Sam Curran fireworks set up thrilling Oval Invincibles win over Northern Superchargers
Adam Lyth scores fastest Hundred fifty but home side recover from poor start to seal chase
11/08Result
9th Match, The Hundred Men's Competition at London, Aug 11 2022
Player of the Match
11/08Result
9th Match, The Hundred Men's Competition at London, Aug 11 2022
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
A Lyth
79(33) 3x4 - 8x6
Control %90%
- Productive Shot
- slog shot
- 31 runs
- 0x4 - 5x6
SM Curran
60(39) 2x4 - 5x6
Control %76%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot
- 16 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
Best performances - Bowlers
SP Narine
- O4
- M0
- R11
- W3
- Eco2.75
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
DJ Bravo
- O4
- M0
- R29
- W2
- Eco7.25
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
Match Details
Toss
Oval Invincibles (Men) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
11 August 2022 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Oval Invincibles (Men) 2, Northern Superchargers (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Scorecard Summary
NORTHERN SUPERCHARGERS (MEN) 157/7 (20 OVERS)
- Adam Lyth79 (33)
- Michael Pepper16 (19)
- Sunil Narine3/11 (4)
- Sam Curran1/26 (4)
OVAL INVINCIBLES (MEN) 158/7 (19.2 OVERS)
- Sam Curran60 (39)
- Jordan Cox48 (29)
- Dwayne Bravo2/29 (4)
- Craig Miles1/21 (3.2)
Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Alan Gardner
6pm: That's the closest, most-entertaining result we've had in this season's competition. Invincibles were 21 for 3 after 20 balls, but battled back into contention and then clinched victory with a flurry of Curran (Sam and Tom) sixes at the end. Somehow Adam Lyth, who flayed 79 from 33 to take Superchargers to 117 for 2 with 29 balls to go, ended up on the losing side. Anyway, no time to stop and draw breath, because the women's Hundred is about to get going in front of a packed house - head over and join Vish Ehantharajah for the toss, and we'll have more on the Curran heroics here shortly
Here's Sam Curran, the Match Hero for his 60 off 39 and 1 for 26: "Amazing game. The Hundred almost needed that. The blood's rushing. Those games give you a lot of confidence. Narine was class, he's that anchor in our side, always gets 2-3 wickets. The captain, Jason, had a great day as well. We spoke about me and Coxy taking it as deep as possible. You can catch up quite easily on this ground, and Tom with those sixes showed at the end"
19.2
2
Miles to TK Curran, 2 runs, dropped at mid-on, and Invincibles win! Faf du Plessis, of all people, shells a simple take running to his left, and that allows Curran to go back for two and complete a rip-roaring win for the home side
19.2
2w
Miles to Briggs, 2 wides, Briggs looks to scoop, the ball spins down leg and Curran yells his partner through. And it's a wide, too!
19.1
1
Miles to TK Curran, 1 run, short ball, Curran hammers a pull... doesn't carry to RvdM! He's in the thick of the action, van der Merwe. Raced in from deep square and threw himself full length, but couldn't quite get there
Craig Miles to finish things. Five needed from five
END OF OVER:19 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | OI-M: 153/7 (5 runs required from 5 balls, RR: 8.05, RRR: 5.00)
- Danny Briggs1 (1b)
- Tom Curran15 (5b)
- David Wiese3.5-0-44-1
- Dwayne Bravo3.5-0-29-2
18.5
1
Wiese to Briggs, 1 run, slower ball on the stumps, nurdled into a gap at midwicket
All of which means, Invincibles need 6 from six with Danny Briggs at the crease on strike
18.4
W
Wiese to Haynes, OUT, screamer from Roela! Taken at mid-off! Haynes was looking to clatter a back-of-a-length ball down the ground, thought he had got it past the man, only for van der Merwe to fly full length into the picture and hold on with the fingertips of one hand!
JA Haynes c van der Merwe b Wiese 2 (6m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
18.3
1
Wiese to TK Curran, 1 run, pitched up, whirly helicopter wrists from Curran, just one to deep midwicket
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