Brave Tailenders Seal Thrilling Win Over Originals

The Hundred men's competition, Emirates Old Trafford

Manchester Originals 131-4 (100 balls): Salt 60 (41); Mills 3-22

Southern Brave 133-9 (100 balls): Roy 30 (22); Currie 4-28

Southern Brave triumph by 1 wicket

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A precocious flurry of runs from Southern Brave's tailenders took them to a thrilling one-wicket triumph against Manchester Originals successful The Hundred.

Chasing 132, Brave were struggling, needing 26 from nan past 11 balls, pinch 8 wickets down.

However, a Tymal Mills six followed by 3 consecutive Craig Overton boundaries dragged Brave backmost into contention, earlier Mills was caught disconnected Lewis Gregory pinch 3 needed from 3 deliveries.

Reece Topley was nan past man retired of nan dugout and nan accelerated bowler trim his first shot for 4 to return his broadside to triumph pinch 1 shot to spare.

Mills had starred successful nan Originals innings, taking 3-22 and removing 3 cardinal top-order batters, including opener Phil Salt, who top-scored pinch 60.

The location broadside struggled aft nan powerplay, scoring conscionable 82 runs disconnected their past 74 deliveries to decorativeness connected 131-4.

Originals looked to beryllium doing a bully occupation of defending their debased total, pinch seamer Scott Currie taking 4-28 arsenic six Brave batters fell for azygous figures.

But Overton and his chap seamers slugged nan winning runs to spot nan 2024 runners-up home.

After nan dismissal of opener Matty Hurst, England brace Salt and Jos Buttler sewage Originals disconnected to a decent start, taking their broadside to 49-1 aft 26 deliveries.

But Originals breached nan ropes connected conscionable 4 occasions from that point, arsenic nan Brave bowlers successfully throttled their opponents.

Mills was parsimonious while besides accounting for Originals' 3 astir vulnerable batters.

He had Buttler caught astatine heavy screen from his 2nd ball, and induced a starring separator from nan big-hitting Heinrich Klaasen for a caught behind.

Having reached 60 from 39, Originals skipper Phil Salt would person felt he was successful a position to push connected pinch 20 balls remaining.

He deed nan adjacent Mills transportation for four, but nan Brave seasoned struck again adjacent up, sending down a bouncer Salt pulled to short good leg.

Originals handed Hundred debuts to 43-year-old James Anderson and 17-year-old rising prima Farhan Ahmed, but some went wicketless, pinch 24-year-old Currie nan cardinal bowler.

Anderson took nan shot from nan commencement of nan Brave innings, but ex-England batter Jason Roy had his measure, hitting 5 boundaries disconnected nan veteran's bowling, arsenic Anderson vanished pinch figures of 0-36.

Currie dismissed Leus du Plooy to extremity a promising 32-run second-wicket partnership, earlier removing Laurie Evans and later Chris Jordan and Michael Bracewell successful nan abstraction of 3 balls.

His efforts seemed to person put his broadside connected people to win, but nan Brave tailed wagged to propulsion disconnected a singular victory.

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