The Hundred Final: Kavya Maran's team's dream broken at Lord's, Trent Rockets becomes champion

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The Hundred Final 2026: Kavya Maran’s franchise Sunrisers Leeds had to face a crushing defeat in the final of Women’s The Hundred 2026 played at the historic ground of Lord’s. Trent Rockets dominated the entire match unilaterally and captured the title by defeating Sunrisers by 8 wickets. The entire team of Sunrisers, who came to bat first in the title clash, collapsed for only 91 runs, in response to which Trent Rockets easily achieved the target of 92 runs by losing only 2 wickets with 46 balls remaining.

Trent Rockets bowlers wreak havoc

After losing the toss and coming to bat first, Sunrisers Leads had a very bad start. Phoebe Lichfield tried to make a bright start, but Top fell like a pack of cards to the sharp tactics of Kim Garth and Georgia Adams. Sunrisers Leads lost 3 wickets for just 26 runs. During this, Bryony Smith, Lauren Winfield-Hill and Phoebe Litchfield lost their wickets.

After this, Deepti Sharma was also bowled by Charlie Phillips after scoring 12 runs, while Annabel Sutherland was stumped by Georgia Adams on a brilliant turn. Then Jess Jonassen was run out on 0 and the entire team was reduced to 91 runs. On the other hand, for Trent Rockets, Kim Garth, Samantha Bates, Charlie Phillips and Georgia Adams took 2 wickets each.

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Match ended before 46 balls

Sophia Dunkley and Beth Mooney gave a great start to Trent Rockets while chasing the small target of 92 runs. Both the opening batsmen ended all hopes of Sunrisers making a comeback in the match by making a blazing partnership of 69 runs in just 40 balls. Sophia Dunkley scored a stormy 41 runs in 23 balls. At the same time, Beth Mooney remained unbeaten till the end after scoring 31 runs. Apart from this, the winning shot came from the bat of captain Ashley Gardner, he hit a four and gave the team a historic title win by 8 wickets.

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