- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.3 this could be an outstanding catch! Roy rifles into a full-blooded pull, soft signal is out, and the third umpire needs just one look to confirm that that has carried to Lammonby, who flung himself forward to stop a speeding bullet! Looking into the sun too, at deep midwicket. Stunning 32/30.5 bowled him! Quicker, flatter, pinned on the back foot, flaps the bat with no balance, and loses his off stump! A 200 strike-rate will suffice, I guess! Hartley is working his variations well 7/12.4 full, inswinging, pinned on the pad, gone! Tailing into the toes, Narine is stuck on the crease as he wafts through the line. And Roy tells his team-mate the review would be futile... he's wrong you know! That was missing leg! 16/26.4 spanked straight to Finn at square leg! A hard, flat sweep, but there's no finesse in the stroke. Parkinson knows his field, and Finn makes no mistake! The Invincibles are looking vincible. But then, so too were the ladies... 48/417.2 slower ball, Billings holes out to cover! Round the wicket, completely duped by the lack of pace, he was trying to hit the boosters but it came off the toe and looped gently to the edge of the ring, Joe Clarke backpedalling to take it safely 127/714.1 shortish, slogged across the line, Brathwaite leaps for the top-edge at short third! Ingram just threw the bat at that, almost cleared the man on the edge of the ring, but Brathwaite is tall enough to drag it in 105/514.3 drilled to mid-off! Finn has two in three balls! In the slot to drive but Evans couldn't stay over the ball, connected sweetly enough but it dipped nicely into Salt's hands as he plunged forward 105/617.4 played on, Klaassen gets another! The Invincibles are proving all too vincible here. Sowter the eighth wicket to fall, backing away and swinging hard but only managing an edge on to his pads and into the timber 131/8Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL145/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.25 per 6 ball)Did not bat: RJW TopleyFall of wickets: 1-7 (Sam Curran, 0.5 ov), 2-16 (Sunil Narine, 2.4 ov), 3-32 (Jason Roy, 4.3 ov), 4-48 (Will Jacks, 6.4 ov), 5-105 (Colin Ingram, 14.1 ov), 6-105 (Laurie Evans, 14.3 ov), 7-127 (Sam Billings, 17.2 ov), 8-131 (Nathan Sowter, 17.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TW Hartley 4 0 24 2 6.00 10 1 2 0 0 FJ Klaassen 3 0 23 3 7.66 5 4 0 0 0 ST Finn 3 0 22 2 7.33 6 4 0 1 0 CR Brathwaite 3 0 25 0 8.33 2 4 0 0 0 MW Parkinson 4 0 27 1 6.75 6 0 2 0 0 CG Harrison 3 0 23 0 7.66 1 1 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.4 slower ball, full length, holed out to cover! Cunning from Curran, and gullible from Salt, but that's how he rolls. Imperceptible change in pace, on the same full inswinging length, Ingram called early as the ball soared up towards the floodlights. Important early wicket 4/16.4 done by the ripper out of the surface! Buttler has no idea about this one, a flummoxed leading edge pops out to short cover, he was aiming for a flick to the leg side, but the ball spat from off to leg, cramping his intentions, and he's got to go! 41/34.1 goes for the scoop, and tickles to the keeper! First-ball strike, and Clarke's sparky cameo is done! Seam-up, getting big on the funky shot, and there's another one down in the powerplay 24/211.5 slogged to long-off! Sowts about that! Done in the flight, Munro leaning back as he attempted to blast this down the ground, sent a steepling catch to the man a few yards in from the rope 69/58.1 dances out and slaps a full toss to cover! Sowter strikes with his first ball in the Hundred, and Originals sink further! Lammonby undid himself, really, trying to get out and toe-ending it low to cover, where Ingram scooped it securely 50/419.1 pitched up and smashed downtown... but it doesn't have the legs, pouched at long-on! You thought that was right in the slot for Brathwaite, but he hung his head in frustration as Roy ran around the boundary and held it safely at chest-height 127/718.2 full toss, taken at mid-off! Harrison's hard-scrabble knock comes to an end in the dying embers... TeeCee missed his yorker by a distance but it was miscued to the edge of the ring, SCurran taking a good low catch 122/6Extras13 (lb 5, nb 2, w 6)TOTAL136/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.8 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Phil Salt, 0.5 ov), 2-24 (Joe Clarke, 4.1 ov), 3-41 (Jos Buttler, 6.4 ov), 4-50 (Tom Lammonby, 8.1 ov), 5-69 (Colin Munro, 11.5 ov), 6-122 (Calvin Harrison, 18.2 ov), 7-127 (Carlos Brathwaite, 19.1 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Manchester Originals (Men) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
22 July 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Oval Invincibles (Men) 2, Manchester Originals (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 3 wickets)
- Oval Invincibles (Men): 50 runs in 36 balls, Extras 1
- Oval Invincibles (Men): 100 runs in 69 balls, Extras 2
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (SW Billings 35, CA Ingram 17, Ex 1)
- Innings Break: Oval Invincibles (Men) - 145/8 in 100 balls (TK Curran 29, S Mahmood 1)
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 28 runs, 2 wickets)
- Balls 22: Review by Manchester Originals (Men) (Batting), Umpire - DJ Millns, Batter - C Munro (Upheld)
- Manchester Originals (Men): 50 runs in 40 balls, Extras 3
- Manchester Originals (Men): 100 runs in 81 balls, Extras 10
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (CR Brathwaite 27, CG Harrison 21, Ex 2)
Match Coverage
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