Birmingham Phoenix Women vs Trent Rockets Women Head to Head Records: Most Runs, Wickets and Highest Total

Birmingham Phoenix women vs Trent Rockets women Head to Head records in Women’s Hundred

In the first four seasons of The Hundred Women’s, Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets have locked horns with each other in six matches. There is nothing splitting the two sides in these six matches as the Birmingham Phoenix have emerged victorious in three matches and the Trent Rockets have also won three matches. Additionally, one match between the two sides was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled. This clearly suggests that the Birmingham Phoenix and the Trent Rockets have shared an extremely fierce and intense rivalry with each other. 

As is apparent in the table above, the rivalry between Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets is intense and the 2025 matchup promises to be exciting. 

BPH W vs TRT W Winning Percentage

Based on the Head to Head result between the Birmingham Phoenix women and the Trent Rockets women, here’s a breakdown of the winning percentage.  

Winning three matches each, both teams boast a 50% winning percentage against each other. It will be interesting to see which team comes out on top in their encounter on August 8th at Edgbaston, Birmingham.  

Birmingham Phoenix Women vs Trent Rockets Women - Win Breakdown by Batting First & Chasing

The Birmingham Phoenix have found it more comfortable while chasing in the Midlands derby, as two out of their three wins in the fixture have come batting second with one win coming by batting first. Trent Rockets on the contrary are a team that has done well defending totals in the fixture as they’ve won two matches batting first and one match batting second. 

Birmingham Phoenix women vs Trent Rockets women: Head to Head at different venues 

BPH W vs TRT W Head to Head At Edgbaston, Birmingham

The Birmingham Phoenix women and Trent Rockets women have locked horns three times against each other at the Edgbaston Stadium. The Birmingham Phoenix haven’t enjoyed their home advantage as they’ve won only one game out of the tree while Trent Rockets have won two. One match was never played as it was abandoned due to rain without a single ball being bowled. 

BPH W vs TRT W Head to Head At Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Trent Rockets have hosted the Birmingham Phoenix thrice at their home stadium the Trent Bridge in Nottinghamshire. The Birmingham Phoenix have enjoyed more success at the Trent Bridge as they’ve won two Midland Derbies at the away venue while the home side Trent Bridge have only won one Midland Derby at their home. 

None of the matches between Birmingham Phoenix and the Trent Rockets have been played at a neutral venue in the first four seasons of the tournament. 

Birmingham Phoenix women vs Trent Rockets women: Last Five matches

In the last five matches that have been played between the Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets the head to head has been pretty even. The Trent Rockets have won two matches and the Birmingham Phoenix have also won two matches. One of the matches that was supposed to be played on August 5, in the 2023 season of Women's Hundred was abandoned due to rain. The Midlands Derby has been pretty evenly poised heading into the 2025 season. 

Birmingham Phoenix Women vs Trent Rockets Women: Key matches from history

2021 - Highest scoring encounter - The first ever match between the Birmingham Phoenix and the Trent Rockets has been one of their most iconic ‘Midland Derby’ encounters.  The match was a high scoring encounter with the Trent Rockets powered by a knock of 44 from Heather Graham set a 146 run target for the Birmingham Phoenix.  The Birmingham Phoenix were chasing the total pretty well until the innings fell off in the end as they could only muster up 134 runs and lost the match by 12 runs. This match still remains the highest scoring encounter between the two sides. 

2024 - Ellyse Perry vs Nat Sciver-Brunt - The 2024 encounter between the Birmingham Phoenix and the Trent Rockets will go down in history as the battle between the two captains Ellyse Perry and Nat Sciver-Brunt. Batting first, Ellyse Perry with a knock of 66 runs powered Birmingham Phoenix to set a target of 140. Chasing a big score, Nat Sciver-Brunt gave it her all as she scored 59 runs but in the end, the Trent Rockets fell short as Birmingham Phoenix sneaked away with a three run win. 

Birmingham Phoenix women vs Trent Rockets women Top Performers

Top Run Scorer

Nat Sciver-Brunt (Trent Rockets women) - 189 runs

The former Trent Rockets skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt is the top run scorer in the Birmingham Phoenix women vs Trent Rockets women fixture with 189 runs to her name.  Nat Sciver-Brunt captained the Trent Rockets for the first four seasons but ahead of 2025 season, she decided to step down as captain and hand over her role to Ash Gardner. 

Ellyse Perry (Birmingham Phoenix women) - 110 runs

Ellyse Perry the star Australian all-rounder and the Birmingham Phoenix skipper is the second highest run scorer in the fixture between Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets. Ellyse Perry with 110 runs has been her side’s best performer in the ‘Midlands Derby’ and entering into 2025 season, she will be hoping to continue her dominance in the fixture. She also holds the highest individual score in the fixture of 66 runs. 

Top Wicket Taker

Emily Arlott (Birmingham Phoenix) - 9 wickets

Emily Arlott, the English right-arm medium bowler, who represents the Birmingham Phoenix in the women’s Hundred is the player who has the most wickets in the fixture against Trent Rockets. In six matches till now, Emily Arlott has picked up 9 wickets against Trent Rockets, the most in the fixture. 

Sammy Jo-Johsnon (Trent Rockets) - 6 wickets

The second highest wicket taker in the ‘Midlands Derby’ between Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets is Australian fast bowler Sammy Jo-Johnson who has picked up six wickets for the Trent Rockets. 

Birmingham Phoenix women vs Trent Rockets women: Team Insights 

Birmingham Phoenix women Team Insights

The Birmingham Phoenix women’s side will be heading into the 2025 season of the Hundred with a point to prove as they have endured two horrible campaigns in the tournament. In 2023, the team finished plum last losing all their games and in 2024 the team only managed to finish seventh. 

Under the captaincy of Ellyse Perry, the Birmingham Phoenix women will be hoping to bounce back in the 2025 season.  Their squad for the 2025 season is an improved squad from 2024. This year, the Birmingham Phoenix women have in their ranks the likes of Amy Jones, Emily Arlott, Hannah Baker, Emma Lamb, Georgia Boyce and Maria Kelly. With these editions, captain Ellyse Perry and coach Ali Maiden are looking to revive their team’s fortunes.  

The Birmingham Phoenix representing the counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire have sold a minority stake to an investment consortium that is being led by NFL superstar Tom Brady.  Hence, there’s a lot of optimism around Birmingham and their fans that heading into the 2025 season the team could muster up a strong bid for reaching the playoffs and potentially lift the title. 

Birmingham Phoenix women squad for 2025 Hundred: 

Trent Rockets women Team Insights

The Trent Rockets after a dismal first season in 2021 when they finished 7th in the women’s Hundred has found consistency in challenging for the playoff spots. In the 2022 and 2023 season they finished third and fourth but in 2025 they once again missed out on the playoffs as they finished just 5th in the standings. 

Representing the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire counties, and playing their home games at the iconic Trent Bridge stadium, the Trent Rockets have undergone a transition in 2025. Their captain for the first four seasons in Nat Sciver-Brunt decided to step down from her role and handed over the captaincy to all-rounder Ash Gardner. 

With Ash Gardner as captain, and Jon Lewis as head coach, the Trent Rockets boast a squad of players which include Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Graham, Alana King, Byrony Smith and Grace Scrivens. Strengthening their bowling attack, Trent Rockets also have Kristie Gordon, Alexa Stonehouse, Cassidy McCarthy and Emma Jones in their setup. 

The Trent Rockets have been a consistent presence in the playoffs and there and thereabouts, with the new captaincy setup and new ownership with the likes of Chelsea owner Todd Boelhy’s Cain International management buying a key stake in the side. 

Trent Rockets women’s squad for 2025 Hundred: