slower ball, defended to point, Turner gets up the other end - Manchester Originals win by five wickets and will contest the final against Trent Rockets at Lord's
Spirit vs Originals, Eliminator at Southampton, Sep 02 2022, The Hundred Men's Competition
Originals won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
9.05pm: It was comfortable in the end, set up by a blistering opening stand worth 101 off 50 balls - and with captain Laurie Evans blasting what turned out to be a decisive 72 off 34. Originals' comeback from losing their first three games is (almost) complete. Just like Southern Brave last year, they've won six in a row. Can Dawid Malan and co stop them in their tracks tomorrow? As has been the way through much of the Hundred, most of the drama today was reserved for the women's game. But anyway, the Originals march on and Rockets will be primed for them. It's all set up for the finale at Lord's, so join us again tomorrow for 400 balls of fun. What's not to like? (Don't answer that...) Bye!
Laurie Evans is the Match Hero: "I would have enjoyed it more if I'd finished the job off. Great to get over the line, team have been incredible, six in a row and we go again. {Opening stand] We felt like we had to go hard in the powerplay, knowing it would break up. Didn't want to leave too much for the guys in the back end. Been the story of our campaign, different guys have stepped up. Been so enjoyable to be part of. [Captaincy] I'd rather have Jos here, huge player to be missed. No secret, just good blokes having a good time and playing some good cricket, working hard for each other. Trent have been fantastic, the pressure will be on them to win as the best team. We'll just go there and try to cause an upset."
London Spirit captain Eoin Morgan: "[Where went wrong?] With the bat unfortunately. Thought we were in a magnificent position to past 165-170. The feedback from the partnership at the top was it was a really good wicket to bat on but we didn't capitalise. The Originals came out and played beautifully, we talked about breaking the partnership and getting into the game but it came a bit too late. We started well but haven't continued to get better. Originals capitalised on conditions more than we did tonight. They deserve to be in the final, they've outplayed us, outbatted us and outbowled us. Formula we stumbled upon, played well when batting first. Chasing hasn't been our forte. It was a case of trying to stick to our forte, but we couldn't get enough runs for our bowlers. [Future?] Tournament's quite a long way away next year. Loved the pod, loved spending more time at home with my family. Who knows next year."
shuffles down and clips through the ring, beats Morgan himself at midwicket and then the dive of Crawley at mid-on, before trundling into the rope
Morgan brings an extra fielder into the ring
goes for the yorker, Lammonby stumbles as he tucks to leg and then has to throw himself full length at the other end as the throw comes in!
slower ball, moves across on off and tucks it leg side, into a gap for two
Just a couple of hits away now. Ellis for his final set
hacked past the keeper for four more! Tries to come down and gets a fat outside edge. Fortune favouring the Brave Originals
legcutter, Turner is across and taps one more square
slower ball, full outside off and dabbed through the covers
short on the body, helped to fine leg! Just what Originals needed, a freebie boundary to settle the nerves for this set
"Real shame Spirit bowled so badly for the first 50 balls or this could have been a great finish to watch for the neutral," reckons Shane
round the wicket, 83mph and it nips away, past the outside edge with Lammonby looking to come down
Thompson is back, the requirement just 18 off 20. Spirit need to keep taking wickets
floated up on the stumps, the left-hander reaches out and paddles fine for one
Tom Lammonby
miscued to backward point! Gets a bit of dip and grip, Stubbs has to reach a long way and closes the face fractionally. Big leading edge, well held by Dawson diving forwards. Spirit aren't letting go
tossed up full, dragged into the leg side. Crane gives chase
tossed up wide, clattered past extra cover! Using his long reach, powered wide of long-off and into the ropes
googly, sliding leg side, flicked off the hip
Morgan goes back to Crane, final set for the leggie. Originals need 24 off 25
steered through backward point, into a gap for a couple
In comes Ashton Turner
ripped him out, pinpoint yorker! Perfectly judged, beats Madsen for pace and rattles into the base of middle and leg. Had struggled for timing and now loses his wicket. Spirit still scrapping here
slower ball outside off, Stubbs drops it in front of point and trots the one
Required rate goes back below 1
belted through midwicket! Shorter, straighter but dealt with just as dismissively, mowed over the inner ring and away
pace on, slapped down the ground, mid-off was up and Stubbs drives his long levers through the line for a much-needed four
Ellis again
back of a length and driven through the covers standing tall. Again they keep them to one, the rate ticking up a touch
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The Rose Bowl, Southampton | |
Toss | London Spirit (Men), elected to bat first |
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Season | 2022 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | Manchester Originals (Men) advanced |
Match days | 2 September 2022 - night (100-ball match) |
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