The Hundred — match preview

Welsh Fire v Trent Rockets

Sophia Gardens | 29 Jul 2026100-ball

Result: Trent Rockets won chasing

Ground trends — Sophia Gardens

Six-sparse: Only 8.7 sixes per match vs 11.3 globally
Challenging powerplay: Only 28.6 runs in PP vs 35.7 globally
Bowler-friendly powerplay: 1.5 wickets in PP vs 1.3 globally

In-play & trading angles

Defendable totalA first-innings score of 160+ 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.
Chase edgeTrent Rockets chase better than Welsh Fire (63% vs 33.3% in the Hundred). If Trent Rockets are chasing, they hold value deeper than the scoreboard suggests.

Average runs in the last five 5-ball sets at Sophia Gardens are 8.6, 9.3, 8.1, 8.8, 8.8 — about 43.6 runs in the closing quarter (22 Hundred matches). Runs lines below that, with batting in hand, are the overs angle.

Full ground stats

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Avg 1st innings135 (7.27 rpo)

Median 1st innings139

Chase success rate50%

Bat first win rate50%

Toss winner win rate32%

Avg powerplay (1st inns)28.6/1.5

Boundaries per match22.4 fours, 8.7 sixes

Highest chase / lowest defended165 / 94

Based on 22 Hundred matches at this ground.

Team trends

Welsh Fire

Overall13-29 · 31%

Recent form

WLLWW

Batting first31.6% (19)

Chasing33.3% (21)

At this ground26.3% (19)

Trent Rockets

Overall26-19 · 57.8%

Recent form

W-LLW

Batting first52.9% (17)

Chasing63% (27)

At this ground100% (3)

Head-to-head (last 5 Hundred meetings): Welsh Fire 1, Trent Rockets 4.

Teams

Welsh Fire

· Recently defended 167 v MI London; chased 135 v Southern Brave (last 2 matches)
· Averaging 152.5 with the bat (2 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 143.5 — 135 bowling first, 152 bowling second (2 matches in 2026)
· Poor overall record at Sophia Gardens: 5-14 (19 matches)

Trent Rockets

· Recently chased 159 v London Spirit; fell short chasing 214 v Birmingham Phoenix (last 2 matches)
· Averaging 182 with the bat (2 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 186.5 (2 matches in 2026)

Players

Welsh Fire

Rachin Ravindrabat

· 122 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 61, striking at 203.3 (2 inns, 60 balls)
· 3.5 sixes per innings (7 total) (2 inns, 60 balls)

Philip Dean Saltbat

· 53 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 53, striking at 110.4 (2 inns, 48 balls)
· 0.5 sixes per innings (1 total) (2 inns, 48 balls)
· Strikes at 168.2 against Trent Rockets in the Hundred, 21.3% above the league average, averaging 43.4 (129 balls faced)

Marco Jansenbowl

· 2 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 6.8 runs per 5-ball set (2 inns, 40 balls)

Lachlan Hammond Fergusonbowl

· 4 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 7.6 runs per 5-ball set (2 inns, 40 balls)

Trent Rockets

Ben Matthew Duckettbat

· 124 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 62, striking at 172.2 (2 inns, 72 balls)
· 2 sixes per innings (4 total) (2 inns, 72 balls)
· Strikes at 144.8 against Welsh Fire in the Hundred, 4.4% above the league average, averaging 42 (58 balls faced)

Tom Bantonbat

· 89 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 44.5, striking at 193.5 (2 inns, 46 balls)
· 3 sixes per innings (6 total) (2 inns, 46 balls)
· Strikes at 109.1 against Welsh Fire in the Hundred, 21.3% below the league average, averaging 16 (44 balls faced)

Mohammad Amirbowl

· 2 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 8.5 runs per 5-ball set (2 inns, 40 balls)

Calvin Grant Harrisonbowl

· 4 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 6.5 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.