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The Hundred Men’s 2024 season continued on Sunday, August 11, with two exciting matches at the Kennington Oval and Old Trafford.
Defending champions Oval Invincibles walloped London Spirit by nine wickets in the first match of the day, while Northern Superchargers consigned struggling Manchester Originals to a seven-wicket defeat with three balls to spare.
By defeating London Spirit, Oval Invincibles strengthened their claim at the top of The Hundred Men’s 2024 points table with six wins from seven matches. Southern Brave takes the second spot on the eight-team standings for registering five wins amidst two defeats from seven games.
Northern Superchargers gained a rung to climb to number three as they switched places with Birmingham Phoenix after outclassing Manchester Originals. Trent Rockets have accumulated six points so far courtesy of three wins from six outings to be ranked fifth on the table.
Welsh Fire takes the sixth spot for amounting to just five points with two wins and a no-result. Manchester Originals jumped up to number seven while London Spirit slipped to the bottom of the points table by holding a dismal NRR of -0.884.
Adam Zampa, Nicholas Pooran headline action-packed Sunday
Winning the toss and fielding first, Oval Invincibles spinner Adam Zampa hacked through London Spirit’s middle-order to finish with figures of 4/17. Brothers Sam and Tom Curran also claimed five wickets between them to envelop London Spirit’s entire batting line-up for just 96 in 92 balls.
In response, Oval Invincibles opener Dawid Malan (29* off 27 balls) and number three Jordan Cox (61* off 30 balls) helped themselves to a comfortable nine-wicket win with 37 balls to spare.
At Old Trafford in Manchester, hosts Manchester Originals smacked 152/7 from 100 balls courtesy of a 61-run blinder from captain and opening batter Phil Salt. For the Northern Superchargers, New Zealand-based spinner Mitchell Santner claimed three key wickets, including that of dangermen Max Holden and Sikandar Raza to bag figures of 3/24.
Chasing 153, the Superchargers slipped to 29/2 from 36 balls, and also additionally lost blistering all-rounder Ben Stokes owing to an untimely injury. With 102 runs required from the final 43 deliveries, Nicholas Pooran smacked eight sixes in his enterprising 33-ball 66-run knock to blaze Superchargers to a remarkable seven-wicket win in 97 balls.
