Dawid Malan struck an impressive 98 from 44 balls as Trent Rockets accomplished the best run-chase of the boys’s Hundred to thrash Manchester Originals.
Phil Salt starred with an unbeaten 70 for the Originals as they posted 189-3, the second-highest total scored within the competitors.
But Malan, with assist from Alex Hales and Tom Kohler-Cadmore, made the chase look easy as his crew reached the total for the lack of simply two wickets and with six balls to spare.
Malan’s stylish innings included 9 sixes and adopted his unbeaten 88 against Northern Superchargers.
Originals would have been assured on the midway stage, boosted by Salt’s knock and Tristan Stubbs’ 27 from simply 10 balls.
But these hopes quickly diminished when Malan and Hales smashed a partnership of 85 from simply 38 balls to arrange the chase.
It means the Rockets have received three video games from three, whereas Originals are but to seek out their first win.
King takes a hat-trick & Phoenix edge previous Fire – ladies’s round-up
In the ladies’s Hundred, Trent Rockets and Birmingham Phoenix began their campaigns with wins over Manchester Originals and Welsh Fire respectively.
Australia leg-spinner Alana King took the primary hat-trick in a ladies’s Hundred match as Trent Rockets eased to victory at Old Trafford.
On her debut within the competitors, King dismissed Cordelia Griffith, Sophie Ecclestone and (*98*) Cross in consecutive deliveries earlier than leaping in the direction of her Rockets team-mates in celebration.
In total the 26-year-old took 4 wickets for simply 15 runs, scored 19 from 9 balls with the bat and took a high quality diving catch.
In an impressed efficiency within the area, England leg-spinner Sarah Glenn additionally took two wickets and a shocking one-handed seize as the Rockets defended 120 by bowling the Originals out for 76 to win by 43 runs.
Meanwhile, in Cardiff, Birmingham Phoenix struck the second-highest total within the ladies’s Hundred, cruising to 161-5 as they beat Welsh Fire by 19 runs at Sophia Gardens.
Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry hit 58 off 31 deliveries on her Hundred debut for the Phoenix after New Zealander Sophie Devine had earlier fallen for 48 from 25 balls.
Bowler Claire Nicholas, who completed with figures of 2-26, was a uncommon vibrant spark for the Fire who in any other case struggled to restrict their free-scoring opponents.
Captain Tammy Beaumont was the lynchpin within the hosts’ chase, hitting 39 runs off 35 balls along with her facet finally making 142-5.
But when she and Annabel Sutherland (34 off 21) fell in fast succession within the closing phases, there solely appeared to be one winner, as Georgia Elwiss took 2-29 for the guests.
It means the Rockets and Phoenix comply with the Oval Invincibles and Southern Brave in successful their first match of the ladies’s competitors.
