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Best performances - Batsmen

PD Salt
PD Salt
60(41) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 22 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
16 0 11 3 17 1 2 10
JJ Roy
JJ Roy
30(22) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 11 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
4 4 9 1 3 4 1 4

Best performances - Bowlers

SW Currie
O4
M0
R28
W4
Eco7
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
TS Mills
TS Mills
O4
M0
R22
W3
Eco5.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Southern Brave (Men) , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.30 start, First Session 18.30-19.35, Interval 19.35-19.50, Second Session 19.50-20.55

Match days

6 August 2025 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Southern Brave (Men) 4, Manchester Originals (Men) 0

Balls per over

5

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Matt Roller

9.22pm: What a bizarre game of 100-ball cricket, clinched by the 13th four of Reece Topley's 199-match T20 career. Thanks for tuning in tonight, and we'll be back tomorrow to bring you the Superchargers against the Fire at Headingley.

ShahSafeer: "This region of the world is not stopping to produce nail biters anytime soon"

Tymal Mills is named Match Hero. "[Never in doubt?] We managed to somehow get ourselves in a position where it was in our hands. Craig-O pulled some big hits out. Always great to win close games like that. [Own batting?] Bat on ball was the main thing. Brilliant knock from him. Try to take it as deep as we could. [Bowling?] It was a wicket that rewarded you for hitting the pitch hard. We were a bit full in the Powerplay. We tried to communicate as quickly as possible. We were happy at halfway, and probably made harder work of it then we would have liked. [Result?] A win is important, only an eight-game group stage. Hopefully it gives us some really good momentum."

9.17pm: Phew. That should have been a cruise for Southern Brave who were absolutely flying towards their target when Jason Roy got stuck into James Anderson. The Originals fought back well through Currie, Noor and Baker, leaving 26 required off the last 11. But then Overton, Mills and Topley got busy, and took the Brave home with a ball to spare.

19.4
4
Gregory to Topley, FOUR, width outside off... Topley wins it! Flashes hard outside his off stump, beats the diving point fielder, and it dribbles away to the rope. Great moment for Topley on debut... but the Originals will wonder how on earth they have lost this!

Reece Topley. Top score in his previous 198 T20s is 14 not out. 1 not out off 1 ball would do nicely right now for the Brave. 3 required off 2. Buttler is down to one glove.

19.3
W
Gregory to Mills, OUT, picks out deep cover! Oh no! Tymal Mills, what were you thinking? Looks to win it off his own bat, throwing his hands at a length ball, but it's melted straight to Currie on the rope. This is going all the way to the wire

TS Mills c Currie b Gregory 8 (8m 4b 0x4 1x6) SR: 200

Overton and Mills have a mid-pitch meeting. "Nothing silly," is surely the message. Take a single and get the big man back on strike? 3 off 3 required.

19.2
1
Gregory to Overton, 1 run, sits up from outside off, swung down to long-on for one

4 off 4, two wickets in hand.

19.1
0
Gregory to Overton, no run, back of a length, looks to slap him away through the off side but can only miscue back on the bounce

Lewis Gregory will bowl the final five balls. Somerset to Somerset. Square leg, midwicket and long-on are back, plus third man and point.

Pete: "I may have spoken too soon..."

END OF OVER:
19 | 16 Runs | SB-M: 128/8 (4 runs required from 5 balls, RR: 6.73, RRR: 4.00)

  • Tymal Mills8 (3b)
  • Craig Overton17 (6b)
  • Sonny Baker3.5-0-26-2
  • Scott Currie3.5-0-28-4
18.5
1
Baker to Mills, 1 run, wide on the crease, beaten for pace by the in-ducker and Mills is struck on the back hip. But the ball balloons away into the off side, and they pinch the single

Originals need a wicket. Brave need to get Overton back on strike.

18.4
1
Baker to Overton, 1 run, short ball, pulled off the ribs down to Noor at long leg. They think about two, but decide against

Brave 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st14JM VinceJL du Plooy
2nd32JJ RoyJL du Plooy
3rd19JJ RoyJM Coles
4th17LJ EvansJJ Roy
5th9JJ RoyHWR Cartwright
6th1JJ RoyMG Bracewell
7th9CJ JordanMG Bracewell
8th3MG BracewellC Overton
9th25TS MillsC Overton
10th4RJW TopleyC Overton