a low full toss on leg, and whipped to fine leg. Good work by the man at deep-backward square, as he runs and slides to his right to prevent a boundary, The throw goes to the keeper, who whips the bails off. Duffy is the fielder, and he finds Clark short of the crease. So that's another run-out, and Invincibles win by 16 runs
N S-Chargers vs Invincibles, 25th Match at Leeds, Men's Hundred, Aug 23 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Thanks for joining us for the first of the men's double-header Saturday at the Hundred. The next bit of action is about to get underway soon, as London Spirit and Southern Brave meet at Lord's. Until next time, take care and good night!
Harry Brook is the Player of the Match: "The boys played beautifully on a good pitch. To get to nearly 200 was perfect in the first innings. We assess the conditions as quickly as possible. The boys bowled beautifully. We were a bit unlucky at times. We're happy with the momentum we take into the next game."
5.16pm A comfortable win in the end for Superchargers after their batters laid the foundation for a huge total. One look at Invincibles' scorecard shows everyone bar Billings getting a start in the top seven, but neither of the six batters went on to have an impact in the chase. Ferreira cracked 41 off 15 balls to speed things up, but by then, it was too late. Eventually, table toppers Invincibles fell 16 runs short, leaving them level on 20 points with Superchargers, who are behind only on NRR.
on the bounce to the man at deep-backward square leg, as he pulls at a slower ball which is shortish in length
fullish ball, and whipped to wide long-on for two
Clark is the new batter.
on the bounce to deep midwicket's right. He has a hoick at this length ball on leg, and can't find the gap between deep-backward square leg and deep midwicket. Oh, wait!! He's run-out in going for a second. The non-reaction almost made me miss that. In fact, he was well short of the crease when the throw landed at the keeper's end
Curran backs away, and Potts follows by going for a yorker outside leg. Squeezed out to point
Potts will bowl.
Invincibles need 24 runs off five balls. In short, a miracle.
slower and fuller, and just outside off. Swept away to fine leg off the inside half of the bat
fullish and flatter, and around fifth stump. Billings goes reversing again, but is beaten
boundary at last for Billings! This time he successfully reverse sweeps this full and dipping ball wide of off. The ball flew over short third
full and slow around sixth stump. Billings goes for the reverse sweep, and the ball goes between Pepper's legs
full and slow, and on leg. Heaved away to deep midwicket
wide ball. He advances down the track, and Rashid bowls full and wide of off. Pepper can't collect it cleanly, and the batters push for another run
Rashid back.
wow!! How did that go over the man at short third?! Curran opens the face of the bat at this length ball outside off, and does so bang at the right time. He swings his bat as well, and bags four
slower ball, and a dipping full toss on off. Flicked to deep midwicket for two
Tom Curran in.
gone!! Ferreira's fun is over. He gave it his all to bring his side back, and falls while going for another boundary. Short delivery from Duffy on the stumps, as Ferreira went for the pull, but the extra bounce seemed to have done it for Duffy. The ball went off the top half of the bat to long-on
another six!! This one was launched off the bat. It sailed over the long-off boundary, as Duffy bowled a low full toss outside off, and Ferreira went through the line
six!! Flayed away wide of long-on. He bends a little at this length delivery slightly wide of off, and dumps it deep into the stands
Here's Duffy.
Time-out.
one bounce, and over the cover-point boundary. Another full toss - a high-ish one - around sixth stump, as Ferreira swats at it, and gets it over the circle for another four
bang!! Swung away over long-on. Quite full on the stumps, and Ferreira frees his arms for a six
skips down the pitch, and Samit bowls a wide yorker outside off. Ferreira misses his attempted hoick, and Pepper stops the ball even as Ferreira skips back into the crease
yorker, and wide of off. This time Ferreira is beaten as he looks to slash
another full toss - this is higher, though - and this time Ferreira just beats Rashid at short third. He looks to loft, but gets it off the outside half of the bat
slashed behind point! Full toss wide of off, and Ferreira had a big heave at it
Samit back.