END OF OVER:
20 | 6 Runs | SB-M: 130/7 (18 runs required, RR: 6.50)

  • Jofra Archer6 (9b)
  • Craig Overton22 (11b)
  • Sam Curran3.5-0-25-0
  • Tom Curran2.5-0-28-0

9.16pm It's almost time for the trophy-lift. Sam Billings, once again, has the honours. His team are up on the stage, and the moment is upon us. Off go the fireworks, another complete squad performance from the best outfit in the competition's short history. That's a wrap from the 2024 Hundred, I hope you enjoyed our coverage, and remember, it's a Test-match week! Join us again on Wednesday at Old Trafford for England vs Sri Lanka. From Miller, Alan, Ranjith and the team, good night!

9.10pm A super end to the Invincibles' campaign, and an especially heartening display from Saqib Mahmood after his injury-wrecked two years. England won't be far away on that sort of display. With Atkinson and Johnson absent, it was another big performance from a big quick.

Laurie Evans: "Gutted, third year in a row [after two with Manchester Originals]. I don't know what to say. This game means a lot, you take pride in what you do, Saqib made a great spell, trophies define a career and I'll remember the ones I've lost. It was chaseable, we were in it all the way, Saqib bowled a great spell, can't do much about that"

9.01pm That is the end of that. Oval Invincibles make it two in two, to go along with the back-to-back women's titles in 2021 and 2022, to announce arguably the first Hundred dynasty! Superb captaincy from Sam Billings in the field, where Adam Zampa and Saqib Mahmood, with three wickets in seven balls, were the key men. Jacks starred with bat and ball too, Jordan Cox and Tom Curran played key roles with the bat. Brave did brilliantly to reach the final, but they were a distant second-best tonight.

Adam Zampa: "It was a funny game, could have got more with the bat, but put them under pressure, got key wickets at the right time. The Vince wicket, he's a big player for them, when we got him out we knew we could put the middle-order under pressure. I love this tournament, days like today, it's a good event."

Will Jacks: "Amazing feeling, last five balls, when you know you're going to win, amazing, I've struggled for runs, but I know my role and did well today. People look to target me, nipped it down the slope, huge moment [getting Vince].

Sam Billings: "A real team effort throughout the tournament, probably better than last year. Didn't all go our way but that's the strength of our group. Mahmood, amazing ten balls. Huge part of the game, a turning point, as was the Vince wicket. The game ebbs and flows, 50-50 throughout, if you get a couple of wickets here at Lord's it's very difficult. A few sore heads in the morning but you deserve it, your career goes past so quietly, so celebrating with a group of mates is very special."

Sean: "Terrific entertainment- the best 100 ball tournament on the planet! "

19.5
0
SM Curran to Archer, no run, huge swing across the line, no contact, Invincibles win the 2024 Men's Hundred!
19.4
1
SM Curran to Overton, 1 run, wide line, back of a length, can't connect cleanly. Just a single to long-on. Overton's work is done, and so, frankly, is Curran's
19.3
4
SM Curran to Overton, FOUR, yanked lustily up and over long-on, good levers from Overton but it's all academic now

28,860 in attendance for the men's final, to follow the 22,000 for the women. Good numbers

19.2
1
SM Curran to Archer, 1 run, bashed out of the full length, gathered at long-on, and barring no-balls, this one is toast

Four sixes it is then...

19.1
0
SM Curran to Archer, no run, full and wide, swinging away, out of Jofra's arc, he can't lay a bat on it. Very close to the wide line!

Sam Curran to close it out

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs | SB-M: 124/7 (24 runs required from 5 balls, RR: 6.52, RRR: 24.00)

  • Craig Overton17 (9b)
  • Jofra Archer5 (6b)
  • Tom Curran2.5-0-28-0
  • Sam Curran2.5-0-19-0

24 from 5 is... a big ask

18.5
1
TK Curran to Overton, 1 run, slower ball, winds up for the launch, but has to check his stroke and settle for a pulled drive to the on-side
18.4
2
TK Curran to Overton, 2 runs, full length, slapped hard, up into the ball and dragged to the leg-side, mopped up at wide long-on
18.3
6
TK Curran to Overton, SIX, toe-ended up and over wide long-off, Cox so nearly does brilliantly! He took the catch well enough, but his right foot touched the rope before he could release the relay attempt, which fell short of his team-mate anyway
18.2
0
TK Curran to Overton, no run, pace off again, ghosts through to the keeper past a wafty slog
18.1
1
TK Curran to Archer, 1 run, cracked hard off the back foot, pace off from Curran, Malan interrupts his player-mic duties to pounce at short cover

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | SB-M: 114/7 (34 runs required from 10 balls, RR: 6.33, RRR: 17.00)

  • Craig Overton8 (5b)
  • Jofra Archer4 (5b)
  • Sam Curran2.5-0-19-0
  • Adam Zampa3.5-0-26-2

Curran takes a dent, but it's still a hefty 34 needed from 10

17.5
6
SM Curran to Overton, SIX, that sounded better! Overton hoists a huge meaty swing up into the length, crashed high over square leg!

Aamir Khan : "12:45AM here in Pakistan. Surely all over for Braves. How Important that innings of T. Curran"

17.4
1
SM Curran to Archer, 1 run, thrashed off the back foot, gathered at long-off
17.3
1
SM Curran to Overton, 1 run, pace off, hoisted high out to midwicket, not enough beans through that as Lammonby sweeps up in the deep
17.2
1
SM Curran to Archer, 1 run, thwacked off the back foot, to the on-side. Just a single, scuffed to mid-on
17.1
1
SM Curran to Overton, 1 run, huge wind-up through the inswinger, dragged to short backward square. Lost his shape there but didn't lose his poles

Fifteen balls to go. Is there a miracle in store? Sam Curran thinks not...

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SB-M: 104/7 (44 runs required from 15 balls, RR: 6.11, RRR: 14.66)

  • Jofra Archer2 (3b)
  • Craig Overton0 (2b)
  • Adam Zampa3.5-0-26-2
  • Saqib Mahmood3.5-0-17-3

Zampa bowls out with 19 wickets in the tournament, which I believe draws him level with Mills for the tournament. Indeed it does.

16.5
1
Zampa to Archer, 1 run, looped up, low full-toss on the pads, nudged to the on-side
16.4
1lb
Zampa to Overton, 1 leg bye, back of a length, slapped off the top of off stump, out to point
16.3
0
Zampa to Overton, no run, tossed up, and dipping into the pads, deflected to the on-side

Manoj: "Excellent captaincy from Billings there to give next set to Mahmood, he saw pollard was struggling there against the deliveries which was going both the ways. Priced heavily !!"

16.2
W
Zampa to Jordan, OUT, clean through him! Wicket to wicket, full length, no idea which way it was turning. This one just runs down the hill, into the middle stump and that is surely the game now

CJ Jordan b Zampa 1 (4m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

16.1
1lb
Zampa to Archer, 1 leg bye, leg-sided, but flicks the pad to spare Zampa the wide, deflected behind square

As if it wasn't bleak enough for Brave, here's Zampa

END OF OVER:
16 | 2 Runs 2 Wkts | SB-M: 101/6 (47 runs required from 20 balls, RR: 6.31, RRR: 11.75)

  • Chris Jordan1 (2b)
  • Jofra Archer1 (1b)
  • Saqib Mahmood3.5-0-17-3
  • Saqib Mahmood3.5-0-17-3
15.5
0
Mahmood to Jordan, no run, tight line again, attacking the top of off, poked into the covers. Mahmood's work is done, and if that's not a Meerkat-winning performance, then I'm a ferret

Harsh S.: "These are turning out to be a momentum changing two sets from Mahmood."

15.4
1
Mahmood to Archer, 1 run, inswinger, on the full length, tucked to the on-side
15.3
W
Mahmood to Evans, OUT, punched in the air, straight at short cover! What a sensational set for Mahmood! Three in seven, this was just a touch back of a length, but straight as a die. Evans was committed to the lofted drive, and you could hear his groan on the stump mic before the ball had even reached its destination!

LJ Evans c Malan b Mahmood 16 (18m 10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 160.00

Peter: "Anyone for a super over? I get the feeling Miller ran out of fingers last night, so maybe not him. " I ran out of wifi three balls from the end of normal time too, which was suboptimal...

15.2
1
Mahmood to Jordan, 1 run, pressed on the front foot to the off-side, a run at last off Mahmood
15.1
W
Mahmood to Pollard, OUT, nailed by the inducker! Due reward for a formidable spell from Mahmood, it was a tight initial line, very full length, zipping down the slope and despite the review, Pollard is pinned in from for a four-ball duck! Not sure he laid a bat on any of those!

KA Pollard lbw b Mahmood 0 (3m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Time for a Time-Out, with this final seven-eighths complete... the phone-lights are out in force, great atmosphere for this contest. Mahmood will bowl his final five straight through

Brave 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st58JM VinceAL Davies
2nd3JM VinceJL du Plooy
3rd5JL du PlooyJM Coles
4th33LJ EvansJL du Plooy
5th0KA PollardLJ Evans
6th1LJ EvansCJ Jordan
7th2CJ JordanJC Archer
8th28C OvertonJC Archer