dragged on, and good night! Little picks up the final wicket as Milne swings hard and edges the ball into off stump. Originals do the business, winning by 49 runs and in some comfort
Originals vs Phoenix, 10th Match at Manchester, Men's Hundred, Aug 07 2023 - Match Result
Originals won by 49 runs
9.15pm: Double-header double-bubble for the home crowd today. Jos Buttler's side claim their first victory of the season, putting in an impressive team display to first set a stiff target and then dismantle Phoenix in their chase. Buttler and Usama Mir shone with the bat, before Tom Hartley turned the screw with 3 for 13. Usama also picked up two wickets and is named the Match Hero: "Happy with my performance. Working hard at my batting, back myself and wanted to show my skills. Proper shots and I got success. Mixed it up with the ball, different paces to unsettle the batsmen. [Bad weather] Annoying but this is my first experience of the Hundred, it's a different feeling that I can't describe." And that's a wrap for tonight, we'll be back for more from Lord's tomorrow. Bye!
slower ball aimed towards the tramlines... but it is too wide for the umpire
slips in the yorker, wide line and it skids through to the keeper
banged into the pitch at 88mph, clothed towards mid-off for one
Little will bowl the last five
low full toss, misses off stump but a few inches
goes full outside off, pace off and he can't connect with this one
cleaned out over long-on! In the slot and Richardson connects, launching a 4 iron down the fairway
goes for the yorker, 85mph and dug out effectively to deep midwicket by Milne
slower ball, full on the stumps and carted out to deep midwicket
Last 10, and even sixes won't do it for Phoenix. Gleeson to bowl
similar line, angling across at 86mph, again Richardson can't lay bat on it
short ball wide of off, swing and a miss
dropped! A dolly at deep backward square leg, Holden the fielder as Milne skied a pull. Takes some of the glare off Usama, I suppose
back of a length, carved over the infield, they get a couple out towards deep cover
back of a length, 88mph, Milne backs away and swipes at it. They scamper one as Little boots the ball towards the stumps, but misses
Little returns
Kane Richardson walks out at No. 11
toe-ended back to the bowler, Phoenix nine down! Driven into the pitch wide of off stump and Helm chips it straight back, a simple catch for Hartley's third wicket
tossed up and worked into a gap at midwicket for two
fired down and clipped back to the bowler's right, Hartley fields
Tom Helm is in
Howell heaves to deep midwicket! Had to go for the big shot but didn't quite get the connection to the longer side, Salt it out on the rope and he takes it safely above his head. Hartley gets another and Originals are almost home here
pushed through and straightening outside off, steered off the back foot towards backward point
Hartley to finish his allocation
full on the stumps and dug out to long-on for one more
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Old Trafford, Manchester | |
Toss | Birmingham Phoenix (Men), elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 07 August 2023 - night (100-ball match) |
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TV Umpire | |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Manchester Originals (Men) 2, Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 0 |