2021 Trent Rockets season
# 2021 Trent Rockets season

The 2021 season was the Trent Rockets first season of the new franchise 100 ball cricket, The Hundred.

## Players

### Men's side

* Bold denotes players with international caps.

| S/N | Name | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Batsmen |||||||
| 6 | Luke Wright | (1985-03-07) 7 March 1985 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 10 | Alex Hales | (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Local Icon player |
| 23 | D'Arcy Short | (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 32) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm unorthodox | Overseas player |
| 29 | Dawid Malan | (1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 66 | Joe Root | (1990-12-30) 30 December 1990 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Centrally Contracted player |
| — | Jack Leaning | (1993-10-18) 18 October 1993 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Replacement player |
| All Rounders |||||||
| 5 | Steven Mullaney | (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 21 | Samit Patel | (1984-11-30) 30 November 1984 (age 38) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 24 | Lewis Gregory | (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Captain |
| Wicketkeepers |||||||
| 7 | Tom Moores | (1996-09-04) 4 September 1996 (age 26) | Left-handed | — | |
| 9 | Ben Cox | (1992-02-02) 2 February 1992 (age 31) | Right-handed | — | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 14 | Luke Wood | (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| 16 | Sam Cook | (1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Wildcard pick |
| 47 | Wahab Riaz | (1985-06-28) 28 June 1985 (age 38) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | Overseas player |
| 64 | Timm van der Gugten | (1991-02-25) 25 February 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 90 | Marchant de Lange | (1990-10-13) 13 October 1990 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas player; Replacement player |
| — | Sonny Baker | (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Replacement player |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 19 | Rashid Khan | (1998-09-20) 20 September 1998 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| 20 | Matt Carter | (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |

### Women's side

* Bold denotes players with international caps.

| S/N | Name | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Batters |||||||
| 44 | Emily Windsor | (1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| — | Ella Claridge | | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All Rounders |||||||
| 10 | Nat Sciver | (1992-08-20) 20 August 1992 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain; Centrally Contracted player |
| 11 | Heather Graham | (1996-10-05) 5 October 1996 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| 17 | Kathryn Bryce | (1997-11-17) 17 November 1997 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 22 | Teresa Graves | (1998-10-10) 10 October 1998 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 25 | Michaela Kirk | (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | UK passport |
| — | Alicia Presland | (1999-09-28) 28 September 1999 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicketkeepers |||||||
| 13 | Rachel Priest | (1985-06-13) 13 June 1985 (age 38) | Right-handed | — | Overseas player |
| 27 | Abigail Freeborn | (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 26) | Right-handed | – | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 2 | Katherine Brunt | (1985-07-02) 2 July 1985 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 58 | Sammy-Jo Johnson | (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 3 | Sarah Glenn | (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 7 | Lucy Higham | (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 16 | Nancy Harman | (1999-07-11) 11 July 1999 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 64 | Georgia Davis | (1999-06-03) 3 June 1999 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Replacement player |

## Regular season

### Fixtures (Men)

**July**

* 24 July 2021 14:30 Scorecard

| Southern Brave 126/8 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 127/1 (82 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Ross Whiteley 39* (29) Marchant de Lange 5/20 (20 balls) | | Dawid Malan 62* (43) George Garton 1/29 (15 balls) |

* Trent Rockets won by 9 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Attendance: 12,783 Umpires: David Millns and Russell Warren Player of the match: Marchant de Lange (Trent Rockets)
* Southern Brave won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Trent Rockets 2, Southern Brave 0.
* 26 July 2021 18:30 (N) Scorecard

| Northern Superchargers 132 (99 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 134/8 (94 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| John Simpson 42 (33) Marchant de Lange 3/22 (14 balls) | | Alex Hales 40* (34) Callum Parkinson 2/19 (15 balls) |

* Trent Rockets won by 2 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Attendance: 11,483 Umpires: Tim Robinson and Russell Warren Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Trent Rockets)
* Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Trent Rockets 2, Northern Superchargers 0.
* 29 July 2021 18:30 (N) Scorecard

| Trent Rockets 123/4 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 116/8 (100 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| D'Arcy Short 69* (47) Mohammad Nabi 2/20 (20 balls) | | Roelof van der Merwe 25* (18) Matt Carter 3/17 (20 balls) |

* Trent Rockets won by 7 runs Lord's, London Attendance: 23,892 Umpires: Nigel Llong and Alex Wharf Player of the match: D'Arcy Short (Trent Rockets)
* London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Trent Rockets 2, London Spirit 0.

**August**

* 1 August 2021 14:30 Scorecard

| Trent Rockets 144/6 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 145/4 (74 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Dawid Malan 51 (41) Adam Milne 2/13 (20 balls) | | Finn Allen 43 (23) Rashid Khan 3/26 (20 balls) |

* Birmingham Phoenix won by 6 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Attendance: 17,479 Umpires: Nigel Llong and Steve O'Shaughnessy Player of the match: Will Smeed (Birmingham Phoenix)
* Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Trent Rockets 0.
* 6 August 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Welsh Fire 139/8 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 140/4 (90 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Glenn Phillips 50 (35) Wahab Riaz 4/30 (20 balls) | | Samit Patel 46* (20) Qais Ahmad 2/23 (20 balls) |

* Trent Rockets won by 6 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Rob Bailey and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Samit Patel (Trent Rockets)
* Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Trent Rockets 2, Welsh Fire 0.
* 8 August 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Oval Invincibles 125/6 (65 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 116/8 (65 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Jason Roy 56* (29) Samit Patel 2/21 (15 balls) | | Lewis Gregory 28* (12) Sunil Narine 3/11 (10 balls) |

* Oval Invincibles won by 9 runs The Oval, London Attendance: 19,382 Umpires: Nick Cook and Nigel Llong Player of the match: Jason Roy (Oval Invincibles)
* Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 65 balls per side due to rain.
* Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Trent Rockets 0.
* 13 August 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Birmingham Phoenix 166/6 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 150/9 (100 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Liam Livingstone 50 (31) Sam Cook 2/32 (20 balls) | | Steven Mullaney 49 (33) Pat Brown 3/27 (20 balls) |

* Birmingham Phoenix won by 16 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Peter Hartley and David Millns Player of the match: Liam Livingstone (Birmingham Phoenix)
* Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Trent Rockets 0.
* 15 August 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Manchester Originals 135/8 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 136/3 (95 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Colin Munro 45 (22) Rashid Khan 3/16 (20 balls) | | Dawid Malan 52 (46) Matt Parkinson 2/21 (20 balls) |

* Trent Rockets won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Steve O'Shaughnessy and Russell Warren Player of the match: Dawid Malan (Trent Rockets)
* Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Trent Rockets 2, Manchester Originals 0.

### Fixtures (Women)

**July**

* 24 July 2021 11:00 Scorecard

| Southern Brave 133/5 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 110/7 (100 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Stafanie Taylor 45* (31) Nat Sciver 2/33 (20 balls) | | Nat Sciver 44 (29) Anya Shrubsole 4/13 (20 balls) |

* Southern Brave won by 23 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Nick Cook and Sue Redfern Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (Southern Brave)
* Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Southern Brave 2, Trent Rockets 0.
* 26 July 2021 15:00 Scorecard

| Northern Superchargers 149/7 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 122/7 (100 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Jemimah Rodrigues 60 (41) Sammy-Jo Johnson 4/15 (20 balls) | | Katherine Brunt 43* (36) Katie Levick 2/20 (20 balls) |

* Northern Superchargers won by 27 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: David Millns and Sue Redfern Player of the match: Jemimah Rodrigues (Northern Superchargers)
* Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Trent Rockets 0.
* 29 July 2021 15:00 Scorecard

| Trent Rockets 151/4 (100 balls) | v | London Spirit 133/7 (100 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Rachel Priest 76 (42) Freya Davies 1/19 (20 balls) | | Heather Knight 31 (25) Lucy Higham 2/12 (15 balls) |

* Trent Rockets won by 18 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Neil Mallender and Sue Redfern Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Trent Rockets)
* Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Trent Rockets 2, London Spirit 0.

**August**

* 1 August 2021 11:00 Scorecard

| Trent Rockets 145/5 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 134/9 (100 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Heather Graham 44 (21) Kirstie Gordon 1/20 (20 balls) | | Issy Wong 27 (11) Sammy-Jo Johnson 3/28 (20 balls) |

* Trent Rockets won by 11 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Rob Bailey and Jasmine Naeem Player of the match: Heather Graham (Trent Rockets)
* Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Trent Rockets 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.
* 6 August 2021 15:30 Scorecard

| Welsh Fire 102 (100 balls) | v | Trent Rockets 103/6 (92 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Hayley Matthews 28 (32) Heather Graham 3/14 (20 balls) | | Nat Sciver 54 (40) Hayley Matthews 2/13 (20 balls) |

* Trent Rockets won by 4 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Peter Hartley and Jasmine Naeem Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Trent Rockets)
* Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Trent Rockets 2, Welsh Fire 0.
* 8 August 2021 15:30 Scorecard

| Trent Rockets | v | Oval Invincibles |
| - | - | - |

* No result The Oval, London Umpires: Rob Bailey and Sarah Bartlett
* Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Points: Oval Invincibles 1, Trent Rockets 1.
* 13 August 2021 15:30 Scorecard

| Trent Rockets 125/7 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 129/7 (94 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Abigail Freeborn 30 (23) Kirstie Gordon 3/26 (20 balls) | | Erin Burns 38 (26) Sammy-Jo Johnson 3/22 (19 balls) |

* Birmingham Phoenix won by 3 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Rob Bailey and Jasmine Naeem Player of the match: Erin Burns (Birmingham Phoenix)
* Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Trent Rockets 0.

## Standings

### Women

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Southern Brave | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.056 |
| 2 | Oval Invincibles | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.015 |
| 3 | Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.186 |
| 4 | London Spirit | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.046 |
| 5 | Manchester Originals | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.016 |
| 6 | Northern Superchargers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.041 |
| 7 | Trent Rockets | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.293 |
| 8 | Welsh Fire | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.017 |

advances to the Final  advances to the Eliminator

### Men

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.087 |
| 2 | Southern Brave | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.034 |
| 3 | Trent Rockets | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.035 |
| 4 | Oval Invincibles | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.123 |
| 5 | Northern Superchargers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.510 |
| 6 | Manchester Originals | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | −0.361 |
| 7 | Welsh Fire | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.827 |
| 8 | London Spirit | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.641 |

advances to the Final  advances to the Eliminator

## Knockout stages

### Men

**Eliminator**

* 20 August 2021 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard

| Trent Rockets 96 (91 balls) | v | Southern Brave 97/3 (68 balls) |
| - | - | - |
| Samit Patel 20 (21) Tymal Mills 3/8 (16 balls) | | James Vince 45* (27) Marchant de Lange 2/16 (20 balls) |

* Southern Brave won by 7 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: David Millns and Russell Warren Player of the match: George Garton (Southern Brave)
* Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
