Trent Rockets showed why they have been the team to beat in The Hundred by bowling out SunRisers Leeds for just 91 in the Lord’s final, then knocking off the runs in a rush to lift the trophy.

It was the table-toppers Rockets, who had won six in a row going into the game, who handled the pressure of the final better.

Their bowlers took early wickets, including the key scalp of Phoebe Litchfield – one of seven Australian overseas players in the final – off the impressive Charley Phillips after she had looked in supreme form, and the SunRisers finished the powerplay on a wobbly 26-3.

Sutherland needed to be cautious but also managed to look authoritative, going top of the run-scoring charts, ending with 315 to Litchfield’s 303.

But when Deepti Sharma, Sutherland and then Jess Jonassen – three of SunRisers’ overseas stars – went within eight balls of each other to leave the innings in disarray at 58-6 off 57, it was damage limitation time.

The damage, however, had already been done.

Darcey Carter went first ball, as had Lauren Winfield-Hill earlier – and the SunRisers failed to bat out their allocation despite three successive fours from Dani Gibson. She was dismissed by her opposite number Ash Gardner, and the SunRisers could muster just 91, leaving the Rockets with what looked like a simple chase, despite the pressure of a final.

Samantha Bates’ dismissal of Cassidy McCarthy to end the innings took her level with Deepti Sharma and Tilly Corteen-Coleman at the top of the wicket-taking charts with 13.

Dunkley, three times runner-up in this tournament, started off as if she had a train to catch, depositing two sixes over deep midwicket, while Beth Mooney – who averaged an incredible 72 in winning finals even before today – joined in with some powerful straight driving to raise the highest powerplay score in a women’s final, 45 from those first 25 balls.

That left just 47 more needed off 75 balls.

The two continued to attack the SunRisers’ bowlers until Dunkley hit Gibson to extra cover for an exhilarating 41 from 23 balls to finish the tournament with 301 runs, putting her in third place overall.

Nat Sciver-Brunt came and went but Mooney’s Australian teammate Gardner came in and the two Aussies fittingly finished things off, Mooney ending up with an unbeaten 31 from 21.

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