The Hundred 2023: Oval Invincibles beat London Spirit after last-ball drama to move four points clear at top

Will Jacks impressed erstwhile again with 68 disconnected 42 balls

Oval Invincibles held their nervus to bushed London Spirit by 2 runs amid last-ball play successful The Hundred.

With 3 to triumph and 2 to necktie for Spirit, Curran bowled Chris Wood and secured a thrilling win.

Victory moves Invincibles 4 points wide astatine the apical of the men's table.

Curran's no-ball would person been altogether much costly were it not for an unthinkable diving halt from Ross Whiteley to contradict Critchley six erstwhile the erstwhile shot looked to beryllium sailing implicit the rope.

Critchley kept Spirit successful the contention with immoderate brutal precocious hitting arsenic helium scored 32 not retired disconnected 13, but was near astatine the non-striker's extremity for the replayed last delivery, having lone jogged a azygous disconnected what helium thought was the past ball.

Invincibles determination to 9 points, up of a radical of 5 teams, led by Northern Superchargers, connected 5 points, with the Spirit a further constituent backmost successful seventh.

With the teams truthful congested, Spirit tin inactive suffice for the knockout signifier contempt winning conscionable 1 of their archetypal 5 games.

The squad that finishes apical of the radical signifier goes consecutive into the final, with 2nd and 3rd competing successful an eliminator for the accidental to articulation them.

What other bash you request to know?

• Will Jacks thumped a blistering 68 from 42 balls arsenic the Invincibles posted 189-4 and past took 2 cardinal wickets successful the Spirit chase.
• The Invincibles deed 12 sixes successful their innings, with 4 apiece for Jacks and Heinrich Klaasen, 3 for Curran (35* disconnected 17) and Jason Roy getting the other.
• Klaasen is present the starring run-scorer successful this year's men's Hundred with 171 successful six innings. Jacks (169) had overtaken his injured team-mate Jordan Cox (168) but Klaasen went past him aboriginal successful the Invincibles innings.
• Adam Rossington got the Spirit pursuit disconnected to a flying commencement and besides bludgeoned 4 sixes, reaching his half-century from 22 balls.
• However, Rossington was the 3rd of 3 Spirit wickets to autumn successful the abstraction of six balls - and the 2nd successful 3 balls for Jacks - arsenic the Invincibles looked to person seized control.
• Spirit skipper Dan Lawrence made 24 from 11 balls but erstwhile helium departed with 42 runs needed from 16 balls, the crippled appeared to beryllium implicit earlier Critchley intervened to acceptable up a stunning finale.

'A brainsick finish' - what they said

Match Hero, Oval Invincibles' Will Jacks: "What a brainsick finish. I thought we'd won it twice, but I'm conscionable gladsome we got implicit the enactment successful the end.

"I knew I was going to beryllium nether the pump with the shot but I effort to deliberation similar a batter successful those situations, and deliberation what would I not privation to face.

"We'll instrumentality a batch of assurance from these past 2 wins wherever we've defended well."

• Spirit bushed Invincibles to support slim hopes alive

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