On a belting pitch, Mitchell Marsh was his usual belligerent self, becoming the 2026 tournament's leading run-scorer on his way to a 24-ball fifty. He now has 23 sixes, nine more than the man in second place, Jos Buttler, with team-mates Ryan Rickelton and Harry Brook in third and fourth place. The score was 119 for 0 after 50 balls, the highest halfway score in the Hundred history as Rickelton went to fifty even quicker than Marsh, off 21 balls. Liam Livingstone, meanwhile, top-edged three sixes before he fell victim to Nathan Ellis for 34 off 13. David Willey at No.7 went to a 31-ball fifty but at that stage the equation was an implausible 100 off 25.