Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

Across the last three meetings, Sunrisers Leeds W lead 2–1. In the most recent meeting last season, Sunrisers Leeds W won by 8 wickets and finished the chase with 21 balls remaining. The defining detail was how comfortably they controlled the chase, leaving a large chunk of deliveries unused. The pattern across these games is mixed, with both teams having taken wins in the last two seasons.

TRTrent Rockets W 128/8

SLSunrisers Leeds W 129/2

2025-08-10 · Northern Superchargers W won by 8 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)

SLSunrisers Leeds W 103/10

TRTrent Rockets W 123/5

2024-07-26 · TR-W won by 20 runs

TRTrent Rockets W 125/7

SLSunrisers Leeds W 134/4

2023-08-09 · Northern Superchargers W won by 9 runs

Trent Rockets W

Trent Rockets W are 2nd in the regular season on 12 points and are currently in the playoff zone. Their recent run has been built on two straight wins, including a 31-run victory in their latest match. Even with a recent 5-wicket loss in a tight finish, they have responded immediately with convincing results.

TRTrent Rockets W 153/8

MSManchester Super Giants W 122/10

2026-07-31 · TR-W won by 31 runs

TRTrent Rockets W 132/2

WFWelsh Fire W 129/3

2026-07-29 · TR-W won by 8 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)

TRTrent Rockets W 142/6

LSLondon Spirit W 146/5

2026-07-26 · LS-W won by 5 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Sunrisers Leeds W

Sunrisers Leeds W are 7th in the regular season on 4 points and are outside the playoff zone. Their last two matches have both ended in narrow chasing defeats, including a 4-wicket loss with 4 balls remaining most recently. The one positive in their last three is a chase win by 7 wickets with 31 balls remaining, showing they can close games when they get ahead early.

SLSunrisers Leeds W 142/4

MSManchester Super Giants W 147/6

2026-07-28 · MSG-W won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)`

SLSunrisers Leeds W 116/10

SBSouthern Brave W 117/5

2026-07-25 · SB-W won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

SLSunrisers Leeds W 109/3

MIMI London W 107/8

2026-07-21 · SL-W won by 7 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)

Playing XI

Key Stats

Prediction

All four models favour Trent Rockets W, with the average projection at 60% for TR-W. Bookmakers align with that lean, pricing TR-W at 58% (1.65) vs SL-W at 42% (2.20). Key stats favour TR-W 5–2 overall, driven by their stronger table position and recent results. The swing factor is whether Sunrisers Leeds W can repeat their recent head-to-head chasing control against a Rockets side carrying momentum.

Sutherland’s late charge falls short

Annabel Sutherland lit up the chase with a 30-ball 59, dragging Sunrisers Leeds W from a slow start to within touching distance, but Trent Rockets W clung on to win by 5 runs. The pressure peaked in the final stretch of the 16.4-over innings as Sunrisers surged hard, yet Rockets found just enough dots and singles to defend 139/7 in a finish that stayed live until the last few deliveries.

Sciver-Brunt and Brown cash in

The game was largely shaped in the middle phase of Rockets’ innings. After a quiet powerplay (20/1), Natalie Sciver-Brunt and Sophia Dunkley Brown stitched a decisive 75-run partnership that lifted Rockets to 94/3 through the middle overs at 7.7 an over. Sunrisers’ bowlers, led by Jess Jonassen’s 2/20, pulled it back at the death (25/3), but that mid-innings acceleration meant Rockets had a defendable total even without a final-overs flourish.

Brown sets, Sutherland storms

Dunkley Brown’s 56 off 33 was the innings that gave Rockets shape, with Sciver-Brunt’s 34 off 25 providing stability around her. For Sunrisers, Sutherland was the standout, striking at 197 and turning the chase into a sprint, while Jonassen’s tight spell kept Rockets from running away. But Rockets’ ability to bank runs in the middle overs, then defend under heat, ultimately decided it.

Form edge shows in phases

Pre-match lean towards Rockets was rooted in momentum and a stronger recent run of results, and it played out in the way they managed the game’s quieter passages. Sunrisers’ chase had the firepower to threaten late, but the early drag — 15/1 in the powerplay and 70/3 by the end of the middle phase — left Sutherland needing a near-perfect finish. Against a side carrying confidence, that kind of catch-up chase is unforgiving.