MI London (Men) vs Trent Rockets (Men), Match 25 — The Hundred Mens

Who will win ML vs TR?

Cric First AI picks Trent Rockets · confidence 58/100

• Oval strip reads Fast & Bounce — new-ball seam gets first say.
• Ben Sanderson at 3.0 wickets an innings is the game's control point.
• Rashid Khan benched by MI London; Curran leads a seam-heavy attack.
• Aneurin Donald and Craig Overton give Rockets brutal strike-rate depth.

Margins are thin — a pending toss and a two-seamer MI London attack keep this close.

Result: TR won by 6 wickets. Prediction missed.

Toss and conditions

Toss still pending; on a bouncy Oval surface, first use of the ball is the prize.

Key factors

Projected score and key matchup

First innings: 163 — Bounce keeps the first 25 balls honest; back-end acceleration lifts both totals.

Will Jacks v Ben Sanderson: Sanderson's wobble seam into the powerplay against a batter who commits early — first four balls likely decide the phase.

Players to watch

Head-to-head and form

Short competition history; recent meetings have hinged on which top three survived the first 25 balls.

MI London (Men): Curran captains and doubles as strike bowler; Pooran keeps, Boult opens up.

Trent Rockets (Men): Billings keeps; Overton's twin threat plus Sanderson gives Rockets balance in both halves.

The story so far

Trent Rockets arrive with the sharper wicket-taker in Ben Sanderson and two batters clearing 230 strike rate, which is why they hold the edge on a Fast & Bounce Oval deck. MI London's answer is Will Jacks at the top and Trent Boult with the new ball — if both land, this flips fast.

The chase: TR need 148

Rockets, narrowly. Chasing at the Oval is the easier job, and 148 gives Duckett room to bat at his own rhythm.

147/7 is a par-ish score at a ground where chasing sides usually have the better of it, but MI London bowled with control and left Trent Rockets nothing spare. The Rockets don't need heroics — one settled partnership through the middle 40 balls closes this out.

Conditions: Overcast and warm at 28.5C, but humidity only 31% and a light 5 m/s breeze — dew should stay minimal under lights.

• 148 to win: just under a run-and-a-half per ball.
• Oval second innings usually scores below the first-innings par mark.
• Donald's 235 strike rate is the whole plan up front.

Aneurin Donald v Trent Boult: Boult swinging the new nut under 97% cloud against a keeper-bat who plays at almost everything. First 10 balls decide the tempo.

• Boult's opening set: swing on offer, Donald swinging back.
• Balls 40-70 — Curran's middle squeeze against set batters.
• Last 25 with Overton in: boundary or bust.