The Hundred 2023: Oval Invincibles beat Manchester Originals in men's final

Oval Invincibles staged a singular fightback to bushed Manchester Originals and triumph the men's Hundred astatine Lord's.

But Tom Curran and Jimmy Neesham launched a stirring counter-attack, sharing an unbroken concern of 127, the highest for immoderate wicket successful the abbreviated past of the men's Hundred.

Curran blasted 5 sixes successful his 67 not retired from 34 balls, portion Neesham added an unbeaten 57 from 33 to assistance the Invincibles to 161-5.

Originals had comfortably chased 197 to bushed Southern Brave successful the eliminator connected Saturday, but aft Phil Salt was retired for 25, they mislaid 4 wickets for 17 runs.

The nonaccomplishment of skipper Jos Buttler, bowled for 11 swiping astatine spinner Danny Briggs, was a hammer blow, portion Nathan Sowter held a magnificent drawback tiptoeing astir the bound to disregard Laurie Evans.

Max Holden kept faint hopes live with 37, leaving the Originals needing an improbable 32 from the last 10 balls.

Tom Curran continued his good time by conceding lone 9 from the archetypal five, past member Sam closed retired the crippled to permission Originals connected 147-6 and the Invincibles victors by 14 runs.

It is simply a 2nd successive last decision for the Originals, portion Invincibles instrumentality the men's rubric for the archetypal time, joining Southern Brave women arsenic the champions of 2023.

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Curran and Neesham animate Invincibles

Invincibles had been the ascendant squad connected the mode to topping the radical table, but injuries and planetary call-ups meant they were missing 5 players that had got them to the last - Jordan Cox, Sunil Narine, Heinrich Klaasen, Adam Zampa and Spencer Johnson.

Briggs was playing his archetypal crippled of the tournament, Ireland batter Paul Stirling was signed conscionable for the last and New Zealand's Neesham had played lone erstwhile before.

And the patched up squad came adjacent to being overwhelmed by the Originals onslaught - the 5 wickets fell successful the abstraction of 36 balls.

The rescue enactment came done all-rounders Tom Curran and Neesham. For Curran, it is simply a continuation of immoderate bully signifier with the bat aft his summertime arsenic a bowler has been constricted by a backmost injury. For Neesham, it is simply a sensation of glory astatine Lord's 4 years connected from batting successful the ace implicit arsenic New Zealand were agonisingly beaten successful the World Cup last by England.

Curran muscled the shot implicit the leg-side enactment and deed 1 outrageous chopped for six disconnected the left-arm gait of Josh Little. Neesham's lone six went successful the aforesaid absorption arsenic his maximum disconnected Jofra Archer successful the 2019 ace over.

Neesham gave 1 half-chance connected 16, but his miscue evaded the hands of spinner Tom Hartley arsenic helium tried to tally backmost and instrumentality the drawback disconnected his ain bowling.

Their period concern came up successful lone 49 balls and Curran deed the last shot of the innings, bowled by Zaman Khan, for a mighty consecutive maximum to surpass the erstwhile champion men's basal of 124 betwixt Dawid Malan and Darcy Short for Trent Rockets against Southern Brave successful 2021.

Originals autumn abbreviated again

Beaten by Trent Rockets successful the final 12 months ago, Originals looked to person the momentum this clip astir acknowledgment to the breathtaking mode they pulled disconnected the highest pursuit successful Hundred past against the Brave connected Saturday.

Indeed, the mode they tore into the Invincibles apical bid had them connected people for a rampant victory.

Richard Gleeson took the wrong borderline of Jason Roy and persuaded Stirling to deed a afloat flip to mid-on. Little had Sam Curran borderline down for a aureate duck, the Irishman bowling 15 of the 25 balls successful the powerplay for figures of 1-7 - 4 of those runs came from a misfield.

Captain Sam Billings tickled down the limb broadside disconnected Paul Walter and Will Jacks holed retired from the rotation of Hartley. Invincibles were successful tatters, lone for Tom Curran and Neesham to alteration the complexion of the game. Originals hardly recovered.

Salt and Buttler, the tournament's starring run-scorer, person formed a formidable opening concern and Salt raced to 25 from 16 balls. However, erstwhile helium miscued Tom Curran to the moving Sam Curran astatine mid-off, the Invincibles squeezed.

Buttler, starved of the strike, played a frustrated hack astatine Briggs to depart for 11 from 15 balls, Wayne Madsen was bowled by Sowter earlier the aforesaid antheral pulled disconnected his superb drawback disconnected Evans. Aware of the beingness of the bound helium took the catch, threw the shot up, hopped of the tract and backmost on, past completed the drawback each portion avoiding the rope.

Holden battled hard, but erstwhile helium was lbw connected reappraisal to Sam Curran, Invincibles had the rubric successful the bag.