Defending ladies’s champions London Spirit’s profitable streak got here to an finish as they suffered a 33-run defeat by Trent Rockets in The Hundred at Lord’s.

Set a goal of 150 to win, Spirit slumped to 116 all out as spinner Kirstie Gordon starred with 4-19 for the guests, who picked up their first win this 12 months.

Kira Chathli and Georgia Redmayne added a affected person 26 for the primary wicket earlier than Spirit slipped to 70-6, together with in-form Australia batter Grace Harris departing for simply eight.

Fellow Australian Charli Knott’s 33 was the one knock to rescue Spirit from an entire capitulation as spinners Ash Gardner and Gordon bowled superbly in tandem, the previous ending with 2-14.

Earlier, England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt arrange the Rockets’ difficult 149-6, scoring an unbeaten 51 from 29 balls, after Bryony Smith bludgeoned 42 from 23 on the prime of the order.

Smith added 62 in simply 35 balls with fellow opener Nat Wraith, however Rockets have been pegged again as each have been dismissed within the area of three balls by seamer Eva Grey.

Sciver-Brunt mixed with Australia all-rounder Gardner for a stand of 60, although a collapse of 4 wickets for 11 runs on the demise noticed Spirit combat again strongly as Grey completed with spectacular figures of 4-19.

However Sciver-Brunt reached her fifty with a six off Charlie Dean from the final ball of the Rockets’ innings, pushing them to the aggressive complete and including to a troublesome day for the Spirit captain as she completed with figures of 0-40 from simply 15 balls.

The win retains Southern Courageous on the prime of the desk as Rockets break their duck, leaving Welsh Fireplace as the one winless facet within the ladies’s event.