The Hundred 2023: Jamie Overton powers Manchester Originals to win over Northern Superchargers

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Manchester Originals' Jamie OvertonJamie Overton is playing successful The Hundred for the archetypal clip this twelvemonth aft missing retired done wounded successful the archetypal 2 seasons of the competition
The Hundred, men's competition, Clean Slate Headingley
Manchester Originals 182-6 (90 balls): J Overton 83* (30), Evans 41 (18); Topley 3-29
Northern Superchargers 141-9 (90 balls): Short 37 (18); Mir 4-19
Manchester Originals won by 40 runs (DLS method)
Scorecard. Table

Jamie Overton smashed a sensational unbeaten 83 disconnected 30 balls arsenic Manchester Originals bushed Northern Superchargers by 40 runs successful The Hundred.

Overton came to the crease astatine 73-4 but deed 9 fours and six sixes arsenic Originals posted 182-6.

Rain halted Originals' innings, leaving Superchargers needing 182 from 90 balls but they could lone marque 141-9.

Pakistan spinner Usama Mir took 4-19, including the cardinal wicket of England batter Harry Brook.

This triumph connected the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method is the Originals' 2nd triumph this twelvemonth and moves them up to 4th successful the table.

Superchargers, who person present mislaid successive location games aft Friday's decision to Oval Invincibles, are second.

What other bash you request to know?

  • England left-arm seamer Reece Topley removed Phil Salt (four) with the 3rd shot of the game, earlier having Jos Buttler (two) caught down from the eighth ball. He aboriginal returned to prime up Usama Mir and finished with 3-29 from his 20 balls.
  • Salt's dismissal means helium has lone scored 25 runs successful 5 games truthful acold successful this year's competition.
  • Laurie Evans played immoderate superb shots successful making 41 disconnected 18 balls, including a beauteous thrust implicit other screen that was superbly held successful the crowd.
  • Superchargers made a accelerated commencement to their chase, reaching 49-0, but Mir removed Matt Short and Tom Banton successful the abstraction of 4 balls. The leg-spinner past dismissed Adam Hose and Brook and present has six wickets successful the competition.
  • Brook made 20 disconnected 14 balls, including hitting a six disconnected Usama Mir implicit the extortion of the ground.
  • The attendance astatine Headingley was 15,308, which is simply a grounds for a Superchargers men's game.

'A bully show successful force territory' - what they said

Match Hero Jamie Overton: "I was precise blessed with the innings. I've been waiting for that benignant of sound for a mates of years present but it's ne'er rather travel off. I've had a fewer 40s but ne'er rather gone on. It was bully to get a fewer and enactment america successful a bully position.

"It was a beauteous bully show successful force territory and blessed to get implicit the line."

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