Birmingham Phoenix were dismissed for 64 by Trent Rockets at Edgbaston, before Rockets reached the target in only 31 balls to win by nine wickets. The emphatic result underlined a bowler-dominated start to the women’s Hundred, with batting totals remaining notably low across the opening four matches.

Ellyse Perry made 39 from 33 balls, while no other Phoenix batter reached double figures; the score was the joint second-lowest in the competition’s history. Debutant spinner Samantha Bates took 3-10 and Georgia Elwiss 3-13, before Sophia Dunkley struck an unbeaten 43 from 17 balls; the highest women’s total so far this season is 126.