The Oval Invincibles won three from four in the hundred, with Sam Curran’s all-round heroics proving the difference between the two teams vying for bragging rights in the capital.
Curran smashed 51 off 22 balls to single-handedly put the Invincibles to a strong total on a tricky surface before destroying the Spirit with a staggering 5-wicket spell that included a hat-trick Hopes of chasing down 147 balls.
On a home pitch that offered some degree of lateral movement, with invincible skipper Sam Billings opting to bat first, Spirit made full use of a pitch that suited the bowlers to attack, with the visitors languishing at 46-2 at the halfway stage. struggle.
Olly Stone wickets Will Jacks as Liam Dawson dismisses Jordan Cox, who has just been named in the England men’s Test squad ).
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Curran hit just 21 balls for the Invincibles at The Oval, including three consecutive sixes, a brilliant half-century!
Dawid Malan and Billings then had a couple of hard knocks before Malan was caught on the square leg boundary off Matt Critchley, Scored 38 points on 29 shots.
Billings started hard and eventually retired, replaced by the in-form Donovan Ferreira, but Curran turned the tide and completed a half-century off 21 deliveries, including Nathan Ellis. Ellis hit three straight sixes. His innings helped the Invincibles to a decent record of 147-5.
Spirit responded by coming through the power play unscathed, with Keaton Jennings and Michael Pepper leading them to a 35-0 victory.
But the Invincibles’ top spin attack turned the tables thereafter, with both starters and Ollie Pope falling to the ground in quick succession. Jacks removed Jennings LBW, Adam Zampa got Pepper to catch the first ball of his spell, Nathan Sowter ) broke through Pope’s defense with his legs.
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Spirit’s Charlie Dean leapt into the air and made a great catch!
Dan Lawrence and Shimron Hetmyer got the Spirit back on track, needing 56 off the last 30 balls to get the game going. But before they could up the ante, Zampa finished with 3-22 against Heitmyer (20 of 21) and Lawrence (27 of 18).
Curran scored just his third hat-trick in Hundred history, giving the Invincibles one of the tournament’s greatest individual performances despite Andre Russell’s attempt to seal the home side. The victory of the Invincible team was ensured.
Man of the Match: Sam Curran
“I’ve had a few battles with Russell over the years. The hat-trick ball wasn’t in my mind, it was either me or him, he either hit me for six or I thankfully he got the win, but The most important thing is we won,” Curran said.
“When guys like Dan (Lawrence), Heitmyer and Russell are out there, the game is never over, so it was a relief when we got him (Russell) out.”
Brook launches Superchargers, beats Originals
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Harry Brook’s best-of-33-58 as Northern Superchargers beat Manchester Originals
Harry Brook’s half-century lifts Andrew Flintoff’s Northern Superchargers to 14th consecutive win over Manchester in the Hundred at Headingley Manchester Originals.
The England batsman smashed 58 off 33 balls as the Superchargers lost the match at 167-5, but the winless Originals fell two runs behind in the chase and were eventually eliminated.
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Originals’ Phil Salt gets hit by Adil Rashid after forgetting to ground bat
The Superchargers got off to a tough start with Fazalhaq Farooqi taking the wicket with the first ball of the match.
Graham Clark and Captain Brooke rebuilt the innings with a well-constructed 50-run partnership. Brooke went on to score an explosive half-century before being caught by a stunning one-handed dive from Scott Currie.
Eventually, the original team fought back and limited the number of Supercharger stations to 167.
Captain Phil Salter and Marty Hurst got the Originals’ innings off to a good start with their opening partnership of 90 runs.
But both were bowled out – Salter’s 40 off 27 balls and the impressive Hurst top-scoring with 78 off 45 balls.
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Scott Currie stops a vital run with this great one-handed grab at the boundary
The Originals went from 90-0 to 128-4, thanks in part to spinner Mitchell Santner, who took 2-23.
Raw were claiming 29 off 13 balls when Hurst departed, but they could not get over the line as no other batsman hit double figures, leaving them at the bottom of the table.
The Superchargers moved into third place with their third win in four games.
Man of the Match: Harry Brooke
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Brooke was sent off after Curry caught the ball but Headingley fans were convinced the ball was not passed
“I felt like they were the favorite on the power play, but we played unbelievable good ball in the death to get the win,” Brook said.
“The outfield here is so fast and I felt like I didn’t need to hit a lot of balls in the air, so I just tried to break the gap and it worked.
“I just wanted to hold on until the end so I could put pressure on them at the end. I felt good at the beginning and thankfully I found some gaps.”
What’s next?
The Top 100 continues with two games on Monday. fire of wells and southern brave The women’s match kicks off at 3pm and the men’s match at 6.30pm, with both matches live on Sky Sports Cricket. Live broadcast of more than 100 sports events through NOW.
