Eighteen-year-old Davina Perrin continued her impressive domestic form with a sparkling 42-ball 70 to overpower Trent Rockets in The Hundred.
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Match Analysis
It was Perrin’s first half-century in The Hundred, and the second-highest score by a female English player uncapped at international level. More importantly for Perrin and her side, it took them to the top of the table with two wins from two.
It was a dominant performance from the team in purple, who were on top straight away and rarely let their foot off the gas, save some customary excellence from Trent Rockets skipper Ash Gardner.
The Superchargers had Rockets at 5-3 after 18 balls and right up against it, Gardner did her thing to fight back with a 32-ball 61 but it was essentially a lone hand and her side’s eventual total of 128 felt light at a sun-dappled Trent Bridge.
Perrin dominated the opening partnership of 62 with Alice Davidson-Richards and entertained the crowd throughout, with strong shots all around the wicket and even a one-handed scoop. Phoebe Litchfield matched her stroke for stroke with her 10-ball 22 and Annabel Sutherland finished things off in a fittingly creative way, reverse-sweeping through the off-side
It was a performance of great promise from the Superchargers who will feel they’re laying down a marker, for Rockets the need to get a win on the board is getting ever greater.
Meerkat Match Hero Perrin said: “To be honest, I had a conversation with one of the coaches before and he said: ‘What are you going to do when you go out?’ And I was like: ‘have fun’. So that’s pretty much it.
“It was a pretty decent deck, it was coming onto the bat nicely, so it allowed me to lean into it and just try and play strong shots.
“I guess it’s quite important [to perform on the big stage]. It’s nice to do it front of so many people and on a decent ground – so happy days
“Yeah, I’d say confidence is high. We’ve got a great team, a lot of talent about, and there’s so many great players, great batters that I can just feed off, which obviously helped me out today. And it always helps when the bowlers perform well as well. The more senior players have always got good advice to give. They’re very talented and they know what they’re doing, and it always helps having them at the other end. I’m just soaking in as much as I can and enjoying being alongside so many great players.”
Match Summary
Trent Rockets (Women) vs Northern Superchargers (Women), Match 8
Trent Rockets (Women) 128/8 (100 balls)
Northern Superchargers (Women) 129/2 (79 balls)
Northern Superchargers (Women) won by 8 wickets
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Simply incredible from Davina Perrin ?????#TheHundred pic.twitter.com/armQRNIxMb
— The Hundred (@thehundred) August 10, 2025
Match Stats
Trent Rockets (Women) Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Bryony Smith – 0.5 ov), 2-4 (Natasha Wraith – 2.2 ov), 3-5 (Grace Scrivens – 3.3 ov), 4-47 (Natalie Sciver – 8.3 ov), 5-94 (Ashleigh Gardner – 14.4 ov), 6-115 (Emma Jones – 17.5 ov), 7-115 (Heather Graham – 18.2 ov), 8-128 (Alana King – 19.5 ov)
Northern Superchargers (Women) Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Alice Davidson-Richards – 9.1 ov), 2-95 (Phoebe Litchfield – 11.5 ov)
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Playing XI
Trent Rockets (Women)
Northern Superchargers (Women)
Match Details:
Date: Sunday, August 10, 2025 14:30
Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Toss: Trent Rockets (Women) elected to bat
Umpires: Chris Watts (England) Jasmine Naeem (England) Neil Bainton (England TV)
Match Referee: Will Smith (England)
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