The Hundred — match preview

Southern Brave v Manchester Super Giants

The Rose Bowl | 8 Aug 2026, 18:00100-ball

Ground trends — The Rose Bowl

Six-sparse: Only 8.3 sixes per match vs 11.3 globally
Chase advantage: 70% win rate chasing vs 30% batting first

In-play & trading angles

Defendable totalA first-innings score of 160+ is defended 100% 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 70% here. The side bowling first holds value; the par score plays lower than it looks.
Chase edgeSouthern Brave chase better than Manchester Super Giants (60.7% vs 36.8% in the Hundred). If Southern Brave are chasing, they hold value deeper than the scoreboard suggests.

Average runs in the last five 5-ball sets at The Rose Bowl are 9.7, 9.5, 7.7, 8.5, 10.8 — about 46.2 runs in the closing quarter (23 Hundred matches). Runs lines below that, with batting in hand, are the overs angle.

Full ground stats

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Avg 1st innings140 (7.17 rpo)

Median 1st innings138

Chase success rate70%

Bat first win rate30%

Toss winner win rate57%

Avg powerplay (1st inns)35.3/1.3

Boundaries per match23.2 fours, 8.3 sixes

Highest chase / lowest defended152 / 128

Based on 23 Hundred matches at this ground.

Team trends

Southern Brave

Overall25-26 · 49%

Recent form

LLWWL

Batting first40% (20)

Chasing60.7% (28)

At this ground68.4% (19)

Manchester Super Giants

Overall20-29 · 40.8%

Recent form

WLLLW

Batting first46.4% (28)

Chasing36.8% (19)

At this ground66.7% (3)

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

Teams

Southern Brave

· Won 1 of 3 at The Rose Bowl this season (3 matches at the ground)
· Recently failed to defend 115 v Welsh Fire; chased 105 v London Spirit; defended 128 v Birmingham Phoenix (last 3 matches)
· Averaging 133.3 with the bat (130.7 at home, 136 away) (6 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 132 — 146 bowling first, 125 bowling second (6 matches in 2026)
· Wins 60.7% chasing vs 40% the other way (20 bat-first / 28 chasing)
· Strong overall record at The Rose Bowl: 13-6 (19 matches)

Manchester Super Giants

· Recently chased 155 v Welsh Fire; fell short chasing 183 v MI London; failed to defend 137 v Trent Rockets (last 3 matches)
· Averaging 157 with the bat (161.7 at home, 152.3 away) (6 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 149.2 — 169 bowling first, 139.3 bowling second (6 matches in 2026)

Key matchups

J Buttler vs C Jordan26/14 · SR 186 · 1w

J Buttler has dominated C Jordan — SR 186 off 14 balls

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

Players

Southern Brave

David Andrew Millerbat

· 145 runs in 6 innings in 2026 at an average of 29, striking at 121.8 (6 inns, 119 balls)
· Low score of 8, best of 44 (6 inns, 119 balls)
· 1 sixes per innings (6 total) (6 inns, 119 balls)
· Strikes at 144.2 against Manchester Super Giants in the Hundred, 4% above the league average, averaging 25 (52 balls faced)

Marcus Peter Stoinisbat

· 128 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 32, striking at 134.7 (5 inns, 95 balls)
· Low score of 3, best of 55 (5 inns, 95 balls)
· 0.8 sixes per innings (4 total) (5 inns, 95 balls)

Jofra Chioke Archerbowl

· 7 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 5.8 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 120 balls)
· 1.17 wickets per innings (6 inns, 120 balls)

Adil Usman Rashidbowl

· 8 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 5.1 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 120 balls)
· 1.33 wickets per innings (6 inns, 120 balls)

Manchester Super Giants

Joseph Charles Buttlerbat

· 277 runs in 6 innings in 2026 at an average of 92.33, striking at 178.7 (6 inns, 155 balls)
· Low score of 2, best of 90 (6 inns, 155 balls)
· 3.3 sixes per innings (20 total) (6 inns, 155 balls)
· Strikes at 146.6 against Southern Brave in the Hundred, 5.7% above the league average, averaging 54.25 (148 balls faced)

Tim Louis Seifertbat

· 187 runs in 6 innings in 2026 at an average of 37.4, striking at 155.8 (6 inns, 120 balls)
· Low score of 1, best of 67 (6 inns, 120 balls)
· 1 sixes per innings (6 total) (6 inns, 120 balls)

Angus Alexander Patrick Atkinsonbowl

· 7 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 6.7 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 115 balls)
· 1.17 wickets per innings (6 inns, 115 balls)

Joshua Charles Tonguebowl

· 7 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 6.3 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 115 balls)
· 1.17 wickets per innings (6 inns, 115 balls)

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