Audacious Brook Lights Up Superchargers Success

The Hundred men's competition, Headingley

Northern Superchargers 193-5 (100 balls): Malan 58 (34); Wood 2-34

Birmingham Phoenix 157-9 (100 balls): Bethell 48 (23); Potts 3-26

Superchargers won by 36 runs

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Harry Brook produced a stunning infinitesimal of batting brilliant arsenic Northern Superchargers enjoyed a 36-run triumph complete Birmingham Phoenix successful The Hundred.

Superchargers skipper Brook came to nan crease pinch 26 balls near successful his side's innings and audaciously scooped his first shot from Tim Southee backmost complete his ain caput for an audacious six.

Dawid Malan apical scored pinch 58 successful nan Superchargers' full of 193-5, while chap opener Zak Crawley thumped 45.

Yet it was Brook's tumbling scoop changeable which near an indelible people connected nan memories of nan Headingley crowd and brought nan loudest cheer of nan nighttime from nan Western Terrace.

Brook went connected to make an unbeaten 31 disconnected 14 balls arsenic Chris Wood vanished nan prime of nan Phoenix onslaught pinch 2-34.

The visitors mislaid openers Ben Duckett and Will Smeed cheaply arsenic they attempted to pursuit down nan biggest full of this year's tourney truthful far.

But Jacob Bethell and Liam Livingstone gave Phoenix a fighting chance pinch an fierce 80-run guidelines for nan 4th wicket.

But erstwhile Bethell departed for a 23-ball 48 - via a superb caught and bowled from Adil Rashid - that dream ebbed away.

It was efficaciously complete pursuing a cardinal spell by Rashid arsenic he besides snared nan cardinal wicket of Livingstone - caught successful nan heavy for 46 by Mitch Santner - arsenic nan leg-spinner claimed 2-26.

Victory for nan Superchargers saw them move apical of nan array successful The Hundred connected 12 points from 4 games, while Phoenix are bottommost of nan array pinch 4 points.

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