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Sunrisers Leeds v London Spirit

Headingley | 4 Aug 2026100-ball

Result: Sunrisers Leeds won defending

Ground trends — Headingley

  • Defending-friendly: Only 45% chase success vs 54% globally
  • Six-friendly: 16.3 sixes per match vs 11.3 globally
  • Batter-friendly powerplay: Only 1 wickets in PP vs 1.3 globally

In-play & trading angles

  • Defendable totalA first-innings score of 150+ is defended 77% of the time here. Once a side posts it, the fielding team is live in-play — the market often overrates the chase.
  • Chasing is hard hereChasing sides win only 45% at this ground. A batting-first team stays value even at level par — don't back the chase too early.
  • Chase edgeSunrisers Leeds chase better than London Spirit (52.6% vs 23.1% in the Hundred). If Sunrisers Leeds are chasing, they hold value deeper than the scoreboard suggests.

Average runs in the last five 5-ball sets at Headingley are 10.4, 11, 11, 10.7, 11 — about 54.1 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 innings170 (8.84 rpo)
Median 1st innings173
Chase success rate45%
Bat first win rate55%
Toss winner win rate30%
Avg powerplay (1st inns)40.6/1
Boundaries per match27.4 fours, 16.3 sixes
Highest chase / lowest defended186 / 135

Based on 20 Hundred matches at this ground.

Team trends

Sunrisers Leeds

Overall21-23 · 47.7%
Recent form
-LWWL
Batting first50% (22)
Chasing52.6% (19)
At this ground47.4% (19)

London Spirit

Overall13-31 · 29.5%
Recent form
LLLWL
Batting first34.5% (29)
Chasing23.1% (13)
At this ground50% (2)

Head-to-head (last 5 Hundred meetings): Sunrisers Leeds 3, London Spirit 2.

Teams

Sunrisers Leeds

  • · Unbeaten at Headingley this season (2/2) (2 matches at the ground)
  • · Recently fell short chasing 146 v Trent Rockets; chased 181 v Manchester Super Giants; defended 187 v Southern Brave (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 164.3 with the bat (186.5 at home, 142 away) (4 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 163.3 — 163.5 bowling first, 163 bowling second (4 matches in 2026)

London Spirit

  • · Recently failed to defend 105 v Southern Brave; chased 164 v MI London; failed to defend 159 v Trent Rockets (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 140 with the bat (118 at home, 162 away) (4 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 143.3 — 151 bowling first, 135.5 bowling second (4 matches in 2026)

Players

Sunrisers Leeds

Mitchell Ross Marshbat
  • · 214 runs in 4 innings in 2026 at an average of 53.5, striking at 175.4 (4 inns, 122 balls)
  • · Low score of 41, best of 69 (4 inns, 122 balls)
  • · 4 sixes per innings (16 total) (4 inns, 122 balls)
Harry Cherrington Brookbat
  • · 99 runs in 4 innings in 2026 at an average of 33, striking at 157.1 (4 inns, 63 balls)
  • · Low score of 3, best of 46 (4 inns, 63 balls)
  • · 1.8 sixes per innings (7 total) (4 inns, 63 balls)
  • · Strikes at 155 against London Spirit in the Hundred, 11.8% above the league average, averaging 31 (60 balls faced)
Brydon Alexander Carsebowl
  • · 5 wickets in 4 innings in 2026 at 7.2 runs per 5-ball set (4 inns, 80 balls)
  • · 1.25 wickets per innings (4 inns, 80 balls)
Nathan Ellisbowl
  • · 5 wickets in 4 innings in 2026 at 6.6 runs per 5-ball set (4 inns, 80 balls)
  • · 1.25 wickets per innings (4 inns, 80 balls)

London Spirit

Liam Stephen Livingstonebat
  • · 123 runs in 4 innings in 2026 at an average of 30.75, striking at 136.7 (4 inns, 90 balls)
  • · Low score of 5, best of 69 (4 inns, 90 balls)
  • · 1.5 sixes per innings (6 total) (4 inns, 90 balls)
  • · Strikes at 190.7 against Sunrisers Leeds in the Hundred, 37.5% above the league average, averaging 71.5 (75 balls faced)
Lhuan-dre Gilbert Pretoriusbat
  • · 111 runs in 4 innings in 2026 at an average of 27.75, striking at 176.2 (4 inns, 63 balls)
  • · Low score of 11, best of 64 (4 inns, 63 balls)
  • · 2.8 sixes per innings (11 total) (4 inns, 63 balls)
Adam Fraser Milnebowl
  • · 3 wickets in 4 innings in 2026 at 5.4 runs per 5-ball set (4 inns, 70 balls)
  • · 0.75 wickets per innings (4 inns, 70 balls)
David Jonathan Willeybowl
  • · 4 wickets in 4 innings in 2026 at 6.9 runs per 5-ball set (4 inns, 70 balls)
  • · 1 wickets per innings (4 inns, 70 balls)

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