END OF OVER:
20 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | NSC-M: 200/5 | RR: 10.00

  • Brydon Carse4 (1b)
  • John Simpson71 (28b)
  • Lockie Ferguson3.5-0-37-2
  • Steven Finn2.5-0-51-2

8.18pm: And breathe. One of the worst bowling and fielding performances I've seen in professional short-form cricket, and I've watched my fair share of games... but don't let that detract from an extraordinary knock of 71 not out off 28 from John Simpson. Superchargers were missing two key batters in Harry Brook and Adam Lyth due to Covid and lost three wickets in the first 34 balls with a lineup short on batting depth. But after a brief rebuild through Vilas and Thompson, they absolutely teed off, and ended up becoming the first team to rack up 200 in the Hundred. PDP will be here for the chase shortly.

Aston Dow: "That's 240 in a T20.... "

Sam K: "Funniest game I have watched in years"

"Great fun to get 200," John Simpson tells Sky. "It's been an electric atmosphere so hopefully we can do it justice with the ball. I was born and bred in Lancashire so it feels quite strange... [Finn] He's a very good friend of mine but we're both professionals... We're going to have to field better than they did!"

Sampath from ESPNcricinfo's stats team has this: "John Simpson moved to 71 off 28 from 25 off 13 between Dane Vilas' 30th and 31st ball."

19.5
4
Ferguson to Carse, FOUR, full and wide outside off, 91mph, and squeezed away through backward point to bring up 200 from 100 balls!

Prasu: "S.Finn thought 2015 WC vs NZ was his worst bowling spell, this just took over that."

Partnership was 90 off 36, and Vilas barely went at a run a ball!

19.4
W
Ferguson to Vilas, OUT, cleans him up with a brilliant yorker! Slower ball, through the shot early, and it knocks back his leg stump

DJ Vilas b Ferguson 36 (60m 31b 4x4 0x6) SR: 116.12

19.3
1
Ferguson to Simpson, 1 run, inside-edged towards short fine leg, Salt dives to cut it off
19.2
2
Ferguson to Simpson, 2 runs, slower ball, top-edged pull, Parkinson at short fine leg is backpedalling... he's going to drop it... he drops it! This is utterly remarkable. They have dropped so many catches I've lost count. Running back, settling underneath it, it bursts straight through

Adam: "First 200 incoming!!"

19.1
2
Ferguson to Simpson, 2 runs, lands his yorker, 92mph, squirted away off the pads for a couple

Ferguson to finish up. Round the wicket. 29 off Finn's last five balls!

END OF OVER:
19 | 29 Runs | NSC-M: 191/4 | RR: 10.05

  • John Simpson66 (25b)
  • Dane Vilas36 (30b)
  • Steven Finn2.5-0-51-2
  • Lockie Ferguson2.5-0-28-1
18.5
4
Finn to Simpson, FOUR, on a length, mistimes the pull into the leg side... dropped, and parried over the rope! Skied miles into the night sky, Lammonby settles underneath it running back, and pushes it over the boundary. They have absolutely fallen to pieces here
18.5
1w
Finn to Simpson, 1 wide, full toss, very wide outside off stump, and Simpson can't get bat on ball. Finn suggests to the umpire that it's a harsh call, but it looked way outside the tramline to me

Originals are past the cut-off time, so Brathwaite needs to bring another fielder inside the ring. Katich looks on with a stern face in the dugout. Highest team total of the Hundred, with six balls left....

Originals 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st31JM ClarkePD Salt
2nd0C MunroJM Clarke
3rd12C MunroCN Ackermann
4th2CN AckermannTA Lammonby
5th14CR BrathwaiteTA Lammonby
6th24CR BrathwaiteCG Harrison
7th20CG HarrisonTW Hartley
8th1LH FergusonCG Harrison
9th25ST FinnLH Ferguson
10th2ST FinnMW Parkinson