The Northern Superchargers kept their season alive with a rain-affected 21-run win over London Spirit in the hundreds in Headingley.
Adil Rashid (3-16) took three points, while his England team-mates Reece Topley (2-25) and Matthew Potts (2-18) also picked up good points In return, the two picked up two wickets each and Spirit were restricted to 111-8.
The England leg-spinner dismissed Matt Critchley (3), Shimron Hetmyer (5) and Andre Russell (3) in 15 balls in the innings The Super Chargers won the toss and inserted a Spirit bat, leaving the visitors with a 62-6 lead.
Keaton Jennings (30) hit 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in a short 12-ball spell but was dismissed by Topley.
Ravi Bopara (31) and Liam Dawson (27) shared a 49-run stand to help the visitors take the score to three figures, but the former lost in the penultimate over The ball was hit by Potts.
The Superchargers’ chase was limited due to rain, but their openers Graham Clark (26) and Matt Short (25) have done enough Work to ensure they were ahead of Duckworth-Lewis Stern when the game was called off.
Northern Superchargers beat London Spirit by 21 points in top 100 game
Matt Critchley (1-11) took the Spirit’s only wicket when dismissing Clark, which brought England’s Ollie Robinson to the crease with just one remaining over before the game was called off 56 goals and 13 more.
It was the seventh loss in eight games in a difficult season for the Spirit.
The Superchargers will now hope either the Wales Flames or the Manchester Originals can help them in the final two days of the competition’s group stage as they seek to reach the knockout stages of the Top 100 – a significant improvement from bottom of 2023 progress.
Man of the Match – Adil Rashid
“We were lucky that we got the run in on time because 10 goals were scored after that.
“I think we have a very good team, good batsmen – game winners throughout. We have a waiting game on Wednesday and Thursday, but hopefully one of those two teams does If we lose, we are fine.
“I performed well and took three wickets.”
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