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Trent Rockets v Birmingham Phoenix

Trent Bridge | 5 Aug 2026100-ball

Result: Trent Rockets won chasing

In-play & trading angles

  • Defendable totalA first-innings score of 150+ 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.

Average runs in the last five 5-ball sets at Trent Bridge are 7.8, 7.9, 8.7, 9.5, 8.4 — about 42.3 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 innings142 (7.31 rpo)
Median 1st innings140
Chase success rate52%
Bat first win rate48%
Toss winner win rate43%
Avg powerplay (1st inns)36.4/1.4
Boundaries per match22.9 fours, 9.8 sixes
Highest chase / lowest defended160 / 129

Based on 23 Hundred matches at this ground.

Team trends

Trent Rockets

Overall29-19 · 60.4%
Recent form
LWWWW
Batting first55.6% (18)
Chasing65.5% (29)
At this ground75% (20)

Birmingham Phoenix

Overall23-22 · 51.1%
Recent form
LWLLL
Batting first45% (20)
Chasing58.3% (24)
At this ground40% (5)

Head-to-head (last 10 Hundred meetings): Trent Rockets 4, Birmingham Phoenix 6.

Teams

Trent Rockets

  • · Unbeaten at Trent Bridge this season (2/2) (2 matches at the ground)
  • · Recently defended 146 v Sunrisers Leeds; chased 137 v Manchester Super Giants; chased 122 v Welsh Fire (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 155.2 with the bat (153 at home, 156.7 away) (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 154.6 — 158 bowling first, 141 bowling second (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Strong overall record at Trent Bridge: 15-5 (20 matches)

Birmingham Phoenix

  • · Recently failed to defend 137 v Welsh Fire; fell short chasing 128 v Southern Brave; fell short chasing 187 v Manchester Super Giants (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 141.8 with the bat (175.5 at home, 108 away) (4 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 164.3 — 157.5 bowling first, 171 bowling second (4 matches in 2026)

Key matchups

R Ahmed vs M Amir20/10 · SR 200 · 1w

R Ahmed has dominated M Amir — SR 200 off 10 balls

J Clarke vs M Santner25/9 · SR 278 · 0w

J Clarke has dominated M Santner — SR 278 off 9 balls

W Smeed vs C Harrison12/9 · SR 133 · 1w

12 runs off 9 balls, 1 dismissal

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

Players

Trent Rockets

Ben Matthew Duckettbat
  • · 240 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 60, striking at 144.6 (5 inns, 166 balls)
  • · Low score of 0, best of 75 (5 inns, 166 balls)
  • · 0.8 sixes per innings (4 total) (5 inns, 166 balls)
  • · Strikes at 163.6 against Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred, 18% above the league average, averaging 24 (44 balls faced)
Finnley Hugh Allenbat
  • · 150 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 37.5, striking at 189.9 (5 inns, 79 balls)
  • · Low score of 0, best of 72 (5 inns, 79 balls)
  • · 1.4 sixes per innings (7 total) (5 inns, 79 balls)
  • · Strikes at 209.7 against Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred, 51.2% above the league average, averaging 32.5 (31 balls faced)
Mohammad Amirbowl
  • · 5 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 6.7 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 100 balls)
  • · 1 wickets per innings (5 inns, 100 balls)
Mitchell Josef Santnerbowl
  • · 5 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 8.2 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 85 balls)
  • · 1 wickets per innings (5 inns, 85 balls)

Birmingham Phoenix

Joe Michael Clarkebat
  • · 130 runs in 4 innings in 2026 at an average of 32.5, striking at 156.6 (4 inns, 83 balls)
  • · Low score of 7, best of 68 (4 inns, 83 balls)
  • · 1.5 sixes per innings (6 total) (4 inns, 83 balls)
  • · Strikes at 140.7 against Trent Rockets in the Hundred, 1.4% above the league average, averaging 29.14 (145 balls faced)
William Conrad Francis Smeedbat
  • · 99 runs in 4 innings in 2026 at an average of 24.75, striking at 145.6 (4 inns, 68 balls)
  • · Low score of 5, best of 51 (4 inns, 68 balls)
  • · 1 sixes per innings (4 total) (4 inns, 68 balls)
  • · Strikes at 181 against Trent Rockets in the Hundred, 30.5% above the league average, averaging 19 (84 balls faced)
Scott William Curriebowl
  • · 3 wickets in 4 innings in 2026 at 9.3 runs per 5-ball set (4 inns, 71 balls)
  • · 0.75 wickets per innings (4 inns, 71 balls)
Saqib Mahmoodbowl
  • · 2 wickets in 4 innings in 2026 at 9.1 runs per 5-ball set (4 inns, 70 balls)
  • · 0.5 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.