London, 18 August 2026:
Now that The Hundred has reached its conclusion after Sunday’s final, our correspondent Ed Mace took a deep dive into the statistics.
Rampant Rockets:
There’s no better place to start than with the champions, the Trent Rockets who dominated from start to finish, with just one loss against the London Spirit in their second match on the way to 28 points.
They thrived when chasing, winning by an average margin of 7.16 wickets from their six victories batting second. It helps that they never had to chase a target of over 130 thanks to some of the leading wicket takers in the competition. Sam Bates took the joint most wickets of 13 at an average of 14.46 with an economy of just 6.4, while Ash Gardner, Charley Phillips and Kim Garth all made big contributions with the ball as well.
From batters with over 150 runs in the tournament, only Phoebe Litchfield had a higher strike rate than the electric rockets pair of Sophia Dunkley and Nat Sciver-Brunt. Sciver-Brunt’s average of 49.25 was only eclipsed by Aussie duo Annabel Sutherland and Ellyse Perry.
Their meticulously crafted squad was comfortably the oldest in this year’s competition, with an average age of 29 years and five days. The experience of the Rockets was always on show and it’s hardly a surprise that they walked away with the trophy given how well-rounded their squad was.
Leave it to the Aussies:
After claiming their record seventh T20 World Cup title in the UK a few weeks before The Hundred began, a record 27 Australians stayed for the tournament.
They’ve often imposed their will on cricket in the UK but this year we saw absolute domination from Australians. Four of the seven highest run scorers play for the national team, and of the 12 bowlers with more than 10 wickets, five were Australian.
Finalists Sunrisers Leeds perhaps owed the most to Australian players. The dynamic pair of Annabel Sutherland, named player of the tournament, and Phoebe Litchfield were the top two run scorers, combining for 618, a whopping 49.5 per cent of the team’s runs.
The persistent heat and dry wickets meant it was also a year for the English spinners however, as Charlie Dean, Georgia Adams and Hannah Baker all finished the tournament with an average of 14.18 or less, taking 29 wickets between them. The trio alongside Sophie Ecclestone and Sophia Smale also made up five spots in the eight most economical bowlers of the tournament.
