Australian celebrity Ellyse Perry starred with the bat and within the area as Birmingham Phoenix ended their 12-match dropping streak to beat the Trent Rockets in The Hundred.
Perry fired 66 from simply 34 deliveries as Phoenix posted 139-3, having received the toss and elected to bat, earlier than taking a wicket and a catch because the Rockets fell simply quick of their run chase.
Nat Sciver-Brunt’s 59 from 37 deliveries wasn’t sufficient for the Rockets, who closed on 136-7 to fall three runs quick and provides Birmingham Phoenix their first victory because the 2022 version of The Hundred.
Phoenix made a gradual begin as Sophie Devine and Sterre Kalis went alongside at a run a ball for a gap partnership of 32, which ended when Alana King trapped Devine LBW for 17.
Perry shortly upped the run charge alongside Kalis and raced to 41 from her first 20 balls, with the pair placing on a 102-run stand from simply 60 deliveries for the second wicket.
Ellyse Perry top-scored for the Birmingham Phoenix of their first win of The Hundred marketing campaign
Amy Jones arrived on the crease with Phoenix on 134 with 4 balls to go and was run out on the ultimate supply, leaving Kalis unbeaten on 48 and setting the Rockets 140 to win their second victory of the season.
Perry remained within the motion within the area, taking the opening wicket of Scrivens (six) after which catching Bryony Smith with a implausible working effort at long-on to scale back the Rockets to 58-2.
Sciver-Brunt got here to the wicket in superb kind and reached her sixth half-century in The Hundred, off simply 33 balls, just for her to be dismissed three balls after Charis Pavely (2-20) bowled Ash Gardener.
Hannah Baker takes an enormous tumble from a working catch to assert a wicket in Birmingham Phoenix’s match in opposition to Trent Rockets.
Rockets noticed their hopes boosted when Heather Graham hit 4 late boundaries – together with an enormous six off the 98th ball – to depart them needing seven from two, earlier than Wraith was run out on the penultimate supply going for the second run.
Graham needing a final-ball most for victory however may solely make two, taking her to a valiant unbeaten 30 from 12 balls, leaving Phoenix celebrating their first in 13 makes an attempt and giving them their first factors of the season.
Participant of the match – Ellyse Perry
“I am satisfied for the ladies,” Perry stated. “We performed with quite a lot of spirit in the present day, performed actually positively, and it’s good to recover from the road in a decent one on the finish.
“It took us some time to get going, however when you had been in there was a breeze, so it was simple to search out the pockets within the floor and construct a little bit of momentum with the bat. The overall felt defendable, however they chased effectively, Heather on the finish there was actually unfortunate to not convey it house for them, so to carry our nerve on the finish was superior.
“I am stoked for the ladies; it’s a nice group they usually play with quite a lot of vitality and enthusiasm. You’ll be able to’t fear about final season, this can be a totally different squad, however it’s one thing that has been spoken about across the group by different folks. Hopefully folks cease speaking about that [12 in a row] now.”
The Hundred Stay
Thursday 1st August 11:00am
What’s subsequent?
There’s two double-headers of motion in The Hundred on Thursday, with all 4 matches stay on Sky Sports activities and likewise streamed – without spending a dime – on the Sky Sports activities Golf YouTube channel.
London Spirit Ladies search for their third successive win after they host Welsh Fireplace ladies, stay from 11.30am, earlier than the London Spirit males chase their first win of the marketing campaign in opposition to the identical opposition at 3pm.
Southern Courageous Ladies face the Manchester Authentic Ladies at 3pm, with the identical two groups then going face to face within the males’s version from 6.30pm. Stream The Hundred and extra sport with NOW.
