The Hundred — match preview

Manchester Super Giants v Trent Rockets

Old Trafford | 31 Jul 2026100-ball

Result: Trent Rockets won chasing

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 edgeTrent Rockets chase better than Manchester Super Giants (64.3% vs 35.3% in the Hundred). If Trent Rockets 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

Overall19-27 · 41.3%

Recent form

LWWWL

Batting first48.1% (27)

Chasing35.3% (17)

At this ground41.2% (17)

Trent Rockets

Overall27-19 · 58.7%

Recent form

-LLWW

Batting first52.9% (17)

Chasing64.3% (28)

At this ground100% (2)

Head-to-head (last 6 Hundred meetings): Manchester Super Giants 1, Trent Rockets 5.

Teams

Manchester Super Giants

· Recently failed to defend 181 v Sunrisers Leeds; defended 187 v Birmingham Phoenix; defended 138 v London Spirit (last 3 matches)
· Averaging 168.7 with the bat (3 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 139 (3 matches in 2026)
· Trails the H2H vs Trent Rockets 1-5 (6 meetings)

Trent Rockets

· Recently chased 122 v Welsh Fire; chased 159 v London Spirit; fell short chasing 214 v Birmingham Phoenix (last 3 matches)
· Averaging 163.3 with the bat (3 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 165 (3 matches in 2026)
· Leads the H2H vs Manchester Super Giants 5-1 (6 meetings)

Players

Manchester Super Giants

Joseph Charles Buttlerbat

· 169 runs in 3 innings in 2026 at an average of 84.5, striking at 179.8 (3 inns, 94 balls)
· Low score of 16, best of 90 (3 inns, 94 balls)
· 3.3 sixes per innings (10 total) (3 inns, 94 balls)
· Strikes at 151.1 against Trent Rockets in the Hundred, 8.9% above the league average, averaging 23.67 (47 balls faced)

Tim Louis Seifertbat

· 96 runs in 3 innings in 2026 at an average of 32, striking at 152.4 (3 inns, 63 balls)
· Low score of 1, best of 67 (3 inns, 63 balls)
· 1.7 sixes per innings (5 total) (3 inns, 63 balls)

Angus Alexander Patrick Atkinsonbowl

· 3 wickets in 3 innings in 2026 at 5.3 runs per 5-ball set (3 inns, 60 balls)
· 1 wickets per innings (3 inns, 60 balls)

Sonny Bakerbowl

· 5 wickets in 3 innings in 2026 at 7 runs per 5-ball set (3 inns, 60 balls)
· 1.67 wickets per innings (3 inns, 60 balls)

Trent Rockets

Ben Matthew Duckettbat

· 176 runs in 3 innings in 2026 at an average of 88, striking at 150.4 (3 inns, 117 balls)
· Low score of 49, best of 75 (3 inns, 117 balls)
· 1.3 sixes per innings (4 total) (3 inns, 117 balls)
· Strikes at 150 against Manchester Super Giants in the Hundred, 8.1% above the league average, averaging 46 (92 balls faced)

Tom Bantonbat

· 120 runs in 3 innings in 2026 at an average of 60, striking at 196.7 (3 inns, 61 balls)
· Low score of 22, best of 67 (3 inns, 61 balls)
· 2.3 sixes per innings (7 total) (3 inns, 61 balls)
· Strikes at 153.3 against Manchester Super Giants in the Hundred, 10.5% above the league average, averaging 15.33 (60 balls faced)

Mohammad Amirbowl

· 3 wickets in 3 innings in 2026 at 7.4 runs per 5-ball set (3 inns, 60 balls)
· 1 wickets per innings (3 inns, 60 balls)

Mitchell Josef Santnerbowl

· 4 wickets in 3 innings in 2026 at 8.6 runs per 5-ball set (3 inns, 55 balls)
· 1.33 wickets per innings (3 inns, 55 balls)

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