The Hundred: Northern Superchargers beat Trent Rockets in match that goes to final ball

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The Hundred men's competition: Trent Rockets v Northern Superchargers
Northern Superchargers 142-5 (100 balls): Wiese 54* (25); Wood 3-23, Root 2-24
Trent Rockets 139-7 (100 balls): Hales 29 (22), Parnell 3-21, Topley 2-20, C Parkinson 2-29
Superchargers won by 3 runs
Scorecard. Group table.

Northern Superchargers produced a superb comeback to bushed Trent Rockets by 3 runs successful a gripping lucifer that came down to the last ball.

The Rockets needed 5 from the past transportation successful pursuit of 143 but skipper Lewis Gregory could lone negociate one.

The Superchargers were 9-3 successful their innings aft Luke Wood took 3 wickets successful the archetypal 10 balls, including Harry Brook for a duck.

David Wiese past struck a important 54 not retired to assistance his broadside to 142-5.

England's Joe Root, playing successful his archetypal lucifer of the contention this twelvemonth aft the Ashes, took 2-24 but was retired for 4 with the bat arsenic the Rockets mislaid regular wickets.

Daniel Sams deed 2 sixes successful a 14-ball 27, threatening to pb the Rockets to triumph earlier helium was caught with 3 balls to spell disconnected Reece Topley, who conceded lone 5 disconnected the last 5 balls erstwhile fixed 9 to defend.

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  • Wood bowled Tom Banton with the archetypal shot of the lucifer and besides knocked implicit Brook and Matthew Short successful an electrical opening spell
  • Wiese was dropped by Alex Hales connected the bound borderline connected 25, the shot besides going for six, earlier clearing the ropes disconnected the last shot of the innings to bring up his fifty
  • Root had Adam Hose caught astatine heavy mid-wicket and Saif Zaib taken astatine abbreviated good limb successful his 20 balls but was himself caught astatine abbreviated 3rd attempting a reverse expanse disconnected Callum Parkinson
  • There was a arguable infinitesimal with 7 balls to spell erstwhile Wiese looked to person prevented a six with superb fielding connected the boundary, lone for the 3rd umpire to regularisation helium had touched the enactment - arsenic a effect reducing Rockets' equation to 11 runs needed from six balls.
  • The triumph strengthens Superchargers' spot astatine the apical of the array with 2 wins and a nary effect from 3 matches. The Rockets are 4th with a win, a nonaccomplishment and a wash-out.

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