Birmingham Phoenix beat Trent Rockets by 10 runs in a match that rewrote The Hundred's record books at Edgbaston on 24 July 2026. The combined total of 418 runs was the first time a single game in the tournament had exceeded 400, and the 29 sixes struck across both innings set a new match record (BBC Sport).

The Hundred, for the uninitiated, gives each side 100 balls to bat — shorter than a T20, with every delivery carrying extra weight. Phoenix used theirs to post 214-4, the second-highest total in the competition's history, behind only Oval Invincibles' 226-4 from the previous year (BBC Sport).

Joe Clarke set the tone with 68 from 33 balls, reaching the boundary almost every other delivery. Will Smeed matched the tempo at the other end, making 51 from 28 as the pair put on 104 for the first wicket in just 49 balls. Clarke was eventually caught by Tom Banton off the bowling of Calvin Harrison, who finished with figures of 2-27 for the Rockets (Sky Sports).

Rehan Ahmed kept the momentum going with 48 from 25 balls, clearing the rope five times. He and Donovan Ferreira, who smashed 22 not out from nine deliveries, added 63 from 22 balls for the third wicket to push Phoenix past 200. It was only the sixth time any team had surpassed 200 in The Hundred (BBC Sport).

Trent Rockets barely blinked. Finn Allen (43) and Ben Duckett (49) raced to 65 from 29 balls in the opening partnership, and Tom Banton's 67 from 32 balls — a fifty off 26 — kept the chase firmly alive. With 29 runs needed from the final seven balls, though, Scott Currie dismissed Banton, and the equation proved too steep. Rockets closed on 204-7, ten runs short (BBC Sport).

Earlier in the day, the Phoenix women's side had endured a far tougher afternoon — bowled out for just 64, with Trent Rockets Women cruising to a nine-wicket win in the first leg of the Edgbaston double-header (Sky Sports).

What makes the men's match stand out is the sheer volume of clean striking. Both sides cleared the boundary 29 times between them, and neither attack could find a way to apply the brakes for long. Tariq's 2-36 for Phoenix was as economical as anything on offer in a game where most bowlers simply tried to limit the damage (ESPNcricinfo).

For Phoenix, the win gets their 2026 Hundred campaign off to a flying start. For the Rockets, a spirited chase that fell just short still served notice that 200 may not be enough on days like this.