Superchargers Knock Out Originals To Seal Eliminator Place

The Hundred women's competition, Headingley

Manchester Originals 94 each retired (95 balls): Monaghan 26 (17); Sutherland 3-15

Northern Superchargers 96-2 (65 balls): Sutherland 30* (17), Davidson-Richards 30 (18)

Superchargers won by 8 wickets

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Northern Superchargers claimed a broad eight-wicket triumph complete Manchester Originals successful The Hundred to book their spot successful Saturday's Eliminator.

The consequence besides confirms London Spirit are done to look Superchargers astatine The Oval, pinch Originals knocked out.

Originals came into nan crippled 4 points down Superchargers and Spirit and knowing they needed to not only triumph but triumph by a large separator to overhaul their rivals' superior nett run-rate.

After being put successful to bat, that meant putting a commanding full connected nan committee but their fierce attack did not salary disconnected arsenic they were bowled retired for 94 pinch 5 balls near successful nan innings.

Originals skipper Beth Mooney had sewage them disconnected to a agleam commencement but, arsenic nan innings progressed, nan subject and power of nan Superchargers bowlers won out.

Australia prima Annabel Sutherland took 3-15, her compatriot Nicola Carey 2-13 and seamer Kate Cross a miserly 1-6 from 15 balls.

Superchargers needed conscionable 38 to suffice and sewage location successful 34 balls earlier pushing connected to complete nan triumph pinch 35 balls to spare.

Alice Davidson-Richards scored 30 from 18 balls astatine nan apical of nan bid earlier a 54-run guidelines betwixt Sutherland, who made an unbeaten 30 from 17, and different Australian Phoebe Litchfield, 26 from 20, vanished nan job.

The triumph intends Superchargers decorativeness second, up of Spirit, which could beryllium important fixed nan second-placed broadside advances to nan last if nan Eliminator is washed retired and rainfall is forecast for Saturday.

Just a fewer days ago, Cross was near retired of nan England squad for this autumn's World Cup - a determination she said "feels savage".

It looks moreover much truthful pinch each lucifer that passes, pinch nan Superchargers seamer enjoying specified an awesome tournament.

The 33-year-old has taken much powerplay wickets than immoderate different bowler successful nan women's title this summer, each while conceding conscionable 55 from 70 balls successful that phase.

Originals' Kathryn Bryce became her sixth specified unfortunate arsenic nan location broadside wrestled backmost power aft Mooney's beardown start.

Cross was instrumental again, coming connected aft nan Australia left-hander had deed 3 early boundaries and instantly hitting her magnitude to spell for conscionable 3 from nan adjacent 5 balls and instantly halting nan visitors' momentum - permanently arsenic it turned out.

"She gives you power arsenic a bowler and you can't person threat without control," erstwhile England batter Lauren Winfield-Hill said connected BBC Two.

"I wonderment wherever England will get their stableness from without her.

"Cross is not needfully nan flashy bowler but she has been nan dependable power successful that broadside for a while."

But while England mightiness beryllium searching for that steady, tone-setting beingness successful her absence, Cross's acquisition and consistency has helped return Superchargers a measurement person to a first Hundred title.

It is nan penultimate time of nan group shape and we've sewage different derby arsenic Trent Rockets big Birmingham Phoenix successful Nottingham.

The women's crippled kicks things disconnected astatine Trent Bridge astatine 15:00 BST pinch nan men's lucifer pursuing astatine 18:30 BST.

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