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The Hundred — match preview

Birmingham Phoenix v Sunrisers Leeds

Edgbaston | 7 Aug 2026, 18:30100-ball

Ground trends — Edgbaston

  • Bowler-friendly powerplay: 1.5 wickets in PP vs 1.3 globally
  • Chase advantage: 62% win rate chasing vs 38% batting first

In-play & trading angles

  • Defendable totalA first-innings score of 150+ is defended 80% of the time here. Once a side posts it, the fielding team is live in-play — the market often overrates the chase.
  • Chasing is favouredChasing sides win 62% here. The side bowling first holds value; the par score plays lower than it looks.

Average runs in the last five 5-ball sets at Edgbaston are 10.2, 8.5, 9.8, 9.9, 10.7 — about 49.1 runs in the closing quarter (21 Hundred matches). Runs lines below that, with batting in hand, are the overs angle.

Full ground stats

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Avg 1st innings146 (7.73 rpo)
Median 1st innings145
Chase success rate62%
Bat first win rate38%
Toss winner win rate48%
Avg powerplay (1st inns)36.4/1.5
Boundaries per match22.4 fours, 12.8 sixes
Highest chase / lowest defended182 / 154

Based on 21 Hundred matches at this ground.

Team trends

Birmingham Phoenix

Overall23-23 · 50%
Recent form
WLLLL
Batting first42.9% (21)
Chasing58.3% (24)
At this ground68.4% (19)

Sunrisers Leeds

Overall22-23 · 48.9%
Recent form
LWWLW
Batting first52.2% (23)
Chasing52.6% (19)
At this ground50% (2)

Head-to-head (last 4 Hundred meetings): Birmingham Phoenix 2, Sunrisers Leeds 2.

Teams

Birmingham Phoenix

  • · Won 1 of 2 at Edgbaston this season (2 matches at the ground)
  • · Recently failed to defend 111 v Trent Rockets; failed to defend 137 v Welsh Fire; fell short chasing 128 v Southern Brave (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 135.6 with the bat (175.5 at home, 109 away) (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 154.6 — 157.5 bowling first, 152.7 bowling second (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Wins 58.3% chasing vs 42.9% the other way (21 bat-first / 24 chasing)
  • · Strong overall record at Edgbaston: 13-6 (19 matches)

Sunrisers Leeds

  • · Recently defended 241 v London Spirit; fell short chasing 146 v Trent Rockets; chased 181 v Manchester Super Giants (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 179.6 with the bat (204.7 at home, 142 away) (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 171.4 — 163.5 bowling first, 176.7 bowling second (5 matches in 2026)

Key matchups

H Brook vs C Wood15/9 · SR 167 · 1w

H Brook has dominated C Wood — SR 167 off 9 balls

From these two sides' historical Hundred meetings — a guide to duels that may recur.

Players

Birmingham Phoenix

Joe Michael Clarkebat
  • · 192 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 38.4, striking at 150 (5 inns, 128 balls)
  • · Low score of 7, best of 68 (5 inns, 128 balls)
  • · 2.2 sixes per innings (11 total) (5 inns, 128 balls)
  • · Strikes at 137.9 against Sunrisers Leeds in the Hundred, 0.6% below the league average, averaging 26.67 (58 balls faced)
William Conrad Francis Smeedbat
  • · 105 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 21, striking at 125 (5 inns, 84 balls)
  • · Low score of 5, best of 51 (5 inns, 84 balls)
  • · 0.8 sixes per innings (4 total) (5 inns, 84 balls)
  • · Strikes at 127.6 against Sunrisers Leeds in the Hundred, 8% below the league average, averaging 9.25 (29 balls faced)
Saqib Mahmoodbowl
  • · 2 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 9.2 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 85 balls)
  • · 0.4 wickets per innings (5 inns, 85 balls)
Usman Tariqbowl
  • · 2 wickets in 4 innings in 2026 at 5.6 runs per 5-ball set (4 inns, 75 balls)
  • · 0.5 wickets per innings (4 inns, 75 balls)

Sunrisers Leeds

Mitchell Ross Marshbat
  • · 290 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 58, striking at 182.4 (5 inns, 159 balls)
  • · Low score of 41, best of 76 (5 inns, 159 balls)
  • · 4.6 sixes per innings (23 total) (5 inns, 159 balls)
Ryan David Rickeltonbat
  • · 169 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 42.25, striking at 170.7 (5 inns, 99 balls)
  • · Low score of 0, best of 94 (5 inns, 99 balls)
  • · 2.6 sixes per innings (13 total) (5 inns, 99 balls)
Brydon Alexander Carsebowl
  • · 5 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 8.5 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 100 balls)
  • · 1 wickets per innings (5 inns, 100 balls)
Nathan Ellisbowl
  • · 7 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 7.4 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 100 balls)
  • · 1.4 wickets per innings (5 inns, 100 balls)

Stats are computed from ball-by-ball Hundred data only — never mixed with T20 — and show their sample sizes.