The Hundred Men's and Women's - Live Scores, Match Reports, Results, Scorecards and Reactions - 26th August
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The Hundred Men's and Women's - Live Scores, Match Reports, Results, Scorecards and Reactions - 26th August
Here are all The Hundred Men's and Women's - Live Scores, Match Reports, Results, Scorecards and Reactions for the 26th August.
Top Tournament Stats - The Hundred Men's 2023
Manchester Originals vs Southern Brave (Men), Eliminator
Manchester Originals captain Jos Buttler led from the front with a magnificent 82 from 46 balls to take his side to a second successive Men’s Hundred final as they chased down 196 to overcome Southern Brave.
Brave, the tournament’s inaugural champions in 2021, looked firm favourites at the Kia Oval after posting an impressive 195 for one thanks to a record opening stand of 122 from 65 balls between Finn Allen and Devon Conway.
James Vince followed that up with an unbeaten 56 from 25 – but Buttler eclipsed them all with a ruthless display of hitting, sharing an opening partnership of 83 from 32 with Phil Salt (47 from 17) to set up the competition’s highest successful chase with four balls to spare.
Max Holden (31 from 17) and Laurie Evans, with an unbeaten 22 from 13, provided support to ensure last year’s beaten finalists will have a chance to go one better when they face Oval Invincibles at Lord’s on Sunday.
Manchester made three changes to the line-up that had lost to Brave earlier in the week, bringing in Holden along with seam duo Richard Gleeson and Josh Little, but the latter pair were unable to find an early breakthrough after winning the toss.
Despite edging Gleeson’s fourth ball into his own face, Allen (69 from 38) recovered to unfurl some powerful shots, the best of them a ruthless pull over midwicket for six off Little as he and Conway (51 not out from 38) began to accelerate.
Allen climbed into Calvin Harrison, slapping the leg-spinner for four before pumping his next delivery out of the ground and another straight-driven maximum off Zaman Khan took him to his half-century from 31 deliveries.
Harrison’s next set disappeared for 18, including sixes for both openers, who were just two short of breaking the record for the tournament’s highest-ever partnership when Allen was caught behind attempting to scoop Paul Walter.
The boundaries promptly dried up and Brave went 20 deliveries without one until Vince regained the initiative, targeting the leg side and racing to a half-century with the fourth of his sixes, off Jamie Overton.
With Conway also reaching 50 just before the innings closed, Brave seemed in control – yet Salt and Buttler had other ideas, savaging the bowling at the start of their reply.
Craig Overton’s first three deliveries all flew to the fence and Salt clubbed George Garton for six before handing Chris Jordan the same treatment as the Originals galloped to 82 after 30 – double their opponents’ total at the same stage.
Overton’s third set cost 21 and, although Mitchell Santner briefly checked the Manchester momentum by having Salt caught at short cover with his second ball, Holden kept his side on track by steering Garton for two sixes behind square.
Tymal Mills maintained Brave’s hopes as Holden top-edged his slower ball and Jordan prised out Buttler, who skied to point with 17 still needed, but Jamie Overton sealed victory by smashing him over mid-off for six.
Southern Brave coach STEPHEN FLEMING said:
“It was our best batting performance by far – you’ve got to be happy with any score above 170-180. We were aware it was a good surface but we were still really happy with what we’d got.
“Things didn’t really go for us and I really liked how we tried to find a way but, with the ball being a bit wet and the ground being quick, it was difficult. With nearly 400 runs and only three or four wickets, it’s hard to find a method against one of the best in the world.
“You want to get him (Buttler) early and create some pressure. It’s almost the bigger the score, the harder he’s going to come – and, with Salt as well, the more danger they pose.
“We stuck at it, there were pockets where we could have done something and created a bit of pressure, but in the end they were too good. We asked big questions of Manchester and they came out and did it, so they’re deserving of the final.”
Top Tournament Stats - The Hundred Women's 2023
Northern Superchargers vs Welsh Fire (Women), Eliminator
Northern Superchargers advanced to a first Women’s Hundred final after their eliminator against Welsh Fire was abandoned due to a lightning storm at the Kia Oval.
Fire, who finished bottom of the table in the Hundred’s first two editions, looked well-placed to complete a remarkable turnaround after reaching 104 for two from 75 balls, with Tammy Beaumont still at the crease on 37 from 30.
Beaumont, the leading run-scorer in the tournament, was dropped on five and shared an opening partnership of 59 from 45 with Sophia Dunkley (38 from 28) to give the Welsh side a strong platform.
But a sudden downturn in the weather – with lightning accompanied by rain and thunder – scuppered their chances, with Superchargers qualifying to face Southern Brave in Sunday’s final by virtue of finishing above their opponents in the table.
With the contest initially reduced to 95 balls per side after an earlier downpour, Fire opted to bat despite the slow outfield and Beaumont and Dunkley swiftly justified that decision with a lively stand.
Dunkley dominated the strike, drilling a couple of straight fours and then going one better with a clean hit off Kate Cross that sailed across the fence before scything Grace Ballinger for another four over point to raise her side’s 50.
Superchargers should have removed Beaumont early on when she skied Cross but Phoebe Litchfield, running back from mid-on, shelled the catch as well as fumbling the ball over the boundary.
Dunkley was eventually caught in the deep off Lucy Higham, while Litchfield made amends for her earlier drop by pouching a routine catch to dismiss Hayley Matthews for 10, paving the way for Laura Harris to launch a brief onslaught on the Superchargers’ attack.
Harris smashed 14 from five deliveries, including a brutal reverse slog sweep for four off Ballinger and dispatching Cross for a maximum over midwicket, but the Australian’s innings was abruptly cut short by the weather, with the match officially called off at 4.45pm.
Northern Superchargers captain HOLLIE ARMITAGE said:
“You never want the result to be like it has today, to go to a final, but I think it shows why finishing second is so important. It is a little bit bittersweet but we’re happy to be on the side that’s going to Lord’s tomorrow.
“If the result’s different in that game (winning against Fire last Tuesday) then the result’s different today. But we’ve played some really good cricket, we’ve won six out of eight games in the group stage and luckily it’s going to take us to the final.
“We’d love to have been able to take the momentum from a really promising win but the way we fielded and bowled out there takes huge momentum into the final, with the way we’ve not always previously been on the mark.
“Sometimes the weather isn’t on your side and in August it hasn’t been great in general. Tomorrow’s another day and hopefully we can come out on top and be the team picking up the trophy.”
Welsh Fire captain TAMMY BEAUMONT said:
“I’m absolutely devastated for the girls. It almost would have been easier to take if we’d been absolutely thrashed or beaten in a close one.
“The game was going nicely towards what would have been a decent total and I’d have backed the girls to defend anything. To go on previous results and table finishes is tough, but sport can be cruel – you don’t get the fairytale ending you want and dream of.
“If we’d have won on Tuesday up at Headingley, we’d have been second and we wouldn’t be complaining. It’s unfortunate we’re on the wrong side of it, but there’s nothing we can do about it.
“It would have been great with the journey we were going on after finishing last – hopefully we’ve brought a lot of pride to the team and Wales, but also Northern Superchargers are writing some history for themselves. I think they’ve been brilliant throughout the tournament, really consistent with bat and ball and I wish them all the luck in the final.”
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