Ben Duckett smashed 64 from 40 balls to lift Trent Rockets to a five-run win over Sunrisers Leeds in the 17th match of the 2026 Men's Hundred, keeping Rockets four points clear at the top of the table.

Rockets posted 136 for 3 from their 94 balls — each innings in this competition lasts 100 legal deliveries, split into sets of five from each end — and then held Sunrisers off when the chase tightened. The margin was five runs, narrow enough to reward every boundary Duckett had earlier carved.

The wicketkeeper-batter, a Trent Rockets contracted player this season, hit 10 fours and 2 sixes in his 40-ball stay. He was the innings: no other Rockets batter needed to attack with the same freedom, because Duckett had already done the heavy lifting. Rockets raced to 39 in their 10-ball powerplay — the opening segment where fielding restrictions force captains to keep fielders inside a tighter ring — and never lost momentum.

For Sunrisers Leeds, the chase fell just short. Five runs in a 100-ball game is a single over's worth of missed chances — a boundary not found, a wicket that cost momentum at the wrong moment. The scorecard will show the gap; the highlights will show how thin it was.

The win was Rockets' fourth of the men's competition. More significantly, it opened a four-point lead at the top of the standings. In a tournament where every result shifts qualification for the knockouts, that cushion matters. Rockets now control their path; the teams below them do not.

For fans, this was The Hundred doing what it was designed to do. A compact format, a fast start, a chase that went down to the wire. Duckett's innings — boundary-driven, pace-on, no fuss — was the difference between a comfortable total and a defendable one. Sunrisers Leeds pushed it close enough that the result was never settled until the final balls.

Rockets top the table. Duckett tops the scorecard. The gap below is growing.