Sam Cook conceded the most expensive five-ball set in The Hundred during a match between Trent Rockets and Oval Invincibles on Thursday (August 21).
Having conceded just six runs from his first 10 deliveries, Cook came in to bowl another set with the Invincibles needing 83 off the last 35 balls. On strike was Sam Curran, who had teed off with three sixes in the previous five balls after having started with a score of seven off 12.
The first ball was overpitched down the leg side, going past the keeper for five wides. Another wide followed as Cook bowled too short, the ball going over the batter’s head. Curran then pulled the first legal delivery of the set for a six, followed by another four off the next.
Cook then overstepped, and Curran hit him for yet another six. The delivery went for eight runs in total, as a no-ball in The Hundred costs the bowling side two runs, rather than the usual one. The 68th ball also went for a six. The 69th went for two runs, with a dot ball to finish the set. The equation for the Invincibles after the set was 51 off 30. Just 10 balls earlier, they had needed 102.
Cook conceded 32 runs in total between the 66th and 70th balls of the Invincibles' innings. That's the most expensive five-ball set in The Hundred ever. He went past Trent Rockets' Rashid Khan's unwanted previous record of 30 runs against Southern Brave in 2024. On the previous occasion, Kieron Pollard struck five sixes on the trot.
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— The Hundred (@thehundred) August 21, 2025
The Invincibles scored 102 runs off their last 28 balls to chase down 172 with 11 balls and six wickets remaining. Having won five out of six matches, the defending champions currently top the table.
Most runs in a five-ball set in The Men's Hundred, full list
| Runs | Bowler | Batter | Match | Venue | Year |
| 32 | Sam Cook | Sam Curran | Trent Rockets v Oval Invincibles | The Oval | 2025 |
| 30 | Rashid Khan | Kieron Pollard | Southern Brave v Trent Rockets | Southampton | 2024 |
| 29 | Steven Finn | John Simpson | Manchester Originals v Northern Superchargers | Leeds | 2021 |
| 26 | Graeme White | Moeen Ali | Welsh Fire v Birmingham Phoenix | Birmingham | 2021 |
| 26 | Patrick Brown | Tom Kohler-Cadmore | Birmingham Phoenix v Northern Superchargers | Leeds | 2021 |
| 25 | Reece Topley | Adam Lyth | Oval Invincibles v Northern Superchargers | The Oval | 2022 |
| 25 | James Fuller | Matt Short | Southern Brave v Northern Superchargers | Southampton | 2023 |
| 24 | Colin de Grandhomme | Adam Rossington | Southern Brave v London Spirit | Lord's | 2021 |
| 24 | Tabraiz Shamsi | Tristan Stubbs | Trent Rockets v Manchester Originals | Manchester | 2022 |
| 24 | Tom Curran | Tim David | Oval Invincibles v Southern Brave | Southampton | 2023 |
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