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| The Hundred, men's competition; Welsh Fire v Manchester Originals |
| Welsh Fire 94-3 (40 balls): Wells 57 (23); Little 2-22 |
| Manchester Originals 85-4 (40 balls): Buttler 37* (18); Willey 2-17, Afridi 2-24 |
| Welsh Fire won by 9 runs |
| Scorecard, Table |
Shaheen Afridi took wickets with his archetypal 2 balls successful The Hundred arsenic Welsh Fire bushed Manchester Originals successful a rain-shortened crippled astatine Sophia Gardens.
With the lucifer reduced to 40 balls per side, Fire opener Luke Wells smashed a stunning 57 from 23 balls to instrumentality the location broadside up to 94-3.
Debutant Afridi past trapped Phil Salt and Laurie Evans lbw with the archetypal 2 balls of the Originals innings.
The Originals recovered but came up 9 runs short, finishing connected 85-4.
What other bash you request to know?
- Welsh Fire won their archetypal lucifer of The Hundred successful 2023 aft losing each 8 of their games successful 2022.
- Wells deed the archetypal ineligible shot of the lucifer - aft a wide from Josh Tongue - for 4 and went connected to deed different six boundaries and 3 sixes.
- After taking wickets with his archetypal 2 balls, Afridi saw 4 of his past 5 deliveries deed for 4 by Max Holden.
- England white-ball skipper Jos Buttler deed an unbeaten 37 from 18 balls, including 3 sixes, but the onslaught came excessively precocious for the Originals.
You tin ticker Hundred matches connected BBC Two and BBC iPlayer each Wednesday and Saturday passim the competition, alongside some finals connected Sunday, 27 August.
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