The Hundred — match preview

Sunrisers Leeds v Manchester Super Giants

Headingley | 28 Jul 2026100-ball

Result: Sunrisers Leeds won chasing

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 Manchester Super Giants (52.9% vs 35.3% 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

Overall20-22 · 47.6%
Recent form
WL-LW
Batting first50% (22)
Chasing52.9% (17)
At this ground47.4% (19)

Manchester Super Giants

Overall19-26 · 42.2%
Recent form
LLWWW
Batting first50% (26)
Chasing35.3% (17)
At this ground60% (5)

Head-to-head (last 9 Hundred meetings): Sunrisers Leeds 4, Manchester Super Giants 5.

Teams

Sunrisers Leeds

  • · Recently defended 187 v Southern Brave; failed to defend 143 v MI London (last 2 matches)
  • · Averaging 165 with the bat (2 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 163 (2 matches in 2026)

Manchester Super Giants

  • · Recently defended 187 v Birmingham Phoenix; defended 138 v London Spirit (last 2 matches)
  • · Averaging 162.5 with the bat (2 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 115.5 (2 matches in 2026)

Key matchups

J Buttler vs B Carse18/9 · SR 200 · 0w

J Buttler has dominated B Carse — SR 200 off 9 balls

J Buttler vs M Potts35/21 · SR 167 · 0w

J Buttler has dominated M Potts — SR 167 off 21 balls

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

Players

Sunrisers Leeds

Mitchell Ross Marshbat
  • · 110 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 55, striking at 180.3 (2 inns, 61 balls)
  • · 4.5 sixes per innings (9 total) (2 inns, 61 balls)
Ryan David Rickeltonbat
  • · 62 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 31, striking at 144.2 (2 inns, 43 balls)
  • · 2 sixes per innings (4 total) (2 inns, 43 balls)
Brydon Alexander Carsebowl
  • · 2 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 6 runs per 5-ball set (2 inns, 40 balls)
Nathan Ellisbowl
  • · 2 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 5.9 runs per 5-ball set (2 inns, 40 balls)

Manchester Super Giants

Joseph Charles Buttlerbat
  • · 106 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 53, striking at 173.8 (2 inns, 61 balls)
  • · 3 sixes per innings (6 total) (2 inns, 61 balls)
  • · Strikes at 157 against Sunrisers Leeds in the Hundred, 13.2% above the league average, averaging 67.5 (172 balls faced)
Tim Louis Seifertbat
  • · 68 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 34, striking at 144.7 (2 inns, 47 balls)
  • · 1.5 sixes per innings (3 total) (2 inns, 47 balls)
Angus Alexander Patrick Atkinsonbowl
  • · 3 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 4.4 runs per 5-ball set (2 inns, 40 balls)
Joshua Charles Tonguebowl
  • · 3 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 5.9 runs per 5-ball set (2 inns, 40 balls)

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