Cricket Highlights, 16 Aug: The Hundred 2022 (Match 16) – Manchester Originals vs Welsh Fire

Manchester Originals vs Welsh Fire (Match 16) – Highlights

Yesterday, Manchester Originals and Welsh Fire faced off in the 16th match of The Hundred 2022. While Manchester Originals batting first, they throw a huge target at the Welsh Fire but Welsh Fire were all bowled out with 11 balls to spare. As a result, they have to leave the field with a loss. Also, they are at the bottom of the points table and Manchester Originals are at 5th place in the points table. On the other hand, Sean Abbott won the man of the match award by bowling brilliantly.

Welsh Fire won the toss and chose to bowl first and sent off the Manchester Originals to bat. Batting first, Jos Buttler and Salt were playing very well. With both of them, Manchester Originals managed to set a target of 149 runs.

But Salt left the field after being bowled out on the 35th ball. He scored 38 off 22 balls before returning to the dressing room. His innings of 38 runs had 2 fours and 4 sixes. Wayne Madsen left for the dressing room after 8 balls. He scored 10 runs in 7 balls with the help of 1 four.

Then on the 46th ball, Adam Zampa again took a wicket, this time Jos Buttler. He scored 29 runs off 17 balls. He also hit 5 fours. Laurie Evans left the field with a golden duck. Russell was caught out on the 66th ball. He scored 17 runs with the help of 1 four and 1 six.

After that wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Paul Walter (13 runs from 10 balls), Tristan Stubbs (13 runs from 14 balls), Sean Abbott (1 run from 4 balls), and Matthew Parkinson (1 run from 2 balls). Besides, Tom Hartley was unbeaten with 15 runs from 10 balls with the help of 1 four. In the end, with the help of 12 runs extra Manchester Originals scored 149 after losing 9 wickets.

Jake Ball took 4 wickets for 29 runs off 20 balls for Welsh Fire. Besides, Adam Zampa and Dwaine Pretorius took 2 wickets each. Matthew Critchley took 1 wicket for 31 runs off 20 balls.

None but three players could cross the 10-run mark for Welsh Fire in reply. As a result, they ended up playing 89 balls out of 100 balls. Welsh Fire managed to score 102 runs with a loss of 10 wickets after facing the great bowling of Manchester Originals bowlers.

Joe Clark was the first to get out with 10 runs off 11 balls with the help of 1 four. Then Tom Banton (3) left the field. Sam Hain scored 5 runs off 12 balls. Ben Duckett scored the 2nd highest run for Welsh Fire. He scored 25 runs off 15 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Captain Josh Cobb hits a golden duck. David Miller left the field with 7 runs off 8 balls.

Matthew Critchley scored 7 runs off 11 balls. Adam Zampa was caught out after scoring 2 runs. David Payne scored 8 runs. Dwaine Pretorius left the field with 29 runs from 14 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. They managed to score a total of 102 runs with extra 5 runs, as a result, they have to leave the field with a loss by 47 runs.

Sean Abbott took 3 wickets for Manchester Originals. Tristan Stubbs took 2 wickets for 6 runs. Besides, Matthew Parkinson, Tom Hartley and Mitchell Stanley took 1 wicket each.

Manchester Originals vs Welsh Fire Scoreboard

Manchester Originals – 149/9 (100)

Welsh Fire – 102/10 (89)

Result – Manchester Originals won by 47 runs

Player of the match – Sean Abbott

Manchester Originals vs Welsh Fire Playing XIs