Overview
- Sunrisers Leeds strengthened their knockout bid with comprehensive home victories at Headingley after Mitchell Marsh scored a 34-ball fifty and Brydon Carse took 3-24 in the men’s game while Phoebe Litchfield made a fifty and Deepti Sharma took three wickets in the women’s match.
- Trent Rockets' women sealed top spot and a place in the Lord's final with a three-wicket win over Southern Brave led by a 32‑off‑19 cameo from Nat Sciver‑Brunt.
- Trent Rockets' men were upset by Southern Brave, with Tristan Stubbs (52*) and Marcus Stoinis (46) turning the game and leaving Rockets dependent on the outcome of Sunrisers Leeds v Manchester Super Giants to know whether they go straight to the final or into the Eliminator.
- Updated points tables put Trent Rockets top of the women's table and Sunrisers Leeds second in the men's table, creating tight net‑run‑rate permutations that mean a Sunrisers win at Old Trafford will guarantee their knockout spot and could alter who goes direct to the final.
- With the format sending the second and third teams into an Eliminator before the Lord's final, the remaining fixtures over the next two days will decide which players and supporters face one more sudden‑death match and which teams get the extra rest and preparation time before the final.