The Hundred

This year's Hundred got off the an uneventful start, with both the men's & women's games producing large margins of victory for the Oval Invincibles over the Birmingham Phoenix in both cases.

After 4 games, not a hint of a close match. If my memory serves me well, last year was similar.
As for tonight, London Spirit posted a modest 127-7, but Birmingham Phoenix started badly after 23 balls they are 20-4.

EDIT : Finally a close match, Birmingham sealed the victory with just one ball remaining, with the scores level Benny Howell hit a boundary as they made 131-7.

A thrilling match at Old Trafford saw Northern Superchargers beat Manchester Originals by 7 wickets with 3 balls to spare. The standout innings from Salt & Pooran.
Sadly Stokes retired hurt after running a quick single with what appeared to be a hamstring injury.

Foxes boss Thomas slams 'ridiculous' Hundred rule - https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/cj9ljv323dgo

Hard not to feel some sympathy with this.

Oval Invincibles posted the highest total in The Hundred when the home side scored 226-4 in a convincing 83 run win against Welsh Fire.
The previous best was 208-5 made by Manchester Originals against Northern Superchargers at Leeds in 2022, these 2 teams have 2 each of the 5 200+ scores.
Jordan Cox hit 86 from 29 balls including 10 sixes. In all there were 18 fours & 17 sixes in the innings. The match total of 25 sixes is also a record.

(11-08-2024 22:19 )Snooks Wrote:  Foxes boss Thomas slams 'ridiculous' Hundred rule - https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/cj9ljv323dgo

Hard not to feel some sympathy with this.

There needs to be proper balance

Rocky Flintoff has picked up a mystery injury for the Northern Super Chargers despite not playing a single game, he was a Wildcard pick & his dad is the coach.
Yorkshire's Matt Revis is one of the form batsmen in the country & has been drafted in. I hope he doesn't have to sit & watch as Yorkshire are going well in the One Day Cup, he's irreplaceable.
He has a better chance of a game than Rocky did, I suspect.