The Hundred — match preview

Manchester Super Giants v Birmingham Phoenix

Old Trafford | 26 Jul 2026100-ball

Result: Manchester Super Giants won defending

Ground trends — Old Trafford

Batter-friendly powerplay: Only 1 wickets in PP vs 1.3 globally

In-play & trading angles

Defendable totalA first-innings score of 160+ is defended 75% of the time here. Once a side posts it, the fielding team is live in-play — the market often overrates the chase.
Chase edgeBirmingham Phoenix chase better than Manchester Super Giants (63.6% vs 35.3% in the Hundred). If Birmingham Phoenix are chasing, they hold value deeper than the scoreboard suggests.

Average runs in the last five 5-ball sets at Old Trafford are 7.5, 8.3, 10.3, 10.6, 8.7 — about 45.4 runs in the closing quarter (20 Hundred matches). Runs lines below that, with batting in hand, are the overs angle.

Full ground stats

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Avg 1st innings146 (7.61 rpo)

Median 1st innings152

Chase success rate55%

Bat first win rate45%

Toss winner win rate55%

Avg powerplay (1st inns)40.1/1

Boundaries per match22 fours, 11.5 sixes

Highest chase / lowest defended193 / 142

Based on 20 Hundred matches at this ground.

Team trends

Manchester Super Giants

Overall18-26 · 40.9%

Recent form

WLLWW

Batting first48% (25)

Chasing35.3% (17)

At this ground41.2% (17)

Birmingham Phoenix

Overall23-19 · 54.8%

Recent form

WLWLW

Batting first47.4% (19)

Chasing63.6% (22)

At this ground33.3% (3)

Head-to-head (last 5 Hundred meetings): Manchester Super Giants 3, Birmingham Phoenix 2.

Teams

Manchester Super Giants

No angles cleared the sample thresholds.

Birmingham Phoenix

· Wins 63.6% chasing vs 47.4% the other way (19 bat-first / 22 chasing)

Key matchups

W Smeed vs S Baker11/11 · SR 100 · 1w

11 runs off 11 balls, 1 dismissal

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

Players

Manchester Super Giants

Tim Louis Seifertbat

· 67 runs in 1 innings in 2026 at an average of 67, striking at 148.9 (1 inns, 45 balls)
· 3 sixes per innings (3 total) (1 inns, 45 balls)

Liam Andrew Dawsonbowl

· 1 wickets in 1 innings in 2026 at 5.8 runs per 5-ball set (1 inns, 20 balls)

Angus Alexander Patrick Atkinsonbowl

· 2 wickets in 1 innings in 2026 at 3.8 runs per 5-ball set (1 inns, 20 balls)

Birmingham Phoenix

Joe Michael Clarkebat

· 68 runs in 1 innings in 2026 at an average of 68, striking at 206.1 (1 inns, 33 balls)
· 4 sixes per innings (4 total) (1 inns, 33 balls)
· Strikes at 145.6 against Manchester Super Giants in the Hundred, 5% above the league average, averaging 27.67 (57 balls faced)

William Conrad Francis Smeedbat

· 51 runs in 1 innings in 2026 at an average of 51, striking at 182.1 (1 inns, 28 balls)
· 3 sixes per innings (3 total) (1 inns, 28 balls)
· Strikes at 136.8 against Manchester Super Giants in the Hundred, 1.4% below the league average, averaging 17.33 (38 balls faced)

Saqib Mahmoodbowl

· 0 wickets in 1 innings in 2026 at 11.3 runs per 5-ball set (1 inns, 20 balls)

Usman Tariq (2)bowl

· 2 wickets in 1 innings in 2026 at 9 runs per 5-ball set (1 inns, 20 balls)

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