Buttler Sets Up Win For Originals Over Superchargers

The Hundred men's competition, Emirates Old Trafford

Manchester Originals 171-3 (100 balls): Buttler 64* (45), Klaasen 50* (25); Potts 2-39

Northern Superchargers 114 (87 balls): Miller 38 (22); Baker 3-21, Tongue 3-21

Manchester Originals won by 57 runs

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Jos Buttler stroked 64 not retired and Sonny Banker marked his first England call-up pinch 3 wickets arsenic Manchester Originals boosted their men's Hundred hopes by beating rivals Northern Superchargers by 57 runs astatine Old Trafford.

Former England skipper Buttler's boundary-hitting looked effortless arsenic he made his 2nd 50 successful arsenic galore innings successful Originals' 171-3.

When reaching his 50 he again looked to nan entity successful tribute to his begetter who died earlier this month.

While Buttler's innings provided nan backbone of Originals' score, Heinrich Klaasen took nan crippled distant from Superchargers astatine nan decease by hitting 30 runs from nan last 7 balls.

The South Africa world had only 20 aft 18 balls but ended 50 not retired from 25 successful a timely return to form.

In reply, Superchargers, who would person gone apical of nan array pinch a win, slipped to 63-5 arsenic Zak Crawley pinch 16, Harry Brook 11 and Dawid Malan 19 each grounded to spell connected aft starts.

David Miller made 38 earlier being bowled by a Josh Tongue slower shot and 22-year-old Baker, picked by England for adjacent month's white-ball matches against South Africa and Ireland, took nan last 2 wickets arsenic Superchargers were dismissed for 114 successful 87 balls.

Baker and Tongue some vanished pinch 3-21.

The hosts only won 1 of their first 4 matches but subordinate Southern Brave and London Spirit connected 8 points. Superchargers are 4 amended disconnected successful third.

We're disconnected to Southampton connected Monday for a double-header betwixt Southern Brave and Oval Invincibles.

The women's crippled gets going astatine 15:00 BST, pinch nan men's lucifer pursuing astatine 18:30.

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