The Hundred Women Pageant, Sophia Gardens

Welsh Fire 129-3 (100 balls): Divine 38 (25); Philip 2-17

Trent Rockets 132-2 (83 balls): Mooney 57 (35); Arlott 1-15

Trent Rockets won by eight wickets

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Trent Rockets recorded their second victory in The Hundred women’s competition as they recorded an eight-wicket victory against Welsh Fire in Cardiff.

Having restricted the Fire to 129-3, the Rockets made light work of the chase, with Beth Mooney setting the tone with a magnificent half-century at the top of the order.

Opening alongside Sophia Dunkley, the Australian wicketkeeper-batsman did most of the damage in a first-wicket partnership of 73 that put the Rockets firmly in control.

Dunkley departed after trapping Heather Graham in the deep, but by then, the visitors needed just 57 more to win off 60 balls.

Partnered by Nat Sciver-Brunt in the middle, Mooney raised her 50 off just 27 balls before falling for 57.

But the England captain’s unbeaten 37, in her first match of the campaign after missing the first two, ensured the Rockets surpassed the target with 17 balls to spare.

Sent to bat first, Fire had made a slow start, losing openers Georgia Voll and Ella McCaughan early to fall to 28-2 after 41 balls.

The home team was 41-2 at the halfway point of their innings, but Sophie Devine and Freya Kemp accelerated in the second half to lift the Fire to a respectable total.

Devine led the comeback with a knock of 38 off 25 balls that included two fours and two sixes, while Kemp remained unbeaten on 36 off 29 deliveries supported by Georgia Wareham, who added 19 off just 10 balls.