Harry Brook crunched 5 sixes and three fours off a number of fellow England internationals as his 56 from 27 balls boosted Northern Superchargers’ hopes of reaching the Hundred knockout levels.
Brook tucked into the bowling of Oval Invincibles’ Gus Atkinson, Will Jacks and Curran brothers Sam and Tom earlier than he was lastly caught off Sam within the deep as Superchargers racked up 198-4 at Headingley on Saturday afternoon.
Defending champions Invincibles – who would have secured a spot in a minimum of the eliminator with victory – may solely make 182-7 in reply as they misplaced by 16 runs.
The Oval-based facet nonetheless head the standings on 20 factors, above Superchargers on web run-rate, with Trent Rockets in third place on 16 and Southern Courageous fourth on 12.
Superchargers’ large whole – the second-highest of the 2025 version – additionally featured contributions from Zak Crawley (49 off 25), South Africa’s David Miller (37 off 16 balls) and Dawid Malan (34 off 31), with Miller matching Brook’s tally of 5 sixes.
Every of Invincibles’ prime 4, together with Jordan Cox (24 off 16), fell between 24 and 30 and although Donovan Ferreira’s 41 off 15 balls gave the guests hope, they ultimately slipped to simply their second defeat of the season.
Brook’s facet are actually solely off prime spot within the males’s Hundred desk on account of web run-rate
How do matches work?
- 100 balls a facet, the workforce 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 standard six-ball overs seen in different types of cricket aren’t 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 sport is the minimal size that may be performed within the occasion of moist climate.
What’s subsequent?
Sunday is a four-match day in The Hundred, with Welsh Fireplace taking over Trent Rockets in Cardiff (girls’s match at 11am, males’s at 2.30pm), plus Manchester Originals vs Birmingham Phoenix at Emirates Outdated Trafford (girls’s match at 2.30pm, males’s at 6pm).
Watch each match throughout the ladies’s and males’s competitions in The Hundred stay on Sky Sports activities from August 5-31.
