Trent Rockets boosted their hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the women’s Hundred with a comfortable 31-run win over London Spirit at Trent Bridge.
The home side reached 158-5 after openers Grace Scrivens (55 off 43) and Bryony Smith (34 off 22) shared a 74-run for the first wicket – the highest partnership of this year’s competition so far.
Smith was unluckily run-out while backing up at the non-striker’s end and 20-year-old Scrivens was bowled by Sarah Glenn after reaching her first Hundred half-century.
Rockets spinner Ash Gardner took two wickets in two balls to leave Spirit 21-2 after 23 balls, finishing with figures of 3-23.
Heather Knight (29 off 20) offered some faint hope before the Spirit captain was dismissed by spinner Alana King (3-23).
The writing was already on the wall for Spirit, despite Deepti Sharma’s unbeaten 30 off 23.
Rockets end a three-match losing streak to move into fifth in the table, one place behind Spirit.