full toss, van der Merwe charges out and clunks one to the cover sweeper. Superchargers win by 64 runs, they have absolutely blitzed the Spirit at Lord's
9.15pm: Right, that's yer lot from another night of the Hundred. Matt Roller's report will be in soon, and he's sharpening his pen for a summary of where London Spirit went wrong, too. Still time for you to brush up in time for the small matter of the Test starting at Trent Bridge tomorrow, as England and India go head to head - it should be a cracker. From myself and Himanshu, it's goodnight and good luck. Ta ra!
9.10pm: That was pretty woeful from Spirit, whose hopes in this tournament now hang by the slenderest of threads. They've lost four out of five (the other was a washout), and will need snookers to get anywhere near the knockouts. Big Willey style was the way to go for Superchargers, with the captain's brutal 81 from 45 followed up by bagging both openers in his initial ten-ball spell. Spirit only had two players score more than 12 in response, and were almost bowled out for less than 100 (which isn't why the competition is so named)
David Willey, as you'd expect, is the Hero of the hour: "Been coming, I've not contributed, so nice to do so tonight. [Captaincy] It's unfortunate circumstances with Faf unavailable, it's a great responsibility, really enjoying the Hundred and nice to contribute. First couple of games we made small mistakes but we're starting to come good and hopefully we can build some momentum. [Personal form] My goal was just to stay fit so a few performances along the way feels good. Every team has some fantastic cricketers, guys are tuning in to watch the Hundred."
"50 dots! Good to see Spirit find a half century... a record which stand test of time!" chortles Mike Jones
banged in back of a length, 83mph and Crane fends it away to leg, just one as Potts gives chase
length ball, 79mph and he connects with a pull, just a single to deep square
slower ball, RvdM had backed outside leg stump but is then foxed as it dips through to the keeper
fired in straight and jabbed for one leg side
Potts to finish this, Mortal Kombat style
Mujeeb finishes with 2 for 6, the most economical 20 balls of the Hundred so far
speared in, Crane aims an almighty reverse-wipe - and completely misses!
Mason Crane is the last man standing
Amir has a misbegotten swipe and it ends up at short third! Bit of flight on this, it grips and takes the outside edge as he aims down the ground, Rashid trots up to pouch a simple catch. Superchargers one away from bowling the home side out here
offcutter on leg stump, RvdM backs away and has a hack
"Well done Dezz, you've well and truly jinxed the Invicibles for that match," mutters Peter
speared in on the stumps, 64mph and heaved away leg side
sends this skidding through wide of the stumps, 59mph and Amir bottom-edges a cut
Mujeeb back for his final five. Spirit could hit the last ten balls for six and they would still lose
over the wicket, 73mph legcutter to finish, pulled through midwicket for one
Mo Amir slopes out
length ball, flicked tamely to square leg! Advances down and plays a cute cross-batted dab, but there's no pace and it dollies straight to the man stationed inside the circle. Spirit still aren't even halfway
fired in full and wide, 78mph, Cullen aims an ambitious reverse-sweep, doesn't connect
Out comes Blake Cullen at No. 9
pace off and Bopara slices high to short third! Thousand-yard stare from Ravi, as he heads for the pavilion. Canny bowling from the Durham lad, slow and wide and Bopara's attempt to flog it down the ground goes belly up
pitched up and biffed down the ground to long-on
slower ball goes wrong, looping away into the tramlines
Raine again, bowled tidily
pushed through quicker, van der Merwe goes for the reverse-slap this time... doesn't connect. Story of Spirit's night
plenty of air, 49mph and spinning through as RvdM aims leg side and misses
moves across early again, tossed up on leg stump and it deflects off the front pad as Bopara swings and misses
looped up wide of the stumps, clubbed down the ground to long-on
Free hit
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Lord's, London | |
Toss | Northern Superchargers (Men), elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2021 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 3 August 2021 - night (100-ball match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Northern Superchargers (Men) 2, London Spirit (Men) 0 |