England international Katherine Brunt believes there is plenty to be positive about ahead of the eagerly-anticipated start of The Hundred, but urged a degree of patience.

A women's match between Oval Invincibles and Manchester Originals will get the 100-ball tournament under way on Wednesday before the same men's sides do battle a day later on Thursday.

Talk before the opener has this week centred on the big disparity in wages for male contracts compared to their female counterparts, yet Trent Rockets ace Brunt insists the competition will open up better future opportunities.

But speaking ahead of Trent Rockets' opener against London Spirit on Saturday, Brunt admitted: "It's going to be great and it's my first time ever at Trent Bridge, which is unbelievable, playing professional cricket for 20 years and I've never played here, it's awesome.

"We're all really excited. We really don't want to mess up but it's going be carnage.

"People are going have to be patient, we will get better, I promise you, but as of this point, tomorrow's the first (warm-up) game and today I've still got four names to learn, so it's a quick turnaround but we'll get there."