Ben Duckett smashed 75 off 47 balls to steer Trent Rockets to a four-wicket win over London Spirit in the 2026 Men's Hundred on July 25 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham (BBC Sport).

The match was the eighth of this year's Hundred men's competition (ESPNcricinfo). For the uninitiated, the Hundred is cricket's shortest professional format — each side faces 100 deliveries, roughly 65 minutes of play per innings, with every effort made to keep the action fast and the arithmetic simple enough to track on a phone.

Duckett, listed as wicketkeeper-batter in the Rockets' squad (Cricinfo), made the chase his own. His 75 came at better than a run and a half per ball — strike-rate territory that turns a tricky target into a comfortable one in the space of a dozen overs. Four wickets still fell around him, which is to say the Spirit bowlers kept scraping openings, but none of them stopped the scoreboard from ticking past the winning line.

This was Duckett's first Hundred campaign in Trent Rockets colours. He previously turned out for Welsh Fire and Birmingham Phoenix before switching to the Nottingham-based franchise for 2026 (The Hundred). He was not the only high-profile mover ahead of the season: Jamie Smith and Phil Salt also swapped teams in the men's competition reshuffle (BBC Sport, 22 January 2026).

For fans tracking the early table, a home win in match eight gives the Rockets a useful early foothold. The Hundred's group standings reward quick starts — only the top three from each eight-team group reach the knockout stage — so every win at Trent Bridge carries weight beyond the night.

Duckett has always been a player who finds gaps rather than clearing ropes, and a surface like Trent Bridge, where the ball comes on nicely, suits that game perfectly. Fifty of his 75 came in boundaries, which means the rest was accumulated through placement and running — the quiet work that makes a chase look serene even when the required rate is climbing.