The Hundred — match preview

MI London v Trent Rockets

Kennington Oval | 8 Aug 2026, 14:30100-ball

Ground trends — Kennington Oval

Six-friendly: 14 sixes per match vs 11.3 globally
Chase advantage: 62% win rate chasing vs 38% batting first

In-play & trading angles

Defendable totalA first-innings score of 170+ is defended 71% 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 63% 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 Kennington Oval are 7.8, 9.8, 8.5, 10.4, 11.1 — about 47.6 runs in the closing quarter (26 Hundred matches). Runs lines below that, with batting in hand, are the overs angle.

Full ground stats

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Avg 1st innings149 (7.81 rpo)

Median 1st innings146

Chase success rate63%

Bat first win rate38%

Toss winner win rate54%

Avg powerplay (1st inns)37/1.3

Boundaries per match22.8 fours, 14 sixes

Highest chase / lowest defended201 / 125

Based on 26 Hundred matches at this ground.

Team trends

MI London

Overall33-15 · 68.8%

Recent form

LWLWW

Batting first68.2% (22)

Chasing69.2% (26)

At this ground80% (20)

Trent Rockets

Overall30-19 · 61.2%

Recent form

WWWWW

Batting first55.6% (18)

Chasing66.7% (30)

At this ground0% (4)

Head-to-head (last 6 Hundred meetings): MI London 4, Trent Rockets 2.

Teams

MI London

· Won 2 of 3 at Kennington Oval this season (3 matches at the ground)
· Recently chased 160 v London Spirit; defended 183 v Manchester Super Giants; failed to defend 164 v London Spirit (last 3 matches)
· Averaging 156.2 with the bat (163.7 at home, 148.7 away) (6 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 150.3 — 149.8 bowling first, 151.5 bowling second (6 matches in 2026)
· Won 7 of last 10 (10 matches)
· Strong overall record at Kennington Oval: 16-4 (20 matches)
· Leads the H2H vs Trent Rockets 4-2 (6 meetings)

Trent Rockets

· Recently chased 111 v Birmingham Phoenix; defended 146 v Sunrisers Leeds; chased 137 v Manchester Super Giants (last 3 matches)
· Averaging 148.7 with the bat (140.7 at home, 156.7 away) (6 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 147.3 — 148.6 bowling first, 141 bowling second (6 matches in 2026)
· Won 7 of last 10 (10 matches)
· Trails the H2H vs MI London 2-4 (6 meetings)

Key matchups

L Gregory vs T Curran19/11 · SR 173 · 1w

L Gregory has dominated T Curran — SR 173 off 11 balls

L Gregory vs S Curran18/13 · SR 138 · 0w

18 runs off 13 balls, 0 dismissals

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

Players

MI London

William George Jacksbat

· 213 runs in 6 innings in 2026 at an average of 35.5, striking at 157.8 (6 inns, 135 balls)
· Low score of 2, best of 65 (6 inns, 135 balls)
· 2 sixes per innings (12 total) (6 inns, 135 balls)
· Strikes at 146.9 against Trent Rockets in the Hundred, 5.9% above the league average, averaging 27.67 (113 balls faced)

Nicholas Pooranbat

· 171 runs in 6 innings in 2026 at an average of 42.75, striking at 185.9 (6 inns, 92 balls)
· Low score of 0, best of 58 (6 inns, 92 balls)
· 2 sixes per innings (12 total) (6 inns, 92 balls)

Trent Alexander Boultbowl

· 8 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 6.3 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 119 balls)
· 1.33 wickets per innings (6 inns, 119 balls)

Thomas Kevin Curranbowl

· 6 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 9 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 100 balls)
· 1 wickets per innings (6 inns, 100 balls)

Trent Rockets

Ben Matthew Duckettbat

· 262 runs in 6 innings in 2026 at an average of 52.4, striking at 137.9 (6 inns, 190 balls)
· Low score of 0, best of 75 (6 inns, 190 balls)
· 0.7 sixes per innings (4 total) (6 inns, 190 balls)
· Strikes at 134.8 against MI London in the Hundred, 2.8% below the league average, averaging 30 (89 balls faced)

Finnley Hugh Allenbat

· 178 runs in 6 innings in 2026 at an average of 35.6, striking at 163.3 (6 inns, 109 balls)
· Low score of 0, best of 72 (6 inns, 109 balls)
· 1.2 sixes per innings (7 total) (6 inns, 109 balls)
· Strikes at 148.6 against MI London in the Hundred, 7.1% above the league average, averaging 27.5 (37 balls faced)

Lewis Gregorybowl

· 5 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 7.5 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 105 balls)
· 0.83 wickets per innings (6 inns, 105 balls)

Mohammad Amirbowl

· 6 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 6.4 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 104 balls)
· 1 wickets per innings (6 inns, 104 balls)

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