Trent Rockets

Trent Rockets are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Nottingham. The team represents the historic counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire in the newly founded The Hundred competition,^[1] which took place for the first time in the 2021 English and Welsh cricket season. Both the men's and women's sides play at Trent Bridge.

Trent Rockets

Personnel
Captain	Nat Sciver-Brunt (women) TBA (men)
Coach	Jon Lewis (women) Andy Flower (men)
Overseas player(s)	Ashleigh Gardner Heather Graham Alana King (women) Marcus Stoinis (men)
Team information
Colours
Founded	2019; 6 years ago (2019)
Home ground	Trent Bridge
Capacity	17,500
History
No. of titles	1
Men's title wins	1 (2022)
Official website	Trent Rockets
The Hundred

History

See also: The Hundred (cricket)

The announcement of the new eight-team men's and women's tournament series in 2019 was not without controversy, with the likes of Virat Kohli criticising the England and Wales Cricket Board for pursuing a shift away from Test cricket,^[2] while others argued the format should have followed the established and successful Twenty20 format. The ECB however decided it needed a unique format to draw crowds.

In February 2021 the side announced that former Zimbabwe cricketer Andy Flower would be the men's team's first coach, while former Yorkshire women's player Salliann Briggs was appointed coach of the Women's team.^[3]

The inaugural Hundred draft took place in October 2019 and saw the Rockets claim Joe Root as their headline men's draftee, and Natalie Sciver as the women's headliner. They are joined by England internationals Alex Hales and Dawid Malan for the men's team, while Katherine Brunt joins Sciver in the women's side.^[4]

Honours

Men's honours

The Hundred

• Winners: 2022
• Third place: 2021

Women's honours

The Hundred

• Third place: 2022

Ground

Trent Bridge

Main article: Trent Bridge

Both the Trent Rockets men's and women's sides play at the home of Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. The women's side had been due to play at the home of Derbyshire County Cricket Club, the County Ground in Derby, and the home of Leicestershire, Grace Road but both teams were brought together at the same ground as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Current squads

• Bold denotes players with international caps.

Women's side

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
4	Bryony Smith	England	(1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
29	Grace Scrivens	England	(2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 21)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
10	Nat Sciver-Brunt	England	(1992-08-20) 20 August 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
11	Heather Graham	Australia	(1996-10-05) 5 October 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
63	Ashleigh Gardner	Australia	(1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
37	Nat Wraith	England	(2001-10-03) 3 October 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	—
Pace bowlers
5	Cassidy McCarthy	England	(2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
22	Alexa Stonehouse	England	(2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Spin bowlers
27	Alana King	Australia	(1995-11-22) 22 November 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
48	Kirstie Gordon	England	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox

Men's side

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
45	Tom Alsop	England	(1995-11-26) 26 November 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
48	Sam Hain	England	(1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
66	Joe Root	England	(1990-12-30) 30 December 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Centrally contracted player
All-rounders
—	Marcus Stoinis	Australia	(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
18	Tom Banton	England	(1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	—
Pace bowlers
6	John Turner	England	(2001-04-10) 10 April 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
16	Sam Cook	England	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Spin bowlers
31	Calvin Harrison	England	(1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break

Seasons

Women's team

Season	Group stage							Playoff stage		Ref.
	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	Pos	Pld	Pos
2021	8	4	4	0	0	8	7th	Did not progress		[5]
2022	6	3	3	0	0	6	3rd	1[a]	3rd	[6]
2023	8	3	4	0	1	7	4th	Did not progress		[7]
2024	8	4	4	0	0	8	5th	Did not progress		[8]

Men's team

Season	Group stage							Playoff stage		Ref.
	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	Pos	Pld	Pos
2021	8	5	3	0	0	10	3rd	1[b]	3rd	[9]
2022	8	6	2	0	0	12	1st	1[c]	1st	[10]
2023	8	3	4	0	1	7	5th	Did not progress		[11]
2024	8	4	4	0	0	8	5th	Did not progress		[12]

Notes

1. Trent Rockets women qualified for the eliminator in 2022. They played one match, losing the playoff for the final against Southern Brave by 2 runs.
2. Trent Rockets men qualified for the eliminator in 2022. They played one match, losing the playoff for the final against Southern Brave by 7 wickets.
3. Trent Rockets men finished top of the group stage and qualified automatically for the final in 2021. They won the final against Manchester Originals by 2 wickets.

See also

• Cricket portal
• Derbyshire portal

• List of Trent Rockets cricketers
• List of cricket grounds in England and Wales
• List of Test cricket grounds