Birmingham Phoenix beat Trent Rockets by 10 runs in a record-breaking, high-scoring Hundred match at Edgbaston. Phoenix’s 214-4 was the competition’s second-highest total, while the combined 418 runs and 29 sixes set new match records, providing a major lift for an edition that had previously produced modest scores.

Joe Clarke led Phoenix’s innings with 68 from 33 balls and Will Smeed made 51 from 28, sharing an opening stand of 104 from 49 balls. Rehan Ahmed added 48, including five sixes, and Donovan Ferreira struck 22 not out from nine balls; for Rockets, Tom Banton’s 67 kept the chase alive after Finn Allen made 43 and Ben Duckett 49, but Scott Currie dismissed Banton late on. The result also eased concerns over the Edgbaston pitch after Phoenix’s women’s side had been bowled out for 64 earlier that day.