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Mitchell Marsh’s 63 off 26, Zak Crawley’s unbeaten 56 and Harry Brook’s 42 off 17 powered Sunrisers Leeds to a record chase of 182 at Headingley, defeating Manchester Super Giants by eight wickets with 12 balls to spare in Match 10 of The Hundred Men’s 2026. A Buttler-Klaasen 105-run stand had earlier threatened to put the total beyond reach.
Manchester Super Giants posted 181 for 3 on Headingley’s short boundaries and thought they had done enough. At 26 for 1 after the powerplay, with 156 required from 75 balls, it briefly looked that way. Then Mitchell Marsh walked to the crease, and the arithmetic stopped mattering.
Leeds, England: There is a specific quality to a Headingley run chase that separates it from any other ground in England. The short square boundaries, the slope, the particular way the ball comes onto the bat under floodlights — it rewards timing over power, invites positive intent, and punishes the bowler who lands even fractionally short or full. Manchester Super Giants understood this on Tuesday evening. They piled on 181 for 3 in their 100 balls, backed their totals, and set what they believed was an unreachable score. They had underestimated what Sunrisers Leeds’ top order would do with it.
Swashbuckling knocks from Mitch Marsh (63 off 26), captain Zak Crawley (56 not out off 34) and Harry Brook (42 not out off 17) made quick work of the visitors’ target of 182, breaking the record for the highest chase in The Hundred at Headingley. Sunrisers won by eight wickets with 12 balls to spare. It was not close.
Buttler and Klaasen Build the Fortress
Sunrisers’ opening pair of Tim Seifert and captain Aiden Markram scored 28 and 32 respectively to give Super Giants a solid foundation.
Nathan Ellis was the standout bowler for Sunrisers, bagging two wickets for 32 runs in his quota of 20 deliveries, while Brydon Carse chipped in with one scalp.
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However, they were fighting a rearguard action against from the beginning till the end. A 105-run partnership between Jos Buttler and Heinrich Klaasen, both of whom scored respective half-centuries, carried Super Giants to a formidable total. Buttler top-scored with a destructive 63 off 33 deliveries featuring five fours and four sixes, while Klaasen’s 53 came off just 27 balls with eight boundaries including three sixes.
At the innings break, Manchester Super Giants knew that Sunrisers would need to pull off the third-highest successful chase in the history of the Hundred men’s competition. With a 105-run partnership in 47 balls behind them and 181 on the board, they had every reason to believe they were safe.
The Marsh-Crawley Demolition
The powerplay went Super Giants’ way. Sunrisers lost Ryan Rickelton for 13 on the 19th delivery of the innings with just 26 runs on the board. The equation: 156 from 81 balls, and the Super Giants’ bowlers finding early rhythm. In the context of what followed, it briefly felt like a contest.
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Then Zak Crawley arrived. He combined with Marsh as they dismantled the Super Giants’ bowling attack to add 92 runs off just 38 deliveries before Marsh was cleaned up. It was a partnership of shocking intent — Crawley providing the calm authority at one end, Marsh the sheer violence at the other. The Australian, who made a famous Ashes century at this ground in 2023, was in the kind of form that makes bowling attacks feel irrelevant. Every time Super Giants found a length, Marsh found the gap; every time they went fuller, he drove through the covers or launched straight. Marsh is striking at 200 in the tournament so far this term.
When Marsh finally went for 63 off 26 — cleaned up by a 90mph delivery — the chase needed 64 from 42 balls with eight wickets in hand. Harry Brook walked in. The contest ended shortly afterwards.
Brook smashed 6 sixes in the 17 deliveries he faced to score 42* — a cameo of such stunning brevity and brutality that it barely registered as an innings before it was over. Crawley remained unbeaten on 56, completing the chase alongside Brook with the minimum of fuss and the maximum of efficiency.
“Headingley Is Tough to Defend”
Marsh, collecting the Meerkat Match Hero award for his 63 off 26, was measured in his assessment of a chase that his own striking rate makes sound routine but was anything but.
“They’re a really good side and we didn’t get off to a flier in the powerplay — they bowled well — but we stuck at it. Partnerships are key in run chases like that, and I thought Zak was awesome today. I thought 181 was going to be a tough chase, but it’s a tough ground to defend. Headingley is one of the best grounds in the world,” he said.
“We thought the wicket was a bit slower than the other day but as you saw from their innings, once you get a partnership going it’s hard to stop,” Marsh added — a line that read rather differently after the partnership he and Crawley had just produced.
Table Rattled at the Top
The result reshuffles The Hundred Men’s competition meaningfully. Manchester Super Giants entered Tuesday as table leaders with two wins from two and the most imposing batting line-up in the tournament. They leave Headingley with their first defeat, their bowling attack having conceded 186 in 88 balls and their confidence in what they believed was an imposing total firmly dented.
Sunrisers Leeds, meanwhile, have won their second match in a row and announced themselves as genuine title contenders. Daniel Vettori’s side have the depth — Marsh and Rickelton at the top, Crawley and Brook to follow, Ellis and Carse with the ball — to go deep in this competition. On the evidence of Tuesday night, any side that faces them at Headingley will need to do considerably more than post 181 to feel safe.
Scores: Manchester Super Giants Men 181/3 (100 balls) — Jos Buttler 63* (33), Heinrich Klaasen 53 (27), Aiden Markram 32 (23), Tim Seifert 28 (16); Nathan Ellis 2-32
Sunrisers Leeds Men 186/2 (88/100 balls) — Mitchell Marsh 63 (26), Zak Crawley 56* (34), Harry Brook 42* (17)
Result: Sunrisers Leeds won by 8 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
Player of the Match: Mitchell Marsh (Sunrisers Leeds) — 63 (26)
Record: Highest successful chase in The Hundred at Headingley
The Hundred Men’s 2026 standings (after Match 10):
1st: Manchester Super Giants — 2 wins from 3
4th: Sunrisers Leeds — 2 wins from 3
