Cricket Highlights, 3 Sep: The Hundred 2022 (Final Match) – Trent Rockets vs Manchester Originals

Trent Rockets vs Manchester Originals (Final Match) – Highlights

Yesterday, Trent Rockets and Manchester Originals faced off in the final match of The Hundred 2022. Where Manchester Originals batted first and set up some sort of target for Trent Rockets. But chasing that target, Trent Rockets won before the scheduled 100 balls were over. As a result, Manchester Originals had to leave the field with a loss. On the other hand, Sam Cook won the man of the match award with his excellent bowling. He has taken the most wickets at the cost of a few runs.

Manchester Originals won the toss and chose to bat first and sent off Trent Rockets to bowl. Manchester Originals fell into danger after losing 3 wickets for 22 runs. First, skipper Laurie Evans was trapped by LBW. He scored 4 runs off just 4 balls with the help of 1 four. Wayne Madsen left the field after scoring 3 runs in 6 balls.

Wicketkeeper Philip Salt returned to the dressing room 5 balls after Wayne Madsen was dismissed. He left the field after being caught out, he scored 11 runs off 10 balls, with the help of 2 fours. After that, Tristan Stubbs was on the field for some time, but he also left the field after scoring 18 runs off 18 balls. Samit Patel took another wicket in the next ball. This time Paul Walter. He left the field with a golden duck.

Ashton Turner, who scored the most runs for them, returned to the dressing room after being caught out in the 58th ball. He played beautiful innings of 26 runs off 13 balls. His innings of 26 runs had 3 fours and 1 six. Shortly after that, Tom Lammonby left the field after being bowled out. He played an innings of 21 runs off 18 balls with the help of 1 four. Tom Hartley was caught out for 12 runs off 15 balls. Richard Gleeson scored 8 runs from 8 balls. Besides, Matthew Parkinson remained unbeaten on 2 runs and Joshua Little on 5 runs. In the end, they lost 9 wickets with 10 runs extra and reached 120 runs.

Sam Cook took 4 wickets for 18 runs from 20 balls for Trent Rockets. Samit Patel took 3 wickets for 23 runs off 15 balls. Besides, Luke Wood and Daniel Sams took 1 wicket each.

The target was just 121 runs but in reply, they started to lose wickets at regular intervals as a result of which Trent Rockets came under pressure. Alex Hales was caught out first and left the field. He scored 8 runs off 8 balls. Tom Kohler-Cadmore returned to the dressing room after being trapped in lbw, scoring 18 runs off 18 balls with 2 fours. Then Malan was caught out for 18 runs. Colin Munro played beautiful innings of 16 runs off 7 balls. Samit Patel left for the dressing room with only 9 runs after playing 13 balls.

In addition, Tom Moores scored 16 runs from 15 balls, Daniel Sams scored 13 runs, and Matthew Carter was out for 0 runs. On the other hand, Captain Lewis Gregory remained unbeaten on 17 runs from 6 balls, hitting 1 four and 1 six. Luke Wood remained unbeaten on 1 with him. In the end, they left the field with the victory after losing 8 wickets with 4 extra runs.

Joshua Little, Paul Walter, Tom Hartley, and Matthew Parkinson took 2 wickets each for Manchester Originals.

Trent Rockets vs Manchester Originals Scoreboard         

Trent Rockets – 121/8 (98)

Manchester Originals – 120/9 (100)

Result – Trent Rockets won by 2 wickets

Player of the match – Sam Cook

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