TRT vs BPH Dream11 Prediction, Match 22, The Hundred 2026: Trent Rockets Host Birmingham Phoenix at Trent Bridge

Match 22 of The Hundred Men's 2026 is scheduled for Wednesday, 5 August 2026 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. The first ball is timed for 6:30 PM local time, which is 11:00 PM IST. Broadcast coverage is listed on the Sony Sports Network in India, with the live stream available on the SonyLIV app and JioTV. Weather at the venue is forecast at 22.3 degrees Celsius with 46 percent humidity and cloud cover, a standard English summer evening with no rain interruption priced into the pre-match models.

Trent Rockets arrive in form. They sit top of the standings with four wins from five matches and 16 points, riding a four-match winning streak that has carried them clear of the chasing pack. Birmingham Phoenix are at the opposite end of the table. One win from four matches leaves them last, and a 1-3 record on the road has not given their travelling fantasy users much to build on. The Hundred format compresses everything into 100 balls a side, which means the table position is rarely a perfect predictor of a single match, but the form gap is wide enough that Rockets are clear favourites.

For fantasy desks, the standard T20 reads only partly translate to The Hundred. Five-ball sets, the 25-ball powerplay and the 15-ball strategic timeout all change the match-up math. Captain selection is sharper, role locks are tighter, and the bowling side becomes more about set-by-set discipline than over-by-over averages. The brief below reconstructs the lanes that are available on the night, drawing on the probable XIs, the venue read and the recent form that the CricTracker fantasy preview published on the same day.

The Hundred Men's 2026 standings on 4 August read Trent Rockets first on 16 points, four wins from five matches and a net run rate of +1.18, with Birmingham Phoenix eighth and last on four points, one win from four and a net run rate of -0.94. The gap is not just in the win column. Rockets have won four in a row. Phoenix have lost three in a row and have only one win to their name since the competition opened.

Last-five form makes the picture sharper. Trent Rockets' last five read WWWWL. Birmingham Phoenix' last five read LLLWL. The two sets face each other on Wednesday, and the fantasy users who weight recent form by default will tilt heavily toward the Rockets batting stack. Users who try to overcorrect the form by chasing Phoenix differential upside have very little recent evidence to back it up.

Trent Bridge is also Rockets' home ground. In The Hundred, home advantage is meaningful but not decisive: bowlers know the pitch lengths, the batters know the square, and the crowd is behind them. The Hundred's small-sample nature means a couple of mis-fields can flip a match, but the underlying expectation is for Rockets to control the rate from the powerplay onwards.

The Trent Bridge pitch in mid-August typically offers good carry through the first half of the innings, with the surface flattening slightly as the match progresses. The Hundred ball-by-ball tracker for the ground records first-innings totals clustering between 145 and 160 across recent seasons, with a tilt toward the lower end when the overheads are heavier. Tonight's forecast of cloud cover and 46 percent humidity gives the new-ball bowlers a small early advantage and rewards accuracy over raw pace.

For fantasy captain selection, a 145-160 par total shifts the value more clearly toward top-order batters and wicket-taking bowlers than toward middle-overs hitters or death-over containment. In a 100-ball innings, a top-order batter who faces 25-30 balls at a strike rate of 150-plus has a clear path to a 40-plus fantasy return. A bowler who takes two wickets in five-ball sets can clear 60 fantasy points even on a low-scoring night. The middle-order role becomes a salary-cap allocation, not a ceiling play.

The pace-spin split at Trent Bridge is closer to 65-35 in favour of the quicks in the powerplay, evening out to 55-45 in the second half as the surface dries. This argues for stacking Rockets' new-ball pair in fantasy XIs rather than reaching for an extra spinner. Phoenix, by contrast, have a more spin-friendly attack on paper and may look to slow the rate in the middle sets if the Rockets batters give them the chance.

The probable Trent Rockets XI is Sam Billings (captain and wicketkeeper), AHT Donald, Tim David, Finn Allen, BM Duckett, C Overton, L Gregory, Mitchell Santner, MJ Henry, Mohammad Amir and CG Harrison. The batting is built around Duckett at the top, Allen as the powerplay accelerator, Tim David as the middle-overs finisher, and Billings anchoring the death overs. The bowling share goes to Amir and Henry with the new ball, Overton and Gregory for the middle sets, and Santner as the lone specialist spinner.

The probable Birmingham Phoenix XI is JM Clarke, D Ferreira (captain), Will Smeed, LJ Evans, R Ahmed, Scott Currie, Mitchell Owen, S Mahmood, Usman Tariq, CP Wood and SR Dickson. The batting order is more open than Rockets'. Smeed and Clarke are the established Hundred names at the top, Evans slots in at three, and Ferreira holds the captain-and-finisher role. The bowling is built around Chris Wood and Saqib Mahmood as the senior seamers, with Tariq and Currie sharing the spin and pace-bowling all-rounder duties.

Injury and availability updates for the pre-match brief were thin. The published preview noted that injury updates would be added when available and did not list a confirmed absence. Fantasy users locking teams more than an hour before the toss should treat the final impact-player card as live information, especially for Rockets given their four-match winning run and the temptation to rotate the death-overs combination.

The captain and vice-captain conversation before the fixture concentrates on two Trent Rockets names. Ben Duckett has scored 240 runs in five innings at an average of 60.00, the highest batting average in The Hundred Men's 2026 among players with at least 100 balls faced. Tim David is the second Rockets name on the shortlist, on the back of his middle-overs strike rate and his role as the primary death-overs accelerator when the innings is set up underneath him.

The two names are not interchangeable. Duckett is the high-floor captain: he scores 40-plus on most nights, his batting position at the top gives him a 25-30 ball ceiling, and his left-handed matchup against the Phoenix right-arm heavy attack gives him a small but real edge. Tim David is the high-ceiling captain: 15-25 balls at a strike rate north of 170 can clear 60 fantasy points, but he is also the player who can finish on 8 off 12 if the innings never finds him.

Secondary captain lanes sit one tier below. Finn Allen is the Rockets powerplay accelerator whose value depends on whether the Phoenix new-ball pair can keep him quiet in the first ten balls. Sam Billings is the Rockets wicketkeeper-captain and death-overs finisher whose captaincy role on the field does not directly affect his fantasy role. Mitchell Santner offers a small-league differential path if the surface grips. From the Phoenix side, Will Smeed is the only fantasy name with a clean matchup against the Rockets quicks, and even he is more of a vice-captain than a primary captaincy option in large fields.

The multi-entry split that fits the brief is straightforward. In head-to-head and small leagues, Duckett captain with Tim David or Sam Billings vice-captain covers the safer distribution. In mega leagues, one Tim David captain team is required if the rest of the field is going to load Duckett; otherwise a David 50-plus leaves Duckett captains stuck in the pack. Mitchell Santner and Will Smeed are vice-captain options in correlation builds that already lock the top-order stack from the opposite side.

Craig Overton is the leading wicket-taker in The Hundred Men's 2026 for Trent Rockets, with six wickets in five matches. His role is the middle-overs enforcer: short, sharp sets aimed at breaking partnerships and forcing the batter to take risks. On a Trent Bridge surface with carry, Overton's wicket path is well-defined: three to four overs of seam-up bowling at the stumps, with the angle across the right-hander as the change-up. For fantasy users, Overton is a high-confidence bowling pick even when he does not pick up three-plus wickets, because his economy bonus window opens up on a low-scoring night.

Matt Henry is the second Rockets seamer with a real wicket-taking path. He is also the named avoid-pick in the pre-match brief, on the grounds that his fantasy role is the powerplay enforcer and his wicket count tends to bunch in two- or three-over windows. The CricTracker avoid-pick logic is not that Henry will play badly; it is that the role he plays does not generate the consistent fantasy points needed to justify a slot in a constrained XI when the alternatives carry more ceiling.

From the Phoenix side, Chris Wood is the senior seamer with the clearest bowling path on a Trent Bridge surface. Saqib Mahmood is the second Phoenix seamer and is the named avoid-pick from the Phoenix side, again on role-specific logic rather than form. Scott Currie and Usman Tariq share the spin-bowling duties; Tariq is the wrist-spin option with the higher wicket-per-set ceiling, and Currie is the seam-bowling all-rounder who can bowl in the powerplay or the death depending on matchup.

A clean Match 22 sheet on this fixture does not need exotic structures. The core is two top-order batters from Trent Rockets, one Phoenix top-order pick as the cross-side hedge, two all-rounders with bowling duties, and four bowlers with locked five-ball set roles. On a 100-credit board, Duckett and Tim David already consume a heavy share of the batting budget, which forces the bowling half toward a mix of premium and mid-tier rather than four premiums.

Rockets bowling premiums are Amir, Henry, and Overton, with Gregory as the fourth seamer who still bowls in the middle overs in most Hundred matches. Santner is the lone specialist spinner, and his salary tier is mid rather than premium, which leaves headroom for a Phoenix all-rounder if the cross-side correlation makes sense. Phoenix bowling premiums are Wood and Mahmood, with Tariq and Currie as the cheaper spin-bowling pair. Fantasy users who want both Duckett and David as C/VC almost always need that cheaper Phoenix seamer or spinner to make the credits work.

Correlation still matters more than individual ceilings. A Rockets batting stack without Overton or Amir leaves users exposed if the match becomes a 130-defend script on a Trent Bridge surface that has offered carry to the quicks. A Phoenix bowling stack without Smeed or Clarke leaves users underweight if the Phoenix top order gets a powerplay launch. The builds that survive variance pair one side's top two batters with the opposing side's best two bowlers, then fill the middle with dual-role names such as Santner, Gregory, or Ferreira depending on the final XI confirmation.

For readers who want the broader role framework behind sheets like this — salary-cap splits, captain multipliers, and venue filters across formats — the long-form notes on fantasy cricket strategy remain the standing reference. The Match 22 brief simply applied those same levers to one specific Hundred night at Trent Bridge.

First, the new-ball battle between Mohammad Amir and the Phoenix top order. Amir has been the Rockets' most economical powerplay bowler this season, and if he lands his first set for under 10 runs, the Phoenix scoring rate stays in single digits for the first ten balls. That single window can decide whether the rest of the Phoenix batting order plays catch-up or builds a platform.

Second, the Duckett matchup against the Phoenix spinners. Usman Tariq and Scott Currie are the two bowlers most likely to operate in the middle sets, and Duckett's left-handedness against off-spin and leg-spin is one of the cleanest matchup advantages in the competition. If Duckett reaches the 30-ball mark without losing his wicket, the Rockets scoring rate will already be 1.5-2 runs per ball ahead of the asking rate.

Third, the death-overs matchup between Tim David and Saqib Mahmood. Mahmood is the named avoid-pick, but he is also the Phoenix bowler most likely to bowl the final set. If David gets the strike in the last ten balls, the Rockets total can climb past 160. If Mahmood keeps him quiet, the Rockets finish closer to 145 and the chasing Phoenix total looks more reachable. That single set is the most leveraged fantasy window of the night.

Television coverage of Match 22 of The Hundred Men's 2026 is listed on the Sony Sports Network in India, with the live stream available on the SonyLIV app and JioTV. The first ball is at 6:30 PM local time in Nottingham, which is 11:00 PM IST. The match is scheduled for 100 balls per side, with a 25-ball powerplay and a 15-ball strategic timeout window for each side.

For fantasy users tracking the toss, the pre-match brief noted that the toss outcome was still pending at the time of writing and would be added as the information became available. The Hundred allows the side batting first to set a par total of 145-160, with the chasing side needing to clear the rate from the powerplay onwards. Fantasy users who wait for the toss can adjust the bowling share by one slot: if Phoenix bowl first, overweight Amir and Henry; if Rockets bowl first, overweight Wood and Mahmood.

The match is being played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, a venue that has hosted international cricket for over a century. The Hundred's regular-season scheduling has spread fixtures across eight home grounds; Trent Bridge is one of the larger-capacity venues on the circuit, with a typical Hundred crowd of 12,000-15,000.