Nat Sciver-Brunt is hopeful that the women’s game will continue on its upward trajectory, after audiences grew for the fourth summer in succession for Trent Rockets’ women’s fixtures at home.

A new record attendance for a women’s fixture at Trent Bridge was set on Saturday 3 August, as the venue welcomed a crowd 10,693 for their fixture against Welsh Fire, with over 8,000 in attendance for the side’s final fixture against Oval Invincibles.

And Sciver-Brunt, who saw her side fall short in the race for a top-three place, remains as grateful as ever for the backing.

“We probably haven’t got the results here, but we always get the support, and that’s why we love playing here,” she said.

“The crowds have gone up for us again this year, so it’s amazing to have that on our side.

“More and more people are coming to watch us, and the more people we get to come in and see the product, hopefully they’ll come back again.

“The tournament brings the energy we get in international cricket, so we love it.”

Sciver-Brunt’s side made 91/8 from their 100 balls in their final fixture against Oval Invincibles, but remained in the contest until the final ten balls of the visitors’ chase.

Wickets in consecutive balls from Heather Graham and Alana King accounted for Lauren Winfield-Hill and Alice Capsey respectively, while The Blaze captain Kirstie Gordon’s 20 balls were notable for their miserliness, yielding just nine runs.

“There’s no other way to go about it than to fight when there’s a low total to chase,” said Sciver-Brunt.

“Trying to make it as difficult as we could for the opposition was the most important thing, and fighting until the end is something we pride ourselves on.”

With the nature of the draft system seeing each side refreshed every summer, there were a number of new faces in Rockets yellow this season.

But Sciver-Brunt was satisfied with the way they gelled as a unit.

“We’ve had a few new personnel coming into the team, and the settled quite quickly,” she said.

“I’m really happy with the squad we put together. Everyone played some brilliant cricket on their day and really contributed. We had a couple of Australians too [Heather Graham and Alana King], and the more world-class players we can get to play here, the more the standard will improve, we can learn off each other, and cricket can grow.

“The result [to miss out on a place in the top three] isn’t what we wanted, but we’ve really shown what we can do in the second half of the competition.”