[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-dunkley-dominance-rockets-storm-top-hundred":82,"category-counts-nav":97,"related-dunkley-dominance-rockets-storm-top-hundred":107},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. 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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":95,"_path":96},"Dunkley's 65 Fires Trent Rockets to Summit of The Hundred","dunkley-dominance-rockets-storm-top-hundred","football","Match Report","Sarah Martinez","Sophia Dunkley's composed 65 underpins a six-wicket win over Birmingham Phoenix that sends Trent Rockets top.","2026-08-05 17:41:15","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fdunkley-dominance-rockets-storm-top-hundred.webp",[93,94],"Cricket","The Hundred","Sophia Dunkley's **65** anchored Trent Rockets' **six-wicket win** over Birmingham Phoenix, lifting them to the top of The Hundred table. The chase was controlled throughout, the required rate never climbing beyond reach.\n\n## Dunkley Finds the Gaps\n\nDunkley paced the innings from the outset. She rotated the strike, punished loose deliveries, and accelerated when Phoenix tried to squeeze the scoring. Push a fielder back and she took the single. Attempt to build pressure and she found a release shot. The Phoenix attack could not sustain pressure across her 65 balls.\n\n## Phoenix Need More With the Ball\n\nPhoenix had posted something to defend but the total left the bowlers needing early wickets to create tension. Dunkley's partnerships absorbed what little pressure they generated and drained the contest. The fielding chances that might have shifted momentum never came.\n\n## Rockets' Depth Carries Them Top\n\nThe win puts Trent Rockets top of the table. Their batting depth has defined the campaign: Dunkley's 65 here adds to contributions throughout the order, meaning opponents cannot target one or two wickets and expect the innings to stall. The nearest thing to a weakness is that the middle order has yet to be exposed under sustained pressure. Birmingham did not test it.\n\nFor Phoenix, the gap to the summit looks narrower on points than it did on the field. 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