The Cent: Trent Rockets claims the first victory of the 2025 female tournament to end the perfect start of London Spirit | Cricket news

Trent Rockets won his first hundred’s first victory in a categorical way against the London spirit previously undefeated in Lord’s.

Captain of England Nat Sciver-Brunt led the Rockets to 149 for six with half aid half-century, and they overthrew the reigning champions for 116 with five remaining balls to win a 33-point victory.

The operators Bryony Smith and Natasha Wraith set the tone to visitors to Lord’s with a partnership of 62 for the opening window – Smith marking 23 balls.

Both fell in Eva Gray, who then rejected Heather Graham and Emma Jones in successive bullets, but Sciver-Brunt remained in the fold and finished her undefeated sleeves on 51 29 balls.

London Spirit lost counters at regular intervals, with only Kira Chathli, Cordelia Griffith and Charli Knott reaching the double characters, while Kirstie Gordon claimed four counters for only 15 points on 20 balls.

Ash Gardner took 2-14.

Sciver-Brunt said: “It’s great (to get a first victory for the tournament), we were all really excited to play Lord’s, what a field.

“And then to get points on the board – we feel like we have done well in the fixes (in the first two games), but it was really good to bring everything together.

“Ash Gardner is massively important for us, it is our versatile main and it really leads us, and puts its foot on it.”

How do correspondences work?

• One hundred team balls, the team with the most points wins. It’s as simple as that.
• Five quitters can play up to 20 sleeve balls, including five or 10 in a row.
• The traditional six -balls observed in other forms of cricket are not used in the hundred, with 10 balls overturned before a change of end.
• The PowerPlay is for the first 25 balls in a round, with only two field players authorized outside the circle of 30 yards.
• A game of 25 balls per side is the minimum duration that can be played in case of wet time.

What is the next step?

The hundred continues on Friday with Northern super chargers Back in action Friday against Birmingham Phoenixwith Brave playing Rocket And Fire against Invincible oval SATURDAY.

London Spirit are the next ones in action against Birmingham Phoenix Sunday.

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