68/1 (6.1)
CR : 11.03
64/10 (19.0)
CR : 3.37
Trent Rockets Women won by 9 wickets 🏆
Player of the Match
Samantha Bates
3/10
Scores Level!!! King concedes 23 runs in her first two sets. Filer to probably bowl the final set of this match.
6.1
4
Lauren Filer to Sophie Luff
FOUR RUNS! Hat-trick of boundaries for the Rockets to wrap up the contest. Over the wicket. 68 mph. Short and wide outside off, width offered. Luff reaches for it and cuts it away past the right of diving backward point for a boundary. It has been a thoroughly one-sided contest here at Edgbaston, with Trent Rockets completely dominating the contest. The visitors have hammered the Phoenix by nine wickets, cruising to victory with a massive 69 balls to spare.
Over 7
Trent Rockets Women 68/1
Sophie Luff19(9)
Sophia Dunkley43(17)
Lauren Filer1-17(6 b)
TR-W won by 9 wickets
9:15 PM IST, 4:45 PM Local Time: That’s it. Trent Rockets have annihilated Birmingham Phoenix here at Edgbaston. The Phoenix suffer a humiliating loss in front of their home crowd. A comprehensive 9-wicket victory for the Rockets as they brush aside Phoenix to start their campaign on a winning note.
Let’s have a recap of this fixture. Rockets opted to bowl first and got off to a dream start. They dismissed Tammy Beaumont (0), Alice Capsey (1), Davina Perrin (2) and Annerie Dercksen (0) inside the powerplay. Jemima Spence and Kayla Reyneke fell on ducks as the hosts were reduced to 15/6 after 36 balls.
Skipper Ellyse Perry at four looked helpless, watching all the damage at the other end. She fought hard and top-scored with 33-ball 39 before holing out in the deep as Phoenix got bundled out on 64 in 95 balls. Perry was the lone batter who got into double digits and the second-best score was of the extras (7). That tells you the whole story.
For the Rockets, Samantha Bates (3/10) and Georgia Elwiss (3/13) picked up three wickets. Kim Garth (2/5) picked up two whereas Katie Levick (1/8) and skipper Ashleigh Gardner (1/19) grabbed one each as they completed a fine bowling performance.
Chasing a modest total of 65, Sophia Dunkley came out all guns blazing. She kept finding regular boundaries and scored at a brisk rate. Her opening partner Beth Mooney was cleaned up on four by Lauren Filer in the fourth set. In walked Sophie Luff at number three and she started aggressively.
The Rockets scored 53 at the end of the powerplay for the loss of only one wicket. Dunkley and Luff remained unbeaten on 43 (17) and 19 (9) respectively as the Rockets chased down the total in just 31 balls with nine wickets in hand. A one-sided affair here in Birmingham as the Phoenix were completely outplayed in all facets of the game today.
Stay tuned for the post-match presentation.
Let’s have a recap of this fixture. Rockets opted to bowl first and got off to a dream start. They dismissed Tammy Beaumont (0), Alice Capsey (1), Davina Perrin (2) and Annerie Dercksen (0) inside the powerplay. Jemima Spence and Kayla Reyneke fell on ducks as the hosts were reduced to 15/6 after 36 balls.
Skipper Ellyse Perry at four looked helpless, watching all the damage at the other end. She fought hard and top-scored with 33-ball 39 before holing out in the deep as Phoenix got bundled out on 64 in 95 balls. Perry was the lone batter who got into double digits and the second-best score was of the extras (7). That tells you the whole story.
For the Rockets, Samantha Bates (3/10) and Georgia Elwiss (3/13) picked up three wickets. Kim Garth (2/5) picked up two whereas Katie Levick (1/8) and skipper Ashleigh Gardner (1/19) grabbed one each as they completed a fine bowling performance.
Chasing a modest total of 65, Sophia Dunkley came out all guns blazing. She kept finding regular boundaries and scored at a brisk rate. Her opening partner Beth Mooney was cleaned up on four by Lauren Filer in the fourth set. In walked Sophie Luff at number three and she started aggressively.
The Rockets scored 53 at the end of the powerplay for the loss of only one wicket. Dunkley and Luff remained unbeaten on 43 (17) and 19 (9) respectively as the Rockets chased down the total in just 31 balls with nine wickets in hand. A one-sided affair here in Birmingham as the Phoenix were completely outplayed in all facets of the game today.
Stay tuned for the post-match presentation.
Biggest Wins in the Women's Hundred (By balls remaining):
69 - Trent Rockets vs Birmingham Phoenix, Birmingham, 2026, TODAY*
44 - Southern Brave vs Trent Rockets, Southampton, 2022
42 - London Spirit vs Welsh Fire, Cardiff, 2021
42 - MI London vs London Spirit, Lord's, 2022
69 - Trent Rockets vs Birmingham Phoenix, Birmingham, 2026, TODAY*
44 - Southern Brave vs Trent Rockets, Southampton, 2022
42 - London Spirit vs Welsh Fire, Cardiff, 2021
42 - MI London vs London Spirit, Lord's, 2022
Hero of the Match: Samantha Bates
Samantha Bates (Hero of the Match): (On having the third best figures on Debut in the competition) Ah, it's pretty surreal to be fair. It's pretty cool to play my first game here, to play for Trent Rockets and also get the win on the board.
(On spinners bowling majority of the sets) Yeah, it was kind of key leading into this contest as we thought spin heavy might be good especially here at Edgbaston. So, it was nice that it paid off.
(On her attacking the stumps today) Yeah, that was the plan pretty much. I spoke to our spin coach who played a lot of cricket here and said that you just need to hit the stumps as much as you can. Nice that Plan A worked for me and I stuck there.
(On their overall bowling unit) Yeah, I think Kimmy (Garth) bowled really well upfront. To bowl 10 upfront and I think she went for 3 runs which was pretty special. So, nice that I kind of got the reward.
(On the ground fielding and catching today) Look, we actually had a kind of frantic warm-up. So, we think we must stick to that. Credit to the girls for that.
(Did she think that it will be so one-sided this game?) Definitely no. We did our plans in the team meetings and we knew that they bat deep. So, to have them for how many wickets and not many runs was pretty cool. We kind of continued that down the order.
(How much will this win boost the dugout?) Yeah, definitely. I think the vibe in the group is really cool coming into this game. For Dunks (Dunkley) and Moons (Mooney) to come out and bat the way they did was pretty cool to see."
(On spinners bowling majority of the sets) Yeah, it was kind of key leading into this contest as we thought spin heavy might be good especially here at Edgbaston. So, it was nice that it paid off.
(On her attacking the stumps today) Yeah, that was the plan pretty much. I spoke to our spin coach who played a lot of cricket here and said that you just need to hit the stumps as much as you can. Nice that Plan A worked for me and I stuck there.
(On their overall bowling unit) Yeah, I think Kimmy (Garth) bowled really well upfront. To bowl 10 upfront and I think she went for 3 runs which was pretty special. So, nice that I kind of got the reward.
(On the ground fielding and catching today) Look, we actually had a kind of frantic warm-up. So, we think we must stick to that. Credit to the girls for that.
(Did she think that it will be so one-sided this game?) Definitely no. We did our plans in the team meetings and we knew that they bat deep. So, to have them for how many wickets and not many runs was pretty cool. We kind of continued that down the order.
(How much will this win boost the dugout?) Yeah, definitely. I think the vibe in the group is really cool coming into this game. For Dunks (Dunkley) and Moons (Mooney) to come out and bat the way they did was pretty cool to see."
Trent Rockets completely outplay Birmingham Phoenix here at Edgbaston. The Phoenix side needs to forget this loss quickly and get back to the drawing board. It will be interesting to see how things pan out in the men's fixture later in the day. Do join us for that. For now, this is Akshay Bhide, signing off, on behalf of my co-commentator Pritam Dey, scorer Paras Yadav and AkshayaKrishna Polya, who chipped in with stats. Bye bye.