LONDON: Trent Rockets captain Lewis Gregory led from the entrance as his facet defeated Manchester Originals by two wickets with simply two balls to spare in a tense males’s Hundred last at Lord’s on Saturday.
The climax to the second season of the 100 balls per facet match, a controversial innovation in English cricket given the impression eight specifically created groups have had on the schedule of the prevailing 18 first-class counties, seemed like being a one-sided affair.
Medium-pacer Sam Cook took 4-18 because the Rockets restricted the Originals to a seemingly modest 120-9 on a gradual pitch, with Australian Ashton Turner’s 26 the highest rating of the innings.
But England batsman Dawid Malan’s 19 was the very best rating of the Rockets’ reply, with Alex Hales — bidding for a world recall — out for simply eight.
At 110-8, the Rockets wanted 11 to win from the ultimate set of 5 balls — the Hundred doesn’t function conventional overs — bowled by England worldwide Richard Gleeson.
Gregory, himself an England all-rounder, promptly launched Gleeson over mid-off for six earlier than flicking the next full toss for 4 after which hitting the profitable runs as he completed 17 not out off six balls.
“It was nice to be there at the end and get the team over the line,” mentioned Gregory.
The Hundred additionally contains a parallel girls’s competitors.
Earlier on Saturday, South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp and England rising star Alice Capsey led the best way because the Oval Invincibles retained their title with a five-wicket win over Southern Brave.
In entrance of a report crowd of 20,840 at Lord’s — the very best attendance for a home girls’s match in England — the Invincibles beat the Brave within the last for the second 12 months in a row by chasing down a goal of 102 with six balls to spare.
The 32-year-old Kapp took 1-19 and led the chase with 37 not out, whereas teenager Capsey, the breakout performer from final 12 months’s match, returned figures of 2-17 and made a helpful 25.
“The way Kapp batted was awesome,” mentioned Invincibles captain Suzie Bates. “She shows up for those tough moments.”
“One hundred percent she’s one of the best all-rounders in the world and she showed why.”
The New Zealand nice hailed Capsey as a “big-moment player”, including: “Under pressure you need to be brave and she’s done that all season.”
The climax to the second season of the 100 balls per facet match, a controversial innovation in English cricket given the impression eight specifically created groups have had on the schedule of the prevailing 18 first-class counties, seemed like being a one-sided affair.
Medium-pacer Sam Cook took 4-18 because the Rockets restricted the Originals to a seemingly modest 120-9 on a gradual pitch, with Australian Ashton Turner’s 26 the highest rating of the innings.
But England batsman Dawid Malan’s 19 was the very best rating of the Rockets’ reply, with Alex Hales — bidding for a world recall — out for simply eight.
At 110-8, the Rockets wanted 11 to win from the ultimate set of 5 balls — the Hundred doesn’t function conventional overs — bowled by England worldwide Richard Gleeson.
Gregory, himself an England all-rounder, promptly launched Gleeson over mid-off for six earlier than flicking the next full toss for 4 after which hitting the profitable runs as he completed 17 not out off six balls.
“It was nice to be there at the end and get the team over the line,” mentioned Gregory.
The Hundred additionally contains a parallel girls’s competitors.
Earlier on Saturday, South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp and England rising star Alice Capsey led the best way because the Oval Invincibles retained their title with a five-wicket win over Southern Brave.
In entrance of a report crowd of 20,840 at Lord’s — the very best attendance for a home girls’s match in England — the Invincibles beat the Brave within the last for the second 12 months in a row by chasing down a goal of 102 with six balls to spare.
The 32-year-old Kapp took 1-19 and led the chase with 37 not out, whereas teenager Capsey, the breakout performer from final 12 months’s match, returned figures of 2-17 and made a helpful 25.
“The way Kapp batted was awesome,” mentioned Invincibles captain Suzie Bates. “She shows up for those tough moments.”
“One hundred percent she’s one of the best all-rounders in the world and she showed why.”
The New Zealand nice hailed Capsey as a “big-moment player”, including: “Under pressure you need to be brave and she’s done that all season.”
