Craig Overton hit his twin brother Jamie for a decisive six to seal a four-wicket win for Trent Rockets against London Spirit in The Hundred at Trent Bridge on 26 July 2026. The Rockets chased down their target with two balls to spare in the eighth match of the men's 2026 competition. BBC Sport

London Spirit had posted 160 for 6 from their 100 balls — a competitive total in a format where each side faces exactly that many deliveries, broken into sets of five from each end. BBC Sport The Rockets reeled it in, and the finishing blow came from an unmistakable family subplot.

Craig, a bowling all-rounder contracted to Trent Rockets for £120,000 this season, found himself facing Jamie, an all-rounder earning £225,000 at London Spirit. The Hundred The brothers share an England cap and a childhood, but on this afternoon in Nottingham they shared only the same patch of turf. Jamie ran in. Craig swung. The ball cleared the rope, the Rockets won, and a sibling rivalry acquired its most photographic moment yet. BBC Sport

The Hundred, now in its sixth edition, compresses cricket into 100 balls per side, roughly 65 minutes of play per innings. It was designed to fit a television slot and a lunch hour, and on a Sunday at Trent Bridge it delivered its signature blend of pace and theatre.

Earlier in the day, the women's fixture between the same two franchises had already given the fixture its milestone. Marizanne Kapp, the South African all-rounder, claimed her 50th wicket in The Hundred during the Trent Rockets Women versus London Spirit Women match. The Hundred Kapp has been one of the competition's most reliable performers since its launch in 2021.

What makes the Overton moment stick is its simplicity. Two brothers, same sport, opposite teams, one ball deciding the outcome. Cricket writes these scripts rarely and never on purpose. The six was not a statement about who is the better player — it was one delivery in a league match that happened to carry the weight of a lifetime's shared net sessions.

For the Rockets, the win keeps their campaign moving. For the Spirit, there is a defeat made harder by the identity of the man who inflicted it. And for anyone who has ever lost a garden game to a sibling, the reaction needs no glossary.