England duo Zak Crawley and Harry Brook fired the Northern Superchargers to an eight-wicket win in opposition to Welsh Fireplace at Headingley.
Crawley whacked an unbeaten 67 off 38 balls and Brook was 25 not out off 15 deliveries because the Superchargers chased down their goal of 144 with ease.
Jonny Bairstow’s 42 and 29 from Australia’s Steve Smith had seen the Fireplace submit 143-9 off their allotted 100 balls, with Imad Wasim, Matthew Potts and Adil Rashid taking two wickets apiece.
That was by no means going to be sufficient with Crawley on this temper, although, as he shared a gap stand of 91 with Dawid Malan (41).
He hit 5 fours and 4 sixes in his breathless innings, with Brook becoming a member of him on the crease to get his crew over the road, hitting two maximums and a 4 because the Superchargers gained with 11 balls to spare.
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Harry Brook pulls off a cartwheel in entrance of his team-mate Zak Crawley throughout the warm-up for Northern Superchargers’ recreation in opposition to Welsh Fireplace in The Hundred.
How do matches work?
- 100 balls a aspect, the crew with essentially the most runs wins. It is so simple as that.
- 5 bowlers can bowl as much as 20 balls in an innings, together with 5 or 10 in a row.
- The normal six-ball overs seen in different types of cricket should not utilized in The Hundred, with 10 balls bowled earlier than a change of ends.
- The powerplay is for the primary 25 balls of an innings, with solely two fielders allowed exterior the 30-yard circle.
- A 25-ball-a-side recreation is the minimal size that may be performed within the occasion of moist climate.
- If a match within the knockout phases is tied, a Tremendous 5 can be performed, with the winner being the crew scoring essentially the most runs from an additional 5 balls every.
Watch each match throughout the ladies’s and males’s competitions stay on Sky Sports activities from August 5-31.
