The Hundred 2023: Phil Salt hits 86 from 32 balls as Manchester Originals beat Trent Rockets

Phil Salt deed a stunning 86 from 32 balls arsenic Manchester Originals bushed Trent Rockets to boost their chances of reaching The Hundred knockout stages.

After racing to 112-2 aft 45 balls, the Originals slowed considerably aft Salt's dismissal and finished connected 181-6.

Despite Tom Kohler-Cadmore's 64, the Rockets came up conscionable abbreviated connected 171-5.

Victory lifts the Originals up to third, level connected points with second-placed Southern Brave and 2 down leaders Oval Invincibles.

Defending champions Rockets driblet to 5th but are conscionable 2 points back.

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• Salt's intent was wide from the precise archetypal shot of the lucifer arsenic helium thumped Luke Wood for 4 earlier adding a six and different 4 successful the opening five-ball set.
• The Originals opener was dropped connected 47 by Sam Cook disconnected the bowling disconnected Ish Sodhi but Cook did yet marque amends, bowling Salt with a slower ball.
• England batter Dawid Malan was near retired of the Trent Rockets XI with Sam Hain preferred and Joe Root moved up to unfastened the batting.
• Root went to his present trademark reverse scoop 3rd shot to deed a one-bounce 4 but was retired for 35 from 23 balls, gloving down playing the aforesaid shot.
• After having Alex Hales caught down with the archetypal ineligible shot of the Rockets' innings, Josh Tongue came backmost to region acceptable batters Kohler-Cadmore and Colin Munro (36 from 22) conscionable erstwhile the Rockets looked to person the precocious hand.
• With lone 13 runs to support successful the past acceptable of five, Paul Walter conceded conscionable 3 to clinch the triumph for the Originals.

'It's astir peaking astatine the close time' - what they said

Match Hero Salt: "It was a bully wicket and some sides played well. It came down to who held their nervus astatine the end. It was a bully crippled of cricket.

"A batch of top-order batters person struggled successful this contention - possibly it is the shot oregon pitches, immoderate - but it is bully to enactment my broadside successful a bully position.

"Tournament play is astir peaking astatine the clip right. Every squad volition beryllium wanting to play their champion cricket astatine this stage. This twelvemonth and past twelvemonth person ever been identical. The lone quality is we've got Jos [Buttler] this year. Hopefully we'll support putting 1 beforehand successful beforehand of the different and marque the play-offs."

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. More details.