The Hundred 2023: Ravi Bopara takes 4-21 as London Spirit beat Northern Superchargers

Ravi Bopara took 4-21 arsenic London Spirit claimed a important 13-run triumph implicit Northern Superchargers successful The Hundred.

Brook had led Superchargers' betterment from 56-4 but they fell distant aft his dismissal and finished connected 147-7.

Opener Adam Rossington (53 disconnected 30) earlier spearheaded the Spirit innings.

The triumph lifts Spirit up to 4th successful the table, a constituent disconnected the apical three, portion Superchargers are a further constituent backmost successful fifth.

With conscionable 3 points betwixt 2nd and last, each squad successful the men's contention inactive has a accidental to advancement to the knockout stages.

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• England's Zak Crawley opened for Spirit and aft failing to get disconnected the people from his archetypal 7 balls, helium deed the adjacent 3 for 4 earlier being dismissed by Reece Topley.
• Adil Rashid was the prime of the Superchargers bowlers. He took the cardinal wickets of Rossington and Dan Lawrence to decorativeness with figures of 2-18 from his 20 balls.
• Adam Lyth's innings lasted conscionable 14 balls but it was precise eventful. In that clip helium deed 2 fours, 2 sixes and was dropped 3 times earlier offering a 4th accidental and being caught for 26.
• Bopara dropped the archetypal of those catches earlier his match-winning spell. Nathan Ellis dropped the third, a elemental accidental successful the deep, but took a fantastic drawback precocious successful the crippled to region Adam Hose (33 disconnected 26).
• Brook played immoderate fantastic shots successful his innings but, with rainfall starting to autumn and Superchargers down connected Duckworth-Lewis-Stern, helium was caught connected the bound chasing speedy runs. As it was the lucifer was played to its decision contempt the rain.

'It was indispensable win' - what they said

Match Hero Bopara: "It was bully until the rainfall came and we thought we would person to vessel 20 balls with a bedewed ball. But it was a large game. All the games successful this tourney person been adjacent and contiguous felt adjacent arsenic well.

"This bowling onslaught has played truthful galore games astatine Lord's truthful we cognize these wickets tin beryllium tacky and the slower balls bash work, but you can't beryllium excessively predictable. It was a must-win for america today."

• Superchargers scope knockouts aft beating Spirit

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