Nicholas Pooran blasted an unbeaten 66 as Northern Superchargers beat Manchester Originals in a high-scoring males’s Hundred thriller at Outdated Trafford.
Chasing 153 to win, Superchargers swiftly lost England captain Ben Stokes to a potentially serious hamstring injury and began slowly earlier than Pooran and skipper Harry Brook (43) powered their aspect into competition.
Brook was caught by Jamie Overton off the bowling of Usama Mir, however Pooran pressed on, smashing three sixes from Fazalhaq Farooqi’s penultimate set earlier than Adam Hose hit a most of his personal to safe victory.
Having been put in to bat, the Originals obtained off to a flying begin with Phil Salt hitting a 17-ball half century as the house aspect reached 93-2 after 40 balls.
However their cost stalled dramatically because the Superchargers sluggish bowlers got here into the sport.
From successive deliveries, Paul Walter was run out and Sikandar Raza was dismissed for a first-ball duck. Adil Rashid then eliminated Salt who sliced to Mitchell Santner at level for 61.
Overton helped the Originals regain some momentum in the direction of the top of the innings, hitting three sixes as they completed on 152-7.
The beginning of the reply contrasted sharply with how the Originals started, as Matthew Brief skied Farooqi to Walter for one, whereas Stokes needed to retire after hurting a hamstring whereas operating a single.
It took the Superchargers 57 balls to achieve 50, however they have been dug out of hassle by an keen Pooran who cracked two fours and eight sixes in his 33-ball innings.
However the profitable second was to not be his, with Hose heaving a supply from Scott Currie over the long-off boundary to wrap up victory with three balls to spare.
