Lauren Bell picked up the most effective figures up to now on this season’s Hundred as Southern Brave coasted previous Trent Rockets to ebook their place within the knockout phases.
England quick bowler Bell claimed 4-10 to maneuver to 9 wickets within the event, two behind team-mate Amanda-Jade Wellington, who took 3-18.
Rockets’ 88-8 was by no means aggressive and was proved in order Smriti Mandhana and Danni Wyatt smashed 57 off 31 balls and 36 off 25 respectively to knock off the modest complete in 56 balls and win by 10 wickets.
Brave keep their good file and can head straight to the ultimate in the event that they beat Northern Superchargers or if Oval Invincibles and Birmingham Phoenix slip up of their ultimate two fixtures. Rockets want one in every of Invincibles and Phoenix to lose each their remaining video games to progress.
Rockets had been put in and apart from an thrilling cameo from Marie Kelly massively struggled with circumstances, whether or not it was the swing of Bell or the spin of Wellington.
Bryony Smith grew to become the primary lady to be dismissed within the first five-ball set of an innings on this yr’s version when she swung a brief Bell supply to Wyatt at deep midwicket.
The solely time Rockets appeared on prime was when Kelly thumped Anya Shrubsole by the covers after which for a six, tipped over the boundary by a full-stretch Wyatt.
Kelly slowed and tried to chip over the in-field, solely to provide Bell her second wicket by discovering cowl, and Elyse Villani appeared set on 25 earlier than slicing Wellington to additional cowl.
Rockets solely scored a single boundary within the second half of their innings, a six from Mignon du Preez, as Brave turned the screw in time with the drizzle dissipating.
The have to make amends for runs noticed 5 wickets fall within the final 21 balls, with solely 9 runs coming. They solely managed eight boundaries in complete to underline their lowest boundary share within the event.
Nat Sciver was put out of her distress after a hellish 19 from 30 balls when she was stumped off Wellington, who additionally discovered rival Australian leg-spinner Alana King gloving to slide whereas trying to reverse earlier than Du Preez was caught slog-sweeping Georgia Adams.
Bell completed issues up with an exemplary ultimate 5 balls, with Katherine Brunt and Sarah Glenn each caught at level to the ultimate two deliveries of the 100.
Mandhana slapped the primary ball of the chase to the purpose boundary and didn’t look again. A hat-trick of fours in a row off Sciver made issues even simpler.
Her opening associate Wyatt received barely fortunate an edge went between keeper and slip off King however that solely emboldened her and 5 boundaries in seven balls later and she or he had overtaken the Indian.
But Mandhana re-took her benefit, slogged King again over her head, and celebrated a 30-ball fifty earlier than profitable the sport with one other most.
The pair blitzed 16 fours and two sixes to provide a set of unflattering bowling figures.
The win with 44 balls remaining was probably the most unused balls in a chase throughout each years of the ladies’s Hundred.
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