The Hundred — match preview

Birmingham Phoenix v Trent Rockets

Edgbaston | 24 Jul 2026100-ball

Result: Birmingham Phoenix won defending

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

Overall22-19 · 53.7%

Recent form

LWLWL

Batting first44.4% (18)

Chasing63.6% (22)

At this ground68.4% (19)

Trent Rockets

Overall25-18 · 58.1%

Recent form

LWW-L

Batting first52.9% (17)

Chasing64% (25)

At this ground25% (4)

Head-to-head (last 9 Hundred meetings): Birmingham Phoenix 5, Trent Rockets 4.

Teams

Birmingham Phoenix

· Wins 63.6% chasing vs 44.4% the other way (18 bat-first / 22 chasing)
· Strong overall record at Edgbaston: 13-6 (19 matches)

Trent Rockets

No angles cleared the sample thresholds.

Players

Birmingham Phoenix

Ben Matthew Duckettbat

· 392 runs in 15 innings in the last 15 matches at an average of 35.64, striking at 148.5 (15 inns, 264 balls)
· Low score of 0, best of 92 (15 inns, 264 balls)
· 0.9 sixes per innings (14 total) (15 inns, 264 balls)
· Strikes at 123.1 against Trent Rockets in the Hundred, 11.2% below the league average, averaging 16 (91 balls faced)

Liam Stephen Livingstonebat

· 371 runs in 13 innings in the last 15 matches at an average of 37.1, striking at 146.1 (13 inns, 254 balls)
· Low score of 4, best of 69 (13 inns, 254 balls)
· 1.9 sixes per innings (25 total) (13 inns, 254 balls)
· Strikes at 135.7 against Trent Rockets in the Hundred, 2.2% below the league average, averaging 48.17 (213 balls faced)

Adam Fraser Milnebowl

· 15 wickets in 15 innings in the last 15 matches at 6.1 runs per 5-ball set (15 inns, 243 balls)
· 1 wickets per innings (15 inns, 243 balls)

Timothy Grant Southeebowl

· 13 wickets in 13 innings in the last 15 matches at 7.5 runs per 5-ball set (13 inns, 215 balls)
· 1 wickets per innings (13 inns, 215 balls)

Trent Rockets

Tom Bantonbat

· 350 runs in 15 innings in the last 15 matches at an average of 25, striking at 131.6 (15 inns, 266 balls)
· Low score of 1, best of 49 (15 inns, 266 balls)
· 0.6 sixes per innings (9 total) (15 inns, 266 balls)
· Strikes at 114.9 against Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred, 17.2% below the league average, averaging 16.67 (87 balls faced)

Joseph Edward Rootbat

· 318 runs in 15 innings in the last 15 matches at an average of 24.46, striking at 128.7 (15 inns, 247 balls)
· Low score of 1, best of 76 (15 inns, 247 balls)
· 0.4 sixes per innings (6 total) (15 inns, 247 balls)
· Strikes at 117.4 against Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred, 15.4% below the league average, averaging 21.6 (92 balls faced)

Samuel James Cookbowl

· 13 wickets in 12 innings in the last 15 matches at 6.9 runs per 5-ball set (12 inns, 213 balls)
· 1.08 wickets per innings (12 inns, 213 balls)

David Jonathan Willeybowl

· 9 wickets in 10 innings in the last 15 matches at 6.8 runs per 5-ball set (10 inns, 170 balls)
· 0.9 wickets per innings (10 inns, 170 balls)

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