The Hundred Women Competition, Edgbaston

Birmingham Phoenix 64 with everything (95 balls): Perry 39 (33); Bats 3-10

Trent Rockets 68-1 (31 balls): Dunkley 43* (17); Declarant 1-17

Rockets won by nine wickets

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Birmingham Phoenix were bowled out for just 64 by Trent Rockets as the start dominated by The Hundred players continued at Edgbaston.

Ellyse Perry played a single hand with her 39 as no other batsman reached double figures in a terrible performance.

It was the joint second-lowest total in the Women’s Hundred, and Phoenix also holds the record for the lowest when they were bowled out for 54 against Northern Superchargers (now Sunrisers Leeds) in 2024.

Oval Invincibles (now MI London) also made 64 against Superchargers in the same year.

Debutant Samantha Bates, a no-holds-barred Australian pitcher, was the pick of the Rockets pitchers with 3-10, while closer Georgia Elwiss took 3-13.

On another bowler-friendly surface, Australia’s Kim Garth also bowled a miserable spell of 2-5 and Katie Levick won 1-8.

England batsman Sophia Dunkley dominated the chase with 43 off 17 balls as it took the Rockets just 31 balls to reach their target and complete a completely one-sided contest.

It has been a struggle for the batsmen in all four matches so far. London Spirit were bowled out for 80 in their first match on Thursday, while the highest total was 126 by Southern Brave, who successfully defended against Welsh Fire.

The Rockets’ only blemish was Ash Gardner’s drop of Perry at nine, which would likely have resulted in even more humiliation for Phoenix as their captain was the only one to prove that the pitch wasn’t a complete mystery.