Kathryn Bryce, Sophie Ecclestone star in crushing Originals win

Kathryn Bryce starred with bat and ball and Sophie Ecclestone was at her parsimonious best as Manchester Originals cruised to a 10-wicket victory over Trent Rockets at Trent Bridge and moved third in the table.

Having taken 2 for 19 to help restrict the hosts to 111 for 7, Bryce steered the chase with an unbeaten 61 from 45 deliveries, receiving strong support from Aussie star Beth Mooney, who made 47 not out from 37 balls.

Their clinical opening stand secured victory with 18 balls to spare as Originals claimed a third straight win to boost their chances of progressing through the group stage.

Earlier, Rockets had made a bright start after being put into bat, Natasha Wraith stroking 17 from 14 before a canny piece of bowling from Ecclestone (2-12) saw her stumped by Mooney. Bryony Smith was also in punchy form, moving to 17 from 12 only to have her innings ended by a peach of a legcutter from Bryce.

Nat Sciver-Brunt (34 from 26) played nicely to leave the Rockets well-placed at 78 for 2 but Ecclestone produced a moment of brilliance to swing the game in Originals' favour, ripping a sharp-turning delivery past the England skipper's outside edge before Mooney effected another superb stumping.

The hosts lost their way thereafter, the impressive Lauren Filer taking the key wicket of Ash Gardner as the Rockets mustered just 33 runs from their final 37 deliveries, stuttering to a below-par total and ultimately falling to a fourth defeat in five matches.

Ecclestone, named as the Meerkat Match Hero, said: "It's nice to take a few wickets and be able to contribute. I feel like we bowled so well as a group. We identified the pitch was quite slow and we bowled so well to keep them to that total.

"Mooney actually said we just needed one partnership and she stuck to her guns and did it, fair play to those two. We need to keep winning as much as possible and hopefully get into the Eliminator."