Manchester Super Giants Beat Trent Rockets to Win First Hundred Title

What happened: Manchester Super Giants defeated Trent Rockets by five wickets at Lord's to win the franchise's first men's Hundred title. BBC Sport reports that the Super Giants reached 162-5 from 98 balls after Trent had posted 158-8, with Liam Dawson ending a tense finish by hitting the winning six over mid-wicket.

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Why it matters: The Old Trafford-based franchise had lost two previous men's finals, including the 2022 decider against the Rockets. Renamed the Super Giants this season after previously competing as the Originals, they converted their third final appearance into a championship and stopped Trent from becoming the first franchise to win both Hundred competitions in the same edition.

Tim Seifert shaped the chase with 72 from 38 balls, an innings containing seven sixes and four fours. He and Paul Walter added 66 from 31 balls for the first wicket, while Jos Buttler made 23 from 14 with three sixes. Seifert's score equalled Will Jacks's record for the highest individual innings in a Hundred final.

Trent had built their 158-8 through several useful contributions rather than one defining innings. Ben Duckett scored 31, Aneurin Donald struck 38 from 19, Mitch Santner added 20 and Lewis Gregory made 32. Noor Ahmad took 3-33, including Tim David first ball, while captain Sam Billings was run out for seven during a damaging four-delivery sequence.

The chase appeared nearly complete when Manchester required three runs from nine balls, but Mohammad Amir dismissed Heinrich Klaasen and Michael Bracewell. Ben Sanderson then delivered two dot balls, reducing the equation to three from three. Dawson missed his first two attempts before clearing the rope, with Leus du Plooy unbeaten on 27 at the non-striker's end.

Tournament impact: Seifert finished the competition with 394 runs at an average just under 50, second only to Mitchell Marsh in the run-scoring list. His final innings proved the distinction between the teams in front of a reported crowd of 27,416, even after Amir's 3-29 gave the Rockets a late opening.