And Curran wins it with the runs to take him to 50 from 32 deliveries! Length, punched off the back foot to deep cover. It was a tricky second run but Billings makes it to the danger end. Victory by seven wickets and 11 deliveries to spare
Brave vs Invincibles, 19th Match at Southampton, Men's Hundred, Aug 18 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
19th Match (D/N), Southampton, August 18, 2025, The Hundred Men's Competition
133
(89/100 balls, T:134) 134/3
Invincibles won by 7 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
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Right, that's all from us tonight! Join us tomorrow as Trent Rockets host Manchester Originals at Trent Bridge
9:20pm The Meerkat Match Hero is Sam Curran with 3 for 21 and an unbeaten 50 to see his side over the line: "The way the table is placed at the moment, it was a really good win to get on the board.
"I'm really enjoying it. Turning up to work and playing with your mates, with coaches that know you, it's great. There's not really too much about the table... we know our strengths. We're back at the Oval on Thursday (Trent Rockets), then play Saturday (Northern Superchargers) and Monday (London Spirit). Fingers crossed we stay positive and keep going well."
9:17pm DaWolf: "Invincibles so far this season - bowl first 80, 128, 133. Bat first 180 (lost!) and 226. It's not just the wins column. It's how they are winning."
9:14pm You know, the margin of victory makes that seem closer than it was... but the gap in class evident by the drop-off from Brave's bowlers. Overton and Archer excellent up top to reduce Invincibles to 18 for 2 after 17 balls. But a 101-run stand between Cox (56) and Curran (50) settled matters. Both deserved their half-centuries
89
2
Thompson to Sam Curran, 2 runs
88
1
Thompson to Billings, 1 run
Mid-crease, defended but loses sight of the ball. It's just to his left as Curran calls him through... and Thompson misses a side-foot that would have had Curran run out! Open goal missed
87
4
Thompson to Billings, FOUR runs
Larruped over to midwicket! A series of plays and misses interspersed by boundaries. This time he charges length, cross-bats away to the leg side
86
•
Thompson to Billings, no run
Great lift, great pace, flies through at 83mph and stings Evans' gloves. Billings' attempt to work that away finds nothing but air
Thompson again, 7 needed
after 85 balls8 runs • 1 wicket
OI-M: 127/3Need 7 from 15 balls
Sam Billings8 (4b 2x4)
Sam Curran48 (31b 4x4 2x6)
Tymal Mills 1/37 (15)
85
4
Mills to Billings, FOUR runs
Wide on the crease, entices the drive again... but edged through first slip - vacant - for four!
84
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Mills to Billings, no run
Back to outside off, similar line as two balls ago, 87mph, beats a Billings drive!
83
4
Mills to Billings, FOUR runs
The captain gets it away! Into the hip, angled in, flicked away just behind square, bisecting deep square and long leg
82
•
Mills to Billings, no run
Beats the edge! Angled in, nipping away, pace on, too - 84mph.
15 off 19... new batter - Sam Billings - at the crease. Is there a sting here?
81
W
Mills to Cox, OUT
Cox nails to cover! Mills figures get a little prettier, as this one sits up in the pitch - 78mph - and Cox hammers that superbly but straight at Cartwright at extra cover. Excellent catch even though it went straight to him. Cox quite can't believe it, it's probably the best he's hit the ball this evening
Jordan Cox c Cartwright b Mills 56 (37b 7x4 2x6 56m) SR: 151.35
Tymal Mills with his third five, around the wicket to the right-hander
CHANGE OF END
after 80 balls11 runs
OI-M: 119/2Need 15 from 20 balls
Jordan Cox56 (36b 7x4 2x6)
Sam Curran48 (31b 4x4 2x6)
Jordan Thompson 0/24 (10)
80
1
Thompson to Cox, 1 run
Mid-crease, slow (66mph) into the pitch, pulled out to deep square to bring up the century stand
DaWolf: "Still early in the competition but Invincibles are looking great for a top 3 spot by the end of the group stages. So either directly into the final, or narrowly missing out and getting in the eliminator."
79
4
Thompson to Cox, FOUR runs
Nailed through midwicket! Short, into the surface, drilled well in front of square, beyond Coles' sprint from a squarer boundary position
78
1
Thompson to Sam Curran, 1 run
Wide on the crease, full into leg stump, Curran moves to off and drives out to deep midwicket
77
4
Thompson to Sam Curran, FOUR runs
Nicked craftily for four! Curran moves to the leg side, Thompson follows and the left-hander adds a dainty flourish to a late dab that sends it just beyond his off stump and away to the third boundary
Around the wicket to the leftie
76
1
Thompson to Cox, 1 run
Slower ball, leg cutter at 66mph, skips up off a length into Cox, who is taken by surprise but holds his shape long enough to punch down to long on
The partnership between Cox and Curran is currently 90 from 58 deliveries. Jordan Thompson back into the attack. His first 5 went for 13...
after 75 balls4 runs
OI-M: 108/2Need 26 from 25 balls
Sam Curran43 (29b 3x4 2x6)
Jordan Cox50 (33b 6x4 2x6)
Jofra Archer 0/19 (20)
75
1
Archer to Sam Curran, 1 run
Into the arm pit, dug in sharply, worked around the corner to Mills at deep third. SO ends an excellent 20 from Archer, going of just 19... but with nothing to show for it!
74
1
Archer to Cox, 1 run
Top of off, bus-wheeled to midwicket where Cartwright fails to gather, with the ball ricocheting off him for a single. That's an incredibly tough fifty from Cox! Kept his nerve along with Curran here...
73
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Archer to Cox, no run
Tight to the stumps again, into middle and off, 92mph! Cox pushes back to him and Archer's palms sting as he goes to collect and shy back at the batter. Doesn't gather in the end
72
1
Archer to Sam Curran, 1 run
Mid-crease, into the surface, Curran hands back, defends to cover and sets off for a dicey run... Bracewell picks up, throw flat, but just off line enough for Cox to waltz through in the end
72
1w
Archer to Sam Curran, 1 wide
Full, length, down the leg side! Archer wonders if there's a bit of glove but there isn't
71
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Archer to Sam Curran, no run
Starts with a yorker, 91mph, dug out by Curran who wants a single but is sent back by Cox. Archer carries on down the pitch to try and get in on any run out action
30 needed from 30. Jofra Archer with his final five. This is the ball game, folks... around to Curran
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