Rockets beat Brave to stay in knockout contention

The Hundred women's competition, Utilita Bowl

Trent Rockets 155-7 (100 balls): Sciver-Brunt 60* (37); Bell 3-36

Southern Brave 131-6 (100 balls): Tryon 47* (31); Stonehouse 2-10

Trent Rockets won by 24 runs

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Trent Rockets kept their hopes of reaching nan knockouts live pinch a comfortable 24-run triumph complete Southern Brave successful nan women's Hundred title astatine nan Utilita Bowl.

An awesome Rockets people of 155, featuring an unbeaten 60 from England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt, proved intolerable for Brave to chase, contempt immoderate precocious fireworks from Chloe Tryon.

Put successful to bat, Rockets saw Linsey Smith tally retired from nan first shot of nan innings and Nat Wraith bowled by Lauren Cheatle for 12.

But Sciver-Brunt put connected partnerships of 62 pinch Grace Scrivens (36) and 33 pinch Ash Gardner (18) to put Rockets successful command.

Lauren Bell took 3 wickets successful nan last balls of nan innings, including Australia internationals Heather Graham and Alana King from consecutive deliveries.

Brave were 1-2 wrong 4 balls, arsenic teen Alexa Stonehouse dismissed nan vulnerable brace of Danni Wyatt and Maia Bouchier for ducks.

Smriti Mandhana struck 42 to thief rebuild nan location side's innings, but her dismissal sparked 3 wickets falling wrong 7 balls to time off Brave 86-6 pinch 24 balls remaining.

South Africa all-rounder Tyron (47*) clubbed 4 fours and 2 sixes to resistance nan Brave people towards respectability, but they vanished good short of nan full required.

Rockets all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt: "Their batters put america nether nan pump, made america spell done a fewer plans, we recovered nan correct 1 successful nan extremity and held our nervus pinch our skill.

"After nan first 4 games we felt beautiful down. Three adjacent games and not coming retired nan correct broadside of it. It takes immoderate getting backmost for nan adjacent game, but we've travel backmost beardown successful nan pursuing 2 matches.

"Two much games to go, who knows what will happen."

It's a derby time successful The Hundred connected Sunday.

Oval Invincibles big London Spirit (women's astatine 11:00 BST, men's 14:30) and past Manchester Originals return connected Northern Superchargers (women's astatine 14:30 BST, men's astatine 18:00).

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