Postpublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 26 August 2023
Carlos Brathwaite
West Indies all-rounder on BBC radio
James Vince gives a loud shout. He knows how much that means for his team, breaking the momentum, breaking this partnership.
Summary
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Manchester Originals chase 197 to reach Sunday's final against Oval Invincibles
Captain Jos Buttler hits superb 82 off 46 balls
Brave posted 196-1: Allen 69, Vince 56*, Conway 51*
Allen & Conway share 122 for first wicket - highest opening stand in men's Hundred history
Postpublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 26 August 2023
WICKETpublished at 68 balls left
Salt c Vince b Santner 47 (Originals 83-1)
Breakthrough!
Southern Brave will be absolutely delighted to see the back of Phil Salt. He goes for a phenomenal 47 from just 17 balls after smacking Mitchell Santner's second ball to James Vince at cover.
Originals 82-0published at 70 balls left
Target 197
Oh my word!
Phil Salt hits back-to-back sixes and Craig Overton has conceded 47 runs from just 15 balls!!
Postpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 26 August 2023
This has been quite the start to the chase.
Originals 69-0published at 74 balls left
And follows it with a six down the ground!
At the same stage, Southern Brave were 39-0...
Originals 61-0published at 75 balls left
Target 197
Back-to-back boundaries from Jos Buttler completes a very, very good powerplay for the Manchester Originals.
Postpublished at 20:18 British Summer Time 26 August 2023
Sophie Devine
New Zealand captain on BBC radioIt doesn't matter who you are, Phil Salt says if you pitch it there it's going out. There's now a small bowler's conference at the top of Chris Jordan's run-up.
Originals 52-0published at 79 balls
Target 197
Dismissive from Phil Salt!
He has 35 from 13 balls.
Originals 47-0published at 80 balls left
Target 197
Tymal Mills manages to get a bit of control back for Brave, before a short ball flies over the keeper for four byes.
Precious runs for the Originals, though the win predictor still has it 70% in favour of the Brave.
Postpublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 26 August 2023
Melissa Story
BBC radio commentatorI make that four or five boundaries off the edge of the bat.
Originals 37-0published at 87 balls left
Phil Salt fancies this.
He edges another down to third, before much more convincingly smashing the next down the ground.
Postpublished at 20:11 British Summer Time 26 August 2023
Sophie Devine
New Zealand captain on BBC radioNot all the shots have been the convincing. We've spoken about the shorter leg-side boundary and Garton positioned both his deep fielders there, but it didn't do a lot of good there.
Originals 28-0published at 90 balls left
Short and clubbed into the stands by Phil Salt!
Timing.
Originals 22-0published at 91 balls left
Target 197
Edged and four more!
Jos Buttler is away.
Originals 17-0published at 94 balls left
High into the air... and safe!
Jos Buttler's skewed drive somehow lands on the turf between three fielders, a diving Rehan Ahmed unable to get a hand to it.
Originals 15-0published at 95 balls left
Target 197
Decent start for the Originals.
They only took one wicket in their 100 balls so they'll be hoping the pitch stays exactly the same.
Originals 12-0published at 97 balls left
Target 197
Make that three!
This one's slightly lucky, though. A leading edge flies past a diving Finn Allen and down to third.
Originals 8-0published at 98 balls left
Target 197
Make that two!
Originals 4-0published at 99 balls left
Target 197
That'll do nicely.
Phil Salt helps himself to four runs from the first ball of the chase.
Postpublished at 20:01 British Summer Time 26 August 2023
Thanks, Mike.
Some James Vince appreciation to start us off. He was class.