Trent Rockets beat Northern Superchargers by five wickets at Trent Bridge to continue their 100 per cent start to The Hundred this season.
Match Analysis
In front of their home fans at Trent Bridge for the first time this campaign, Rockets – who beat Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston on Friday – restricted Andrew Flintoff’s Superchargers to 128-9 from their 100 balls and won by five wickets with relative lack of alarm, though Superchargers did well to take the game deep.
Runs were perhaps expected given the weather and the manner in which Superchargers women’s team batted in the day’s first game, but on a dry surface the ball gripped and few batters seemed able to bat with much freedom. That meant the Rockets never ran away with the chase but they had enough to see it home with four balls to spare.
With the ball, spinners Akeal Hosein and Rehan Ahmed took two wickets apiece for the hosts and never allowed the Superchargers to get going, though it was Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis who broke the most crucial partnership, that of top-scorer Harry Brook and Graham Clarke, who put on 56. Stoinis would go on to take two wickets in two balls, and conceded no runs from his five balls.
It was a similar tale when it was time for Superchargers to defend, with Imad Wasim taking two wickets in two balls, and three overall, and Adil Rashid giving next to nothing away alongside two scalps, but Stoinis and Adam Hose scrambled Trent Rockets home with four balls remaining in front of 13,497 happy home fans.
Meerkat Match Hero Akeal Hosein said: “I was grateful for that start [two early wickets] and thankful to be able to put my team in a winning position early on.
“I think both ends of the wicket played differently. The top end here where I started off, it was a bit sticky, it gripped a bit, and then when I went on the other end it was a bit low and skiddy, so it’s about just working out what works well at each end and sticking to that plan for as long as possible.
“It’s a happy bunch. It’s a talented bunch as well, and we have one goal in mind. Whenever the ball is thrown to us, it’s our opportunity to make it happen for the team. And as you said, it’s very good to have a good group of bowlers. So even if it doesn’t go your way on that day, you know you’ve got your brothers to cover you.
[On the close-ish finish] “I walked across from the dressing room with all confidence. I had no pads on, you know? So that’s the confidence I had in the boys to get over the line. But with that being said, it was closer than we would have liked, but we were glad to get over the line.”
Match Summary
Trent Rockets (Men) vs Northern Superchargers (Men), Match 8
Trent Rockets (Men) 128/5 (96 balls)
Northern Superchargers (Men) 124/9 (100 balls)
Trent Rockets (Men) won by 5 wickets
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Partnership
Trent Rockets secure the win! ?
Marcus Stoinis stars with the ball and finishes it off with the bat ??#TheHundred pic.twitter.com/Yb6rQWd147
— The Hundred (@thehundred) August 10, 2025
Match Stats
Northern Superchargers (Men) Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Dawid Malan – 1.1 ov), 2-8 (Zak Crawley – 1.3 ov), 3-18 (Michael-Kyle Pepper – 3.4 ov), 4-34 (Dan Lawrence – 6.2 ov), 5-90 (Harry Brook – 13.2 ov), 6-90 (Imad Wasim – 13.3 ov), 7-96 (Graham Clark – 14.4 ov), 8-109 (Thomas Lawes – 17.4 ov), 9-110 (Adil Rashid – 18.3 ov)
Trent Rockets (Men) Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Tom Banton – 7.4 ov), 2-65 (Joe Root – 9.3 ov), 3-84 (Max Holden – 13.5 ov), 4-115 (Rehan Ahmed – 16.5 ov), 5-116 (Tom Alsop – 17.4 ov)
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Playing XI
Trent Rockets (Men)
Northern Superchargers (Men)
Match Details:
Date: Sunday, August 10, 2025 18:00
Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Toss:Trent Rockets (Men) elected to bowl
Umpires: Graham Lloyd (England) Michael Gough (England) Neil Bainton (England TV)
Match Referee: Wayne Noon (England)
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