| The Hundred males’s competitors, Kia Oval |
| Oval Invincibles 189-4 (100 balls): Jacks 68 (42), Klaasen 46* (24); Mitchell 2-16 |
| London Spirit 187-8 (100 balls): Rossington 61 (32), Critchley 32* (13); Jacks 2-22 |
| Oval Invincibles received by two runs |
| Scorecard. Table |
Oval Invincibles held their nerve to beat London Spirit by two runs amid last-ball drama in The Hundred.
The Spirit wanted six to win from the final supply however though Matt Critchley may solely hit a single, they bought a second probability when Sam Curran was proven to have bowled a no-ball.
With three to win and two to tie for Spirit, Curran bowled Chris Wood and secured an exhilarating win.
Victory strikes Invincibles four points clear at the top of the lads’s desk.
Curran’s no-ball would have been altogether extra pricey have been it not for an unimaginable diving cease from Ross Whiteley to deny Critchley six when the earlier ball regarded to be crusing over the rope.
Critchley saved Spirit within the contest with some brutal late hitting as he scored 32 not out off 13, however was left at the non-striker’s finish for the replayed last supply, having solely jogged a single off what he thought was the final ball.
Invincibles move to 9 points, forward of a gaggle of 5 groups, led by Northern Superchargers, on 5 points, with the Spirit an extra level again in seventh.
With the groups so congested, Spirit can nonetheless qualify for the knockout stage regardless of profitable simply one in every of their first 5 video games.
The staff that finishes top of the group stage goes straight into the ultimate, with second and third competing in an eliminator for the prospect to be part of them.
What else do you want to know?
- Will Jacks thumped a blistering 68 from 42 balls because the Invincibles posted 189-4 after which took two key wickets within the Spirit chase.
- The Invincibles hit 12 sixes of their innings, with four apiece for Jacks and Heinrich Klaasen, three for Curran (35* off 17) and Jason Roy getting the opposite.
- Klaasen is now the main run-scorer on this 12 months’s males’s Hundred with 171 in six innings. Jacks (169) had overtaken his injured team-mate Jordan Cox (168) however Klaasen went previous him later within the Invincibles innings.
- Adam Rossington bought the Spirit chase off to a flying begin and likewise bludgeoned four sixes, reaching his half-century from 22 balls.
- However, Rossington was the third of three Spirit wickets to fall within the area of six balls – and the second in three balls for Jacks – because the Invincibles regarded to have seized management.
- Spirit captain Dan Lawrence made 24 from 11 balls however when he departed with 42 runs wanted from 16 balls, the sport appeared to be over earlier than Critchley intervened to arrange a surprising finale.
‘A loopy end’ – what they stated
Match Hero, Oval Invincibles’ Will Jacks: “What a loopy end. I believed we might received it twice, however I’m simply glad we bought over the road in the long run.
“I knew I used to be going to be below the pump with the ball however I strive to assume like a batter in these conditions, and assume what would I not need to face.
“We’ll take a whole lot of confidence from these final two wins the place we have defended effectively.”
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