Both of these players will bat in the top three for Trent Rockets, and have a chance to start the competition with a bang against a weak-looking Birmingham Phoenix side.

Rockets are as short as 1.57 to win with some bookies, after Phoenix captain and crucial player, Jacob Bethell, was ruled out of the tournament through injury.

At the time of writing, his likely replacement in the squad, Joe Weatherley, comes in off the back of an excellent T20 Blast Finals day, but is not near the same level of player.

Phoenix already looked a fairly flawed side, apart from their overseas bowling, but are now significantly weakened further and Rockets should take advantage.

Duckett had a poor Hundred in 2025 and Banton has a point to prove after a low-scoring run for England has jeopardised his position in the T20 side. Both may start carefully, and cover this line, in looking to get their eye in before looking for big runs, in what could be a one-sided affair in their favour.

There's a world where Matt Henry rips through the Birmingham Phoenix top order.

The Kiwi has done it all over the world with the new ball, and the Phoenix batting line-up is filled with players who want to secure more franchise gigs.

Strike rate is a very important metric for securing those, many of them may care more about how quickly they score runs rather than how many runs they score, which, of course, creates chances to get them out.

There's been something in the surface for the bowlers so far this tournament, with lower-scoring matches than many were expecting and Henry is the high class bowler on the display in this match.