Originals eliminate Spirit with first win

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Image caption, The Originals have finished second in the past two editions of The Hundred but have had a poor 2024
  • Author, Joe Rindl
  • Role, 麻豆社 Sport journalist

The Hundred men's competition, Lord's

Manchester Originals 135-5 (100 balls): Salt 58 (41); Gleeson 2-32

London Spirit 123-5 (100 balls): Jennings 61* (50); Farooqi 3-24

Manchester Originals won by 12 runs

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London Spirit became the second team to be eliminated in The Hundred men's competition after losing to bottom-side Manchester Originals who recorded their first win of the season.

Originals captain Phil Salt struck 58 off 41 as his side, who were already knocked out, posted 135-5 at Lord's.

Afghanistan seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi then took 3-24 as impressive bowling limited Spirit to 123-5 and ended the Originals' six-match winless run.

Keaton Jennings finished on 61 not out from 50 deliveries and Shimron Hetmyer hit 44 off 35, but the hosts ended 12 runs short.

Both sides have now won only one of their six Hundred matches this season, with Spirit moving off the bottom spot thanks to net run rate.

What else do you need to know?

  • Jennings and Hetmyer's 96-run partnership was the highest for any wicket for London Spirit although it never really kicked on, eating up 74 balls
  • The match aggregate of 258 was the lowest in games between the Spirit and Originals men's sides
  • The Originals defended their total despite dropping three easy catches in the field
  • England's Ollie Pope and Dan Lawrence both fell for first-ball ducks

'We're on a mission to be party spoilers' - what they said

Match hero Phil Salt of Manchester Originals: "The results haven't gone our way. We're on a mission now to be the party spoilers.

"The luck we've had in the competition so far, I think that's a role we're going to enjoy."

The Hundred - fixtures, results & reports

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