The Hundred women’s competition: Final, Lord’s

Sunrisers Leeds 91 (91 balls): Sutherland 25 (23); Adams 2-9

Trent Rockets 92-2 (54 balls): Dunkley 41 (23), Mooney 31* (21)

Trent Rockets won by eight wickets

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Sunrisers Leeds were bowled out for just 91 as Trent Rockets cruised to an emphatic eight-wicket win in the women’s Hundred final at Lord’s.

In a disappointingly one-sided contest, Rockets reached their modest target with 46 balls to spare to secure their first women’s title.

England’s Sophia Dunkley smashed 41 off 23 balls as she continued her excellent form and Australian Beth Mooney struck 31 not out off 21.

Sunrisers, who comfortably beat Southern Brave in Friday’s Eliminator, slumped to 26-3 at the end of the powerplay and failed to recover.

They unsurprisingly struggled without significant contributions from their Australian superstars – Phoebe Litchfield was caught attempting a ramp off Charley Phillips for 10 and Annabel Sutherland was stumped off Georgia Adams for 25.

Dani Gibson, Sunrisers’ captain and most expensive player at the women’s auction earlier this year, offered some resistance until her departure for 22 off 16 ended any hope of a fightback.

The wickets were shared in a fine all-round bowling effort by the Rockets as Adams finished with miserly figures of 2-9 and Phillips, the 23-year-old domestic seamer, impressed with 2-12.

Rockets will look to become the first team to win both men’s and women’s competitions in the same year when Sam Billings’ side take on Manchester Super Giants at 18:00 BST.

Having finished top of the table at the end of the group stage, there was uncertainty about how that would impact Rockets going straight into the final.

Sunrisers had played one more game just two days ago, but would have taken confidence from winning it, while Rockets had not played since Monday.

In the end, it was inconsequential – Rockets dominated in every department.

While Sunrisers have relied heavily on performances from the brilliant Litchfield and Sutherland, in contrast Rockets have produced more all-round quality and had unlikely stars in the likes of Phillips and Sam Bates with the ball.

Bates, an uncapped Australian spinner, finished as the tournament’s joint-leading wicket-taker with 13, at an average of 14.46, while Phillips has bucked the general trend by standing out as an English domestic player.

With four overseas players introduced this year, fewer emerging players have been given much responsibility during the tournament, but Sunrisers’ batters struggled with Phillips’ slinging, awkward action.

She was given the responsibility of bowling in the powerplay, when Litchfield misjudged a ramp shot and was caught by Adams at short fine leg, before Phillips later had India’s World Cup winner Deepti Sharma bowled for just 12.

Meanwhile, Dunkley has had an exceptional season with the bat, finishing third in the run-scoring charts with one fewer innings compared to Sutherland and Litchfield above her.

The Rockets made light work of the chase and while the game was an underwhelming occasion, it was a fitting and deserving end for the tournament’s most consistent and well-structured side.