Wello wizardry puts Rockets in a spin

Amanda-Jade Wellington's love affair with English cricket's Hundred tournament continues to blossom after another brilliant performance from the competition's top wicket-taker.

Australian wizard Wellington bamboozled the Trent Rockets, taking 3-18 for Southern Brave as the Southampton-based outfit maintained their unbeaten record with a 10-wicket win at the Rose Bowl.

And she won her duels with her Australian teammates Elyse Villani and Alana King, dismissing them both in Thursday's crushing victory.

The Adelaide leg-spinner also took the key wicket of Rockets' captain Nat Sciver, getting the star England allrounder stumped off a tempting wide one as she took her tally in five matches to a league-leading 11 wickets.

Only Wellington's teammate Lauren Bell is now currently within two wickets of her haul as the England fast bowler ended with dazzling figures of 4-10 to win the player of the match award.

Wellington's efforts help reduce the Rockets to 8-88, a total which openers Smriti Mandhana (57no off 31 balls) and Danni Wyatt (36no off 25) knocked off with ease.

Not even King, who has been excellent in the tournament with six wickets, could halt the flow of runs, going for 23 off her wicketless 10 balls.

Brave now have a perfect record of five straight wins and will go straight to the final if they beat Northern Superchargers or if Oval Invincibles and Birmingham Phoenix slip up in their final two fixtures.

Villani had looked well set on 25 when Wellington snared her, before having King caught at slip while attempting a reverse sweep.

The win, with 44 balls remaining, was the quickest in terms of balls used up in a chase across both years of the women's Hundred.

Australians at The Hundred 2022

Women

Birmingham Phoenix: Sophie Molineux, Ellyse Perry

London Spirit: Beth Mooney, Megan Schutt

Northern Superchargers: Heather Graham, Alyssa Healy

Southern Brave: Tahlia McGrath, Molly Strano, Amanda-Jade Wellington

Trent Rockets: Alana King, Elyse Villani

Welsh Fire: Nicola Carey, Rachael Haynes, Annabel Sutherland

Men

Birmingham Phoenix: Kane Richardson, Matthew Wade, Tanveer Sangha

London Spirit: Nathan Ellis, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott

Manchester Originals: Sean Abbott, Ashton Turner

Oval Invincibles: Hilton Cartwright

Southern Brave: Tim David, Marcus Stoinis

Trent Rockets: Daniel Sams

Welsh Fire: Adam Zampa