Summary

  • The Hundred: Northern Superchargers v Welsh Fire, Headingley

  • Superchargers chase 144 to win by eight wickets, with 11 balls to spare

  • Crawley hits sparkling unbeaten 67 off 38 balls; Malan strikes 41 off 29

  • Fire 143-9: Bairstow 42 (23); Rashid 2-25

  • Fire openers Bairstow and Smith put on 62 before visitors slump to 102-5

  • Friday's double header is between Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets at Edgbaston

'Absolutely outrageous!' - Brook hits six on first ball

Live Reporting

by Elizabeth Botcherby & Sam Drury

  1. 50 runs

    50 for Zak Crawley

    Superchargers 118-2

    Zak Crawley brings up his half-century in style, pumping Josh Hull for six. He's taken 29 balls to get there.

    And with that, the required rate is under a run a ball.

  2. Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    That's only the second time Harry Brook has hit his first ball for six across his entire red- and white-ball career, previously doing so for England against Jason Holder in a T20I back in 2023.

  3. Superchargers 111-2

    Need 33 runs to win

    Zak Crawley licks his lips and comes down to Chris Green. He's struck on the pads and a huge cry goes up for lbw. Not out, says the umpire.

    Six runs from the set. 33 needed from 30 balls.

  4. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    Michael Pepper struggled against the high pace of Riley Meredith tonight and it looks to be a clear weakness in his game - across his T20 career he's now been dismissed five times by deliveries over 87 mph, averaging just 8.0.

  5. Superchargers 106-2

    Need 38 runs to win

    Six, a roly poly as he tries and fails at some kind of ramp, and a sway out of the way of a slow bouncer. Harry Brook is entertaining, isn't he?

  6. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at Headingley

    Outrageous from Harry Brook.

    He got out to that shot in the Test series against India but today he has shown that he can play it.

  7. 6 runs

    Superchargers 106-2

    Need 38 runs to win

    'Absolutely outrageous!' - Brook hits six on first ball

    Well, Harry Brook isn't hanging around. He gives himself room, steps down to Riley Meredith, and pummels him for six over cover.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Pepper lbw b Meredith 4 (Superchargers 100-2)

    Red. Red. Red. That was not a good review by Michael Pepper.

    Here comes Harry Brook and there's plenty of cheers to greet his arrival.

  9. He hasn't hit it...

  10. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at Headingley

    Pepper said that he hit that to Zak Crawley. He is confident with his review.

  11. Superchargers review

    Michael Pepper is given out lbw but he reviews it straight away.

  12. Superchargers 100-1

    Need 44 runs to win

    It's a good set from Josh Hull, but he should have had a wicket for his troubles.

    Northern Superchargers have now gone 16 legal deliveries without a boundary but there's no need for them to panic with 44 needed off 40 balls.

  13. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at Headingley

    Paul Walter slapped the floor in frustration. It was a diving chance but he would have backed himself, having got there.

    It was an awkward height but seven times out of 10, you would back yourself.

  14. dropped catch

    Crawley dropped on 45

    Superchargers 97-1

    Oh, Paul Walter has made a mess of that. He dives, almost in slow motion, to his left, and parries the ball instead of catching it.

    Zak Crawley comes through for a single.

  15. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at Headingley

    I am surprised to not see Mason Crane in this Welsh Fire team. He is a proper leg-spinner.

    I'm not sure you win many white-ball tournaments without a full time leg-spinner these days.

  16. Superchargers 95-1

    Need 49 runs to win

    Riley Meredith follows up his wicket with back-to-back wides before Michael Pepper gets his innings under way with a single.

  17. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at Headingley

    It is the change of pace that has done Malan. A straight-forward catch but Malan has done his part.

    Pepper has got time to get himself in now, there is no rush for him.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Malan c Payne b Meredith 41 (Superchargers 91-1)

    Riley Meredith sends down a slower ball and breaks the partnership.

    Dawid Malan skies it and is caught by David Payne at third.

  19. Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    This is Crawley's highest score in the Hundred since his debut knock of 64 off 40 against Birmingham Phoenix back in 2021.

  20. Superchargers 90-0

    Need 54 runs to win

    Another bowling change from Welsh Fire. Tom Abell chucks the ball to left-arm spinner Saif Zaib.

    His introduction nearly brings a wicket as Zak Crawley sprays an edge to Riley Meredith. However, the fielder, diving forward, says he didn't take it cleanly at short third.

    Northern Superchargers are 90-0 at the halfway mark. Welsh Fire were 82-3.