crease with London Spirit's 2026 women's Hundred campaign on the line. The franchise had opened with consecutive defeats, and another loss would have ended realistic knockout-stage hopes. De Klerk responded with an unbeaten **41**, steering Spirit to a **five-wicket victory** over Trent Rockets at Trent Bridge with **three balls** remaining: the **highest successful run chase** in London Spirit women's history.\n\n## De Klerk Picks Her Moments Through the Middle Overs\n\nWickets fell around de Klerk at intervals that kept the required rate in reach for the Rockets' attack. She rotated strike when the field was spread and punished anything short or wide when the bowling lost its line. By the time the equation narrowed to single digits with a handful of deliveries remaining, de Klerk had done the bulk of the scoring. The closing five-set period demanded discipline. One misjudged shot or a run-out would have flipped the result.\n\n## Rockets Leak Runs at Decisive Moments\n\nThe Rockets set a target that, on a ground with short straight boundaries at Trent Bridge, should have been enough if their bowlers executed under sustained pressure. Instead, the attack conceded freely at key moments and could not build dot-ball pressure in the back end of the chase. Dropped catches and misfields in the closing sets gave de Klerk room to finish.\n\nThe loss leaves Rockets needing results in remaining group fixtures. Their batting had provided a platform, but the inability to defend it exposed fragility in the bowling attack.\n\n## De Klerk Mobbed as Spirit Stay Alive\n\nDe Klerk was mobbed at the crease as the winning runs were scored and the dugout emptied onto the outfield. 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