The Hundred 2026 Finals Day has come at The Lord’s. Lord’s on a Finals Day is a different kind of cricket. The ground fills with fans who do not normally watch cricket. Children sit on the grass banks. Families pile in. And somewhere in the middle of all of that, two extraordinary matches take place. This year is different from all previous editions. One franchise could win both trophies on the same afternoon and evening. Trent Rockets are 80 balls away from history.
Two Finals of The Hundred 2026
Both of the Finals take place on Sunday August 16 at Lord’s Cricket Ground. The women’s final starts at 2:15 PM BST. The men’s final is a day-night fixture starting at 6:00 PM BST.
Both finals are live on Sky Sports Cricket. Fans in India can watch on FanCode with evening matches beginning at 11:00 PM IST. Lord’s holds 30,000 spectators. Both finals are expected to be close to capacity.
The Men’s Final: Trent Rockets vs Manchester Super Giants
How They Got Here
Trent Rockets topped the table to qualify directly for the men’s final. They were the most consistent franchise across the group stage. Manchester Super Giants booked a date with the Rockets after a 20-run victory over SunRisers Leeds in Friday’s men’s Eliminator.
Manchester Super Giants finished the group stage in second position. They had to navigate the Eliminator first. Their 20-run win over Sunrisers Leeds confirmed their Lord’s appearance just two days before Finals Day.
Who Plays for Each Team
Trent Rockets have built their men’s campaign around genuine depth. Ben Duckett is their batting cornerstone. He has been England’s most prolific ODI and Hundred batter across the entire 2026 summer. Harry Brook leads the squad with the calm authority of a man who captained England to a 4-0 T20I series win over India this summer.
Manchester Super Giants carry the firepower of Tim Seifert and Aiden Markram at the top of the order. Seifert fireworks lift MSG into second, leaving SunRisers sweating in the regular season. Their batting depth throughout the competition has been their strongest department. Jos Buttler provides the composure in the middle order that title-winning teams require.
The Tactical Match-Up
Trent Rockets’ bowling attack is built around craft and control. Craig Overton has been outstanding throughout the competition with his ability to take top-order wickets inside the first 25 balls. Their slower bowlers have been difficult to read on the Lord’s surface which tends to produce lower scores than most other Hundred venues.
Manchester Super Giants will attack from ball one. Seifert and Markram are not interested in building slowly. If they get away in the powerplay, the Rockets’ middle and lower order face a target that requires genuine acceleration from reliable players at crucial moments.
The Women’s Final: Trent Rockets vs Sunrisers Leeds
How They Got Here
Trent Rockets also automatically qualified for the women’s final after topping the table on 28 points from their eight group matches. Sophia Dunkley has been the standout performer across the entire women’s competition. Leading run-scorer in the women’s competition, Sophia Dunkley hit a quickfire half-century for Trent Rockets in their Hundred win over Birmingham Phoenix.
Sunrisers Leeds women fared better in their Eliminator against Southern Brave, with a five-wicket victory seeing them through to a showdown against the Rockets this Sunday. Their win at The Oval on Friday was commanding and decisive.
Who Plays for Each Team
Trent Rockets women carry Sophia Dunkley’s extraordinary form at the top of the order. Her strike rate and run aggregate across the 2026 competition makes her the most dangerous batter in the women’s Hundred this year. They also have international depth throughout the lineup that gives their middle order genuine match-winning ability at any stage of a 100-ball innings.
Sunrisers Leeds have been transformed by the promotion of Phoebe Litchfield to opener. Litchfield is riding the wave as promotion to open prompts a Sunrisers turnaround. The Australian T20 World Cup winner has brought the kind of intent and top-order aggression that makes Sunrisers genuinely dangerous against any bowling attack.
Deepti Sharma anchors the bowling with her off-spin. Hayley Matthews adds West Indian power to a squad that has found momentum at exactly the right point in the competition.
The Tactical Match-Up
The Rockets have Dunkley. Everything in the Sunrisers bowling plan starts with containing her. If she gets established at the crease inside the first 25 balls, Sunrisers face a battle to defend any total they set. If their spinners, led by Deepti, can keep her quiet early, the match opens up significantly.
For Sunrisers, Litchfield at the top must provide the platform. She has been the catalyst for their recent run of form. The bowling attack of Trent Rockets in the women’s competition has been effective without being dominant. Sunrisers’ top order should be able to score against them if they bat freely from the opening ball.
Why Trent Rockets Could Make History
No franchise in The Hundred’s six seasons has ever won both the men’s and women’s titles in the same year. Oval Invincibles came close in 2022, winning the men’s final while their women’s side also performed strongly. But the double has never been completed.
Trent Rockets have the realistic opportunity today to do it. They topped the table in both competitions. They arrive at Lord’s as the group-stage leaders in both. They have the batting quality, the bowling control, and the competition experience to win either match. Doing both in the same afternoon and evening at Lord’s would be one of the most significant achievements in the history of the competition.
The broader story of how franchise leagues like The Hundred have transformed cricket’s landscape globally is explored in our piece on the impact of franchise leagues on cricket. The Hundred’s Finals Day at Lord’s is the clearest expression of that transformation in English cricket.
The Trent Rockets Story This Season
Trent Rockets have been the model franchise of The Hundred 2026. In the men’s competition, they used a combination of international quality and domestic craft to win more games than any other side. Their auction strategy was precise and intelligent. Every player bought has performed a specific and necessary role.
In the women’s competition, they built around Dunkley’s batting and complemented it with genuine bowling variety. No other team in either competition can claim to have been the strongest throughout the entire group stage in both genders simultaneously.
The quality of the competition across all five previous Hundred editions shows how much harder this achievement would be to repeat, as explored in our piece on the top 5 cricket leagues in the world.
What to Watch Today at Lord’s
Women’s Final
Watch the Sophia Dunkley vs Deepti Sharma contest. It will define the match. Watch how Litchfield starts for Sunrisers. And watch whether Trent Rockets’ bowling can contain a Sunrisers side that has beaten every team it has played in the knockout stages.
Men’s Final
Watch Craig Overton with the new ball for the Rockets. Watch whether Seifert can replicate his Eliminator form under the Lord’s lights. Watch the death bowling. The Hundred finals at Lord’s are almost always close. Both of today’s matches could go to the final 10 balls.
Conclusion
Trent Rockets arrive at Lord’s today as the competition’s outstanding franchise of 2026. They topped the table in both genders. They have the quality to win both finals. Manchester Super Giants and Sunrisers Leeds both have the talent to stop them. Lord’s on Finals Day produces extraordinary cricket. Both matches will be decided by individual moments rather than team strategies. The franchise that handles those moments better wins. Trent Rockets have handled more of them better than anyone this season. Today is the day they find out if that consistency translates into history.
